• X-48B Blended Wing Body test vehicle takes flight

    The X-48B Blended Wing Body (BWB) research vehicle, developed by AFRL, Boeing, and NASA, made a successful maiden flight July 20, at the NASA Dryden Flight Research Center in Edwards, Calif. The test aircraft, an 8.5 percent scale, remotely piloted vehicle, successfully completed a 31-minute flight,

  • Wright-Patt staff sergeant selected for nurse commissioning program

    A staff sergeant with the 88th Surgical Operations Squadron has been selected to attend the nurse enlisted commissioning program in spring 2008, Air Force Personnel Center officials announced Tuesday. Staff Sgt. Heather E. Shonk was one of 27 enlisted Airmen that an Air Force board selected to

  • SARC helps promote awareness, provide support

    Simone Koram, the base coordinator for sexual assault response and wingman activities, is partnering with base organizations in an effort to more fully explain her organizational missions and goals. To that end, she conducted a meeting July 26 with representatives from the Base Enlisted Advisory

  • Wright-Patterson to host pistol match in October

    The Wright-Patterson Security Forces Combat Arms facility will host a second annual, all-Air Force pistol match Oct.15-19. Participants will compete on the 25-meter, indoor range firing the government-issue M-9 pistol. The best-scoring 10 percent of the competitors will receive elementary level

  • Terminally ill teen takes flight in aero club plane

    Jacob Dennison is an 18-year-old who longs to be a pilot. The son of retired Master Sgt. Steve Dennison and his wife, Tammy, Jacob was born at Moody AFB, Ga., and has been around aircraft his whole life. Of his persistence in wanting to fly, his mother said, "He never stopped talking about it. He's

  • Airman acquitted at court-martial

    During a special court-martial convened July 10 at Wright-Patterson AFB, a senior airman from the 88th Medical Operations Squadron was found not guilty of a charge of assault consummated by a battery against a female Airman from the 88th Surgical Operations Squadron. After hearing the testimony of

  • Officers wives club artists celebrate Air Force's 60th anniversary

    The downtown Dayton Metro public library's upstairs meeting room has an art exhibit of 50-plus paintings from the base Officers Wives Club Brush and Palette Group now through Aug. 31. The group's 16 members and their instructor put the works on display to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the U.S.

  • Blood donor center working to meet increased demand for blood

    As the global war on terrorism continues, the need for blood donations remains urgent. The Armed Services Blood Program at the Wright-Patterson Blood Donor Center here is managing an intensive effort to collect more blood donations to help meet an increasing demand in support of U.S. troops around