• Understanding 3 points of perspective helps support AF mission

    Throughout my 28-year career, I have seen many changes and served in a variety of roles at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. During the past 5½ years, I have served as the director of what began as the 88th Air Base Wing Civil Engineer Directorate and recently became the 88 Civil Engineering Group.As

  • WPAFB selects its 2015 Military Spouse of the Year

    Tatiana Matta has been named Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's 2015 Military Spouse of the Year. The Armed Forces Insurance Military Spouse of the Year award, founded by "Military Spouse" magazine in 2008 to honor military spouses of all ranks and from all branches of service, recognizes military

  • 88th ABW command chief reassigned

    Chief Master Sgt. Charles Hoffman, 88th Air Base Wing command chief, has been selected for reassignment as command chief, 18th Air Base Wing, Kadena Air Base, Japan. The 18th Wing is the largest combat wing in the Air Force.The chief, who entered the Air Force in 1991, assumed his current

  • Education exchange between Wright-Patt, Sinclair moves ahead

    In a ceremony held Jan. 22 at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Col. John Devillier, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base commander, and Sinclair President and CEO Dr. Steven Johnson, signed a certificate of education exchange, taking the next step in formalizing a new partnership between the two

  • Contest offers chance at VIP parking

    Register for the Air Force Marathon before Feb. 2 and be entered for a chance to win one of our All Access prize packages."We'll pull five winners randomly from those who registered," said Robert Aguiar, Air Force Marathon race director. "This contest is very popular and is a great way to engage

  • Service in Iraq bonds Marines forever

    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

  • Boeing completes successful first flight in KC-46 Program

    The KC-46 development program completed its first flight of Engineering, Manufacturing and Development (EMD) aircraft #1 Dec. 28.   EMD #1 is a provisioned 767-2C freighter and the critical building block for the KC-46 missionized aerial refueler.  The maiden flight took off at 9:29 a.m. (PST) from

  • A celebration of powered flight

    Col. John Devillier, commander of the 88th Air Base Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, along with the great-grandniece and great-grandnephew of the Wright brothers, joined together the morning of Dec. 17 to lay a wreath commemorating the 111th anniversary of practical powered flight on Wright