• Wright-Patt begins COVID-19 booster shots

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Wright-Patterson Medical Center will begin administering the single Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster shot to eligible beneficiaries.Commercially known as Comirnaty, the Pfizer vaccine is also the only one approved by the Food and Drug Administration.“We’re

  • Future cyber officers learn tactics in summer program

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The introduction to the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Advanced Cyber Education program started with an unexpected demonstration: cracking a physical lock.Dr. Barry Mullins, a professor within AFIT’s department of electrical and computer engineering, held

  • ID card demand hasn’t slowed

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Throughout this pandemic, the 88th Force Support Squadron and Military Personnel Flight’s ID Card Office has seen no decline in operations. In fact, their operations have escalated. “We typically service 650 to 850 ID cards during a five-day week,” said Capt.

  • Wright-Patt opens Tide Cleaners lockers

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Wright-Patterson Air Force Base personnel can now access dry cleaning and laundry services with the touch of an app after the opening of Tide Cleaners lockers.Base leaders joined Army & Air Force Exchange Service officials at a grand opening Sept. 17 in the

  • Spotlight: Staff Sgt. Tyler Downhour

    Name and rank: Staff Sgt. Tyler DownhourDuty title: Air traffic control watch supervisor (tower)Unit of assignment: 88th Operations Support SquadronWhat do you do at Wright-Patt? As an air traffic control watch supervisor at the Wright-Patterson tower, I monitor and direct all aircraft and vehicle

  • Classes on tap for Cybersecurity Awareness Month

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The 88th Communications Squadron’s Cybersecurity Office is working hard to make this year’s Cybersecurity Awareness Month a success for the people of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.The event will run throughout October and cover many different areas of

  • Leadership, emotional engagement form missing link

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Air Force leadership resilience skills and behavior efforts are having a positive effect on stemming the tide of suicides and strengthening resiliency among Airmen and the “Total Force.” However, some commands are still experiencing high numbers of suicide

  • Great leadership requires the right mindset

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – What makes a great leader easy to spot? If they were superheroes, they’d all wear capes, right?Batman, Superman, Mighty Mouse — all capes, all awesome. But great leaders? Well, it’s a bit more challenging to spot them from a distance.Many of the greats rode

  • Peak season arrives for deer-related crashes

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Between September and January each year, Ohio drivers face a significant upsurge in the risk of deer-related traffic crashes.Wildlife experts say the combination of fewer daylight hours with increased deer movement due to mating and hunting seasons elevates

  • Ceremony honors 17 new doctoral graduates

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Air Force Institute of Technology’s Graduate School of Engineering and Management held a ceremony Sept. 16 to celebrate 17 students earning doctoral degrees.The newly minted Ph.D.s join a group of more than 960 other AFIT doctorate alumni.“Today