• Base Thrift Shop reopens Aug. 17 following summer break

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Special sales and refreshments marked the Aug. 17 reopening of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s thrift shop following its normal summer break. The shop, located at 5265 Miller St., Bldg. 95, near the intersection of Wright Avenue and Allbrook Drive, Area A,

  • Wright-Patt bowling center reopens following extensive renovations

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- A ribbon-cutting ceremony Aug. 13 marked the grand re-opening of the Kittyhawk Lanes Bowling Center in Area A.Following the ceremony, the bowling center offered an afternoon of free bowling and food. To mark the occasion, anyone who stopped by was eligible to

  • Students complete another successful summer intern program in AFRL

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio  – High school and college students apply for jobs at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base each summer with hopes of working in a world-class research laboratory. Ashley Wissel, an undergraduate student from Purdue University, worked this summer in AFRL’s Materials

  • AFLCMC kicks off leadership development program

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center headquartered here, recently kicked off a new leadership development program for high performing mid-level employees from across the center.The Strategic Acquisition Leadership Team or SALT, was developed based on

  • AFRL viewing aircraft inspections through the lens of technology

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- AFRL researchers are hard at work finding unique ways to make aircraft maintainers’ lives a little easier through a technology many associate most closely with video gaming.Using augmented reality, the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate is exploring ways

  • Senior leadership congratulates newest enlisted promotees

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Col. Thomas Sherman, 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Stephen Arbona, 88th ABW command chief, co-hosted a ceremony at the Wright-Patt Club, July 31, to recognize Team Wright-Patt’s newest enlisted promotion recipients. Also

  • Wing holds event to celebrate 2nd quarter award winners

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – A ceremony celebrating the 88th Air Base Wing’s 2nd quarter award winners for 2018 was held August 10 at the Base Theater.Janet Wirth, 88th Air Base Wing vice director and 88th Mission Support Group superintendent Chief Master Sergeant Rhonda Walls, co-hosted

  • Over 30,000 e-mail accounts successfully migrated to the cloud

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Wright-Patterson Air Force Base underwent a cloud migration from July 11-12, leading to greater e-mail storage and more.The cloud itself is an adoption by the Department Of Defense of Microsoft Office 365 and the Cloud Hosted Enterprise Service (CHES)

  • Plastic surgery clinic now offers cosmetic services

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The 88th Medical Group plastic surgery clinic at Wright Patterson Medical Center now offers a full range of cosmetic procedures to complement their reconstructive surgery services. All procedures are performed by board eligible or board certified plastic