• Airman, spouse channel training into caring act beyond the gates

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The 88th Air Base Wing’s vision reached further March 23 when some noisy neighborhood pets, an Airman’s back-pocket training and a couple’s commitment to “service before self” intersected with a medical mishap to assist a stranger in need.That Tuesday

  • Gate 15A closure to affect commuters April 19 to June 17

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Entry controllers at Gate 15A on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base are set to get more weather protection and base security will be enhanced when new facilities are constructed April 19 to June 17.Gate 15A will be closed to all inbound and outbound traffic

  • Strengthening, caring for team runway to success

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - The 88th Air Base Wing recently updated its mission, vision, motto, values, characteristics and traits, and lines of effort.A line of effort links multiple tasks and missions to focus energy toward establishing operational and strategic conditions. These are

  • AFMC leadership to host virtual town hall

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Air Force Materiel Command leadership will host a command-wide virtual town hall, Tuesday, April 27, at 2 p.m. EDT.Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., AFMC Commander, Patricia M. Young, AFMC Executive Director, and Chief Master Sgt. Stanley C. Cadell, AFMC Command

  • 88 MDG team makes progress in Detroit

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - The 120 Airmen from the 88th Medical Group who departed for a COVID-19 mission in Detroit have been diligent by putting shots in arms.The team has been providing 5,000 vaccines a day, and another thousand have been delivered by mobile vaccination teams, which

  • Strong qualities validate commitment to partners

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - The 88th Air Base Wing recently updated its motto, mission, vision, values, characteristics and traits, and lines of effort in a new strategic plan.The revised characteristics and traits describe the wing as competent, transparent, responsive, collaborative,

  • Air Force rolls out dress and appearance updates

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - The Air Force recently updated numerous dress and appearance changes within Air Force Instruction 36-2903.As of March 15, updates include: 7.3.2 Eyeglasses/sunglasses — Frames may be a conservative color: black, brown, white, dark blue, gray or transparent

  • Base fire station hosts ‘unprecedented’ ceremony

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The 788th Civil Engineer Squadron never had this many firefighters in line for promotion before.“It is unprecedented that we promote five firemen at the same time,” said Jeffrey Kitzmiller, the 788 CES deputy fire chief. “We normally only promote one or two