• Drinking water helps keep people young and old hydrated

    Base officials are pleased to report that Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's water is safe to drink and that drinking water systems meet all U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Ohio EPA health standards.The 2013 Wright-Patterson Air Force Base consumer confidence report is now available

  • Aerospace Systems' New Director Likes What He Sees at AFRL

    For C. Douglas Ebersole, coming to the Air Force Research Laboratory as director of the Aerospace Systems Directorate (AFRL/RQ) brought a seismic shift to his perspective.Ebersole, who came to AFRL after three and one-half years in Washington, D.C., as director of Engineering in the F-35 Joint

  • Devillier to succeed Barlow as commander

    Col. John Devillier will take command of the 88 Air Base Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base during a change of command ceremony scheduled for July 17 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.He will succeed Col. Cassie Barlow, the current 88 ABW commander, who is retiring from the Air Force

  • Wright-Patt Medical Center checking recent prescriptions

    Out of an abundance of caution, we are notifying patients who had prescriptions filled at the Kittyhawk Satellite Pharmacy between Apr. 23, 2014 and Apr. 29, 2014. These patients may have received wrong medication or a mixture of medications. On Apr. 29 we discovered technical difficulties which may

  • Two from Wright-Patt on general officer nomination list

    An April 14 senior leader announcement indicates that President Obama has nominated Maj. Gen. John Thompson for appointment to the grade of lieutenant general with assignment to become the next Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) commander.One of five centers under Air Force Materiel

  • International Group Visits Wright-Patterson AFB

    The International Air Attache' Corps, a group of more than 36 international senior officers representing countries as close as Canada, Chile, and Guatemala, and as far away as Iraq, Senegal, and China, visited Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on April 7-9. Escorted by Lt. Gen. Stephen Hoog, the Air

  • Air Force seeks small business to help develop new capabilities

    Air Force researchers and life cycle management experts plan to elevate collaboration with industry to a whole new level during a series of meetings here April 16-18.The Aero Enterprise Dialogue with Industry is an opportunity for industry to gain insight into Air Force technology needs and

  • Officials request Airmen avoid residential streets when using Gate 1A

    Fairborn officials and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base leadership are asking for help from the installation's work force who use Ohio and Greene Streets as a "cut through" route when entering or exiting Gate 1A.According to Terry Barlow, Fairborn chief of police, there has been an increase in

  • CMSAF visits Wright-Patterson AFB

    As Airmen filed in to the base theater March 20 - some in large groups, others slowly trickling in - the call to fill in the seats down front came loud and clear. The beginning of this Airmen's Call fit the formula of many others.Then Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James Cody stepped out