• Volunteers sought for annual Run for the Fallen

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Honoring the lives lost in the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and the men and women who continue to defend them, the Wright-Patterson Company Grade Officers Council is seeking volunteers to support the fifth annual Run for the Fallen scheduled for Sept.11 at 8 a.m.

  • Urology Clinic serves veteran population with innovative technology

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The urology clinic of the Wright-Patterson Medical Center is a surgical specialty that provides services to TriCare beneficiaries and an increasing veteran population.The clinic serves 1,728 patients per year and performs approximately 400 surgeries annually.

  • Our Wright Scholar Experience

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Wright Scholar Program at Wright Patterson Air Force Base is one of the most unique opportunities for high schoolers to explore and learn more about engineering, pre-medical sciences and other STEM disciplines. Just to put in perspective how significant

  • 711th Human Performance Wing focuses on the Base Operational Medicine Clinic

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Management of the Base Operational Medicine Clinic effort has transferred from the Air Force Medical Service to the 711th Human Performance Wing, part of the Air Force Research Laboratory.The transition brings a reinvigorated focus and an acquisition process

  • New food truck keeps it fresh with rotating menus, various locales

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The 88th Force Support Squadron has a new food truck named “Food on the Run,” according to Bruce Hiott, club manager for the Wright Patterson Club and Banquet Center.Owned by the 88th Force Support Squadron and operated by the club, the food truck rotates to

  • General outlines focus areas, philosophies, expectations at HRA meeting

    LEXINGTON, Mass. – Program Executive Officer Brig. Gen. Michael Schmidt presented an overview of his strategic focus areas, leadership philosophies and key expectations to the Hanscom Representatives Association during a luncheon meeting Aug. 8.The general, who began his Air Force career at Hanscom

  • Sorbet’s background informs FAB-T acquisition

    FAB-T provides U.S. leaders with secure, survivable satellite communication during all phases of nuclear conflict. FAB-T terminals communicate with milstar satellite communications systems and Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite systems via AEHF waveforms.

  • General outlines focus areas, philosophies, expectations at HRA meeting

    LEXINGTON, Mass. – Program Executive Officer Brig. Gen. Michael Schmidt presented an overview of his strategic focus areas, leadership philosophies and key expectations to the Hanscom Representatives Association during a luncheon meeting Aug. 8.The general, who began his Air Force career at Hanscom

  • Pawlikowski tenure marked by effectiveness, Air Force readiness

    U.S. Air Force Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski will retire from the Air Force following 40 years of service in September. As only the third female to attain the rank of 4-star general in the history of the Air Force, Pawlikowski’s career was marked by extraordinary achievements across the science and

  • Only DOD human-rated centrifuge gains full operational capability

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Aug. 2 in the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing here to celebrate the full operational capability, or F.O.C., of the only human-rated centrifuge in the Department of Defense.The equipment allows