• Wright-Patt Airmen, civilians break world record

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – On a frigid evening earlier this year, while most Wright-Patterson Air Force Base personnel had gone home for a warm weekend with their families, eight Airmen and civilian volunteers gathered in a semicircle around 1st Lt. Justin O’Brien in a gymnasium at the

  • Headset Heroes: Wright-Patt dispatchers answer the call 24/7

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Our Wright-Patterson Air Force Base dispatchers are the first line of response when someone calls 911 with an emergency. Critical to mission success, their responsibility is to relay vital information quickly and clearly in order to provide the right kind of

  • First lady, WPAFB ‘Joining Forces’ to support military families

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — Wright-Patterson Air Force Base hosted first lady Jill Biden on March 29 as part of her Joining Forces initiative.Joining Forces centers on military family needs in the areas of employment and entrepreneurship; military child education; and health and

  • Wright-Patterson remembers Holocaust

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Over 80 years has passed since the persecution and murder of European Jews by the Nazi Germans during the Holocaust. Time has moved forward, but Wright-Patterson observes Holocaust Remembrance Day every year to honor those who were either directly affected or

  • Wright-Patt honors senior master sergeant selects

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force announced its senior master sergeant selects March 16, and the list includes 25 names from Wright-Patterson AFB.This cycle, 1,723 Airmen were selected among a pool of 16,424 eligible master sergeants across the Air Force, a selection rate of

  • AFIT to award more than 200 degrees March 23

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Air Force Institute of Technology’s Graduate School of Engineering and Management will present 203 master’s and five doctorate degrees at a commencement ceremony March 23.The event is scheduled for 7 p.m. at the National Museum of the U.S. Air

  • Spotlight: Lejla Zejnilovic

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Name and rank: Lejla Zejnilovic, GS-13Duty title: Program managerUnit of assignment: Engineering Division, 88th Civil Engineer Group, 88th Air Base WingWhat do you do at Wright-Patt?I am a program manager in the Customer Planning section of the Engineering