• National Preparedness Month: Is Your Disaster Kit Ready?

    As National Preparedness Month continues, now is the perfect time to evaluate your individual and family readiness for potential emergencies. One of the most important steps is assembling a disaster preparedness kit. This kit provides essential supplies to help you and your family navigate the

  • When temperatures drop, so can our healthy habits

    Temperatures have dropped unusually early this season, with some mornings dipping into the 40s. Turning the clocks back is only a few weeks away, and the surge of pumpkin spice ‘everything’ is a sure sign that fall is just around the corner.If darker, cooler temps have you feeling unmotivated, you

  • A Shared Scar: 9/11 and the American Spirit

    Where were you on 9/11 when you heard the news about the planes crashing into the twin towers?  Those of us who were alive during that time can recall our location, who we were with, and the emotions that flooded our hearts during those hours. Today, the generation entering the Air Force was not

  • The making of NCOs

    Wright-Patterson AFB’s Airman Leadership School graduated Class 25-F on Aug. 28, 2025. The 24-day course prepares Airmen to become NCOs through leadership training, mentorship, and teamwork.

  • Air Force Marathon: What you need to know

    When the calendar shifts from August to September at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, excitement begins to build. That anticipation comes from knowing the Air Force Marathon takes place on the third Saturday of September, as it has for the past 29 years.

  • The Air Force Band of Flight: Where Music Meets Mission

    The U.S. Air Force Band of Flight, based at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, is one of just nine bands serving the entire Air Force. Known for their dynamic performances, they appear at more than 200 concerts, ceremonies, and sporting events each year—both throughout the Miami Valley and across

  • Wright-Patt celebrates 165 staff sergeant selects

    The Air Force has released its list of staff sergeant selects for the latest promotion cycle, which includes 165 airmen assigned to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.Unit leaders, family members and base community members gathered Aug. 8 at the Wright-Patt Club to celebrate the selectees at a release

  • Building Community and Impacting Lives

    For six months, Chaplain Capt. Jeremiah Henderson and Staff Sgt. Zachary Jackson, a religious affairs airman with the 88th Air Base Wing, served at Camp Simba, Manda Bay, Kenya, providing spiritual and emotional care, community support, and spending significant time building relationships with those

  • Preaching with Pace

    Air Force Reserve chaplain Capt. Brian Banks never planned to join the military—or take up sprinting. Now, he’s one of the fastest 40-year-olds in the world and a spiritual leader at Wright-Patterson AFB.