• AFLCMC to hold newcomers expo

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center will host its annual Newcomers Expo Oct. 3 here at the Wright-Patterson Club from 1-3 p.m.The event is open to new AFLCMC employees and anyone interested in learning about the center’s mission.The expo will feature

  • Capable, dedicated, compassionate decribes CDC caregivers

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – When researching child care options, most parents seek safe, affordable, licensed facilities. However, maybe that list of qualifications should also include qualified, dedicated caregivers who have a passion for teaching children. The four Wright-Patterson Air

  • AFSAC hosts workshop for FMS partners

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate recently hosted its first Non-Standard Supply Workshop for foreign military partners at the Montgomery County Business Solutions Center in Dayton, Ohio.The three-day event brought together allies

  • Technicians to test tactical weather systems at new engineering facility

    HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – A Weather Engineering Facility opening Sept. 5 will give engineers the ability to test and improve nine weather systems used on military installations throughout the world. The WEF, resembling rows of increasingly complex antennae and radar domes, gives Hanscom’s

  • AFRL helps extend serviceability of hydraulic aircraft components

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate recently completed an extensive effort to help certify a maintenance process that could extend the life of aircraft hydraulic system components.Through participation in a rapid innovation fund team led by the

  • GeoBase moves mapping service, improves security

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s online GeoBase map will move to its new location at https://geobase.wpafb.af.mil/viewer Sept. 17, bringing with it enhanced security and new capabilities.GeoBase is an online map that uses a graphical user interface to allow a

  • Air Force Marathon Volunteer Registration Closes Aug. 31

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Volunteer registration for the 2018 Air Force Marathon ends Aug. 31. The event needs roughly 2,400 volunteers to put on the world-class endurance event that brings thousands of runners to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base every September. “We still have

  • Air Force Marathon announces Race Transfer Program

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Registered runners unable to participate in the Air Force Marathon Sept. 15 now have a way to pass their registration onto another using the Race Transfer Program. "The transfer program is the only official way for runners to give their bib to another runner,"

  • Ceremony marks command's recent change in leadership

    DAYTON, Ohio – Naval Medical Research Unit Dayton (NAMRU-Dayton) held a change of command ceremony where Captain Rees L. Lee relinquished command to Captain Matthew W. Hebert at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Friday, August 6. Rear Admiral Paul Pearigen, commander, Navy Medicine West addressed

  • Base mental health clinician: Respond to stress in healthy ways

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- During the course of life, everyone experiences challenges and stress, and it is important to respond and process resulting emotions in healthy, constructive ways. Capt. Crystal Ditto, licensed clinical social worker, manages the Alcohol and Drug Abuse