• Volunteer Excellence Award winners recognized

    The Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Volunteer Excellence Award was established to recognize federal civilians, family members, military retirees and federal retirees who perform outstanding volunteer community service of a sustained, direct and consequential nature. Amy Jo Jones and Forrest Rayburn

  • Wright-Patt hosts Holocaust events

    Survivors, liberator share stories of grief, resilience, triumphThe 2nd annual Holocaust Remembrance Day was held at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on April 12 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Hundreds of schoolchildren and members of the greater Dayton community heard from a panel

  • Medical Center program keeps blood flowing

    The Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Medical Center's Blood Donor Center is asking for more people to roll up their sleeve and donate blood in support of the U.S. Armed Services Blood Program. "The Air Force only has three blood donation centers for the entire Air Force and one is located here at

  • USO center calls for Wright-Patt volunteers

    While the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base USO Community Center, Bldg. 1222 in the Kittyhawk Center already has a month of operations under its belt, this "home away from home" for active-duty military, Guard, Reservists and their families is in need of volunteers to staff it."We are looking for more

  • Army special operations airborne soldiers hit the DZ at Wright-Patterson AFB

    The Wright-Patterson Air Force Base airfield at Area A was the scene of afternoon and nighttime joint-service paratroop drop training exercises March 19, the type of which haven't been conducted here for years.About 50 Army Reserve special operations soldiers from the 412th Civil Affairs Battalion

  • Spirit of volunteerism shines in AFRL engineer

    Cultivating an early interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics--or STEM disciplines--is an important part in developing the next generation of scientists and engineers.  Dr. Augustine Urbas of the AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate has recently been honored as

  • 88th Security Forces Armory keeps Defenders armed and ready

    Security forces are the first line of defense when it comes to protecting the base. However, a defender would have trouble defending it without their weapons. That's the mission of the 88th Security Forces Squadron armory.The armory is responsible for storing, arming and disarming, and the