• AF anniversary, POW/MIA events planned

    The 67th anniversary of the Air Force and the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base POW/ MIA Recognition Day are fast approaching. Base personnel are encouraged to celebrate the Air Force anniversary on Sept. 26 by participating in the event from 10 a.m. to noon at the Air Force Institute of Technology's

  • AF Marathon highlights need for daily safety, security measures

    There is an old adage that states "one never gets a second chance to make a good first impression." On Sept. 20, Team Wright-Patt will have the latest opportunity to make a good impression on 15,000 participants along with thousands of family members and friends as Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

  • Airmen volunteer to honor fallen heroes

    The Wright-Patterson Air Force Base honor guard performed military honors at more than 3700 funeral services in 2013. To help cover the many requests, they reach out to volunteer honor guards from Air Force Reserve and National Guard bases. The week of Aug. 25, instructors from Wright-Patterson

  • Wright-Patt firefighters assist in difficult rescue

    Once again demonstrating its vital support to surrounding communities, the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Fire Department helped rescue a military service member - an Air Force reservist whose truck had gone over a guardrail and overturned in a Riverside ravine.Upon request for mutual aid, the fire

  • Educational Outreach office coordinates range of programming

    Anyone reviewing the online "fact sheet" for Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's Educational Outreach Office is likely to be impressed. The fact sheet says EO's mission is to facilitate partnerships within the kindergartenthrough-12th-grade educational community to increase student awareness and

  • Internship program seeks to inspire innovation, service

    An honors student/student body president, a PhD student at the University of California - Berkeley, and a recently-hired mechanical engineer at Robins AFB in Warner Robins, GA:  What do all of these people have in common?  They are all former participants of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund

  • Expected recycling policy will cut base costs

    Effective Oct. 1, a 100 percent recycling policy will be implemented at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Recycling Center, Bldg. 10293 in Area A, for all paper and cardboard products. This new is being implemented to benefit the base by reducing Wright-Patterson's environmental footprint and also

  • Fallen canine service member memorialized

    The life of military working dog "Lujza" was all too brief, but her memory was given a full and proper tribute, her handler said. The 88th Security Forces Squadron (88 SFS) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base gathered to memorialize its fallen servicemember Aug. 14 in the supply bay of the 88 SFS,

  • Job Shadow Day pairs mentors, students

    Mentorship has been defined as a personal developmental relationship in which a more experienced or more knowledgeable person helps to guide a less experienced or less knowledgeable person. Job Shadow Day, a program of the Education Outreach Office at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, creates a need

  • Col. Devillier holds first Commander's Corner

    Commander's Corner is a series of videos featuring 88th Air Base Wing Commander, Col. John Devillier, to keep Wright-Patt informed about activities on the base. In this episode, Col. Devillier introduces himself to the the Wright-Patterson community and shares some of his basic philosophy.