• Battlefield Airmen use science to beat the heat

    Heat-related illness is a critical factor when personnel are operating in extreme temperatures. Dr. Reginald O'Hara and his exercise physiology research team at the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, are working to reduce that heat stress.

  • Focus Week registration open for courses being offered July 25-29

    Registration is now open for the third Focus Week of 2016, scheduled for July 25-29 at the 88th Air Base Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Registration will continue until the day before each course is held.Several classes are aimed at addressing supervisors' needs, said Marcia Sanders, 88 ABW

  • Car shows benefit Fisher Houses

    Donations from a series of three "Voss Hoss" car shows being held this summer are benefiting the Fisher Houses at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.Voss Chevrolet, part of the Voss Auto Network, held its inaugural car show June 3, with the remaining shows scheduled for July 15 and Aug. 19 at its Loop

  • Collection point saves money by reusing, donating, selling

    The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition complex located in Building 741 near Area B, is the consolidation point for computers, printers, monitors, scanners, copiers, outside storage for motor vehicles, scrap, bulk, rolling stock (truck trailers), and hazardous waste. Every two weeks on Wednesday is

  • Wright-Patt, Dayton VA medical centers work to combat PTSD

    The Wright-Patterson and Dayton VA medical centers are working together and separately to create greater understanding and awareness of post-traumatic stress disorder as well as other mental health challenges.Noting their efforts is important during June, which is National PTSD Awareness Month, with

  • Parents of special needs child define resiliency

    Editor's note: Having the ability to recover from or adjust to misfortune or change is the definition of resilience, and that's something the Air Force wants all personnel to have as they deal with the stress that is part of their daily lives as they support the Air Force mission. Resilience

  • New PEO for C3I&N shares priorities, highlights workforce importance

    The new PEO for Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence and Networks, or C3I&N, Maj. Gen. Dwyer L. Dennis, recently shared some areas he'll be looking to focus on as he takes on this role.Cyber vulnerabilities and resiliency are areas he wants to draw more attention to. He previously had been

  • Best ideas invited in first AFLCMC Innovation Challenge

    Lt. Gen. John Thompson, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center commander, is behind a competition that may yield ideas large and small, resulting in changes to the ways the multi-site center works -- for the better.Between now and July 16, all active-duty military members and civilians throughout

  • 88th Air Base Wing Welcomes New Commander

    The 88th Air Base Wing welcomed a new commander June 21 as Col. Bradley McDonald assumed command from Colonel John Devillier during a change of command ceremony at the National Museum of the United States Air Force.More than 400 people attended the ceremony, presided by Lt. Gen. John F. Thompson,

  • DLA is more than a printer for the Department of Defense

    As a field activity of the Defense Logistics Agency, DLA Document Services has been serving the Department of Defense for more than 60 years.While some refer to the organization as the DoD's printer, it offers much more than that basic description implies.While DLA Document Services provides