• Slow is smooth, smooth is fast

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio -- We live in a fast-paced society. Crazy, hectic schedules keep us constantly on the move.Racing to get the kids to school, the next practice or game, and to work. Pushing hard to finish a tasker, ready an aircraft for a sortie or respond to an alarm. We are always

  • NASIC volunteers support Adopt-A-Highway program

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Personnel from the National Air and Space Intelligence Center partnered with the Ohio Department of Transportation to collect and pick up trash along state Route 444 next to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.The group wanted to help with litter control along

  • Recycling Center handles it all

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- In spite of COVID-19 restrictions and the large number of teleworking Airmen - both military and civilian - Wright-Patterson Air Force Base produced more than 3,600 tons of solid waste during the first nine months of fiscal year 2021.But almost a half of it

  • Wright-Patt helps train Dayton Airport firefighters

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The 788th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department provided training to the Dayton International Airport Fire Department at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base fire training facility Oct. 5.A DIA crash truck and five firefighters came on base after dark to get

  • AFIT community planners course is more than an academic exercise

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The increasing complexity and visibility of an Air Force community planner's job requires knowledge and skills in many diverse yet intricately interrelated topics.  The comprehensive planning development (WENG 520) course offered at the Air Force Institute of

  • Sixth patch in History & Heritage Race Series unveiled

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The C-119 Flying Boxcar will be the sixth and final historical aircraft featured in the inaugural History & Heritage Race Series, powered by the Air Force Marathon, beginning Nov. 1.Each of this year’s six virtual races highlighted its own historical aircraft

  • ‘Unite’ to remain resilient

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Due to the pandemic, change in employee schedules because of teleworking and other outside factors, people’s resiliency has been put to the test in the past two years.Although faced with different challenges many have never seen before, leaders say those

  • Spotlight: Senior Airman Keaton Sheppeard

    Name and rank: Senior Airman Keaton SheppeardDuty title: Executive administrationUnit of assignment: 88th Air Base Wing, Commander’s Action GroupWhat do you do at Wright-Patt? I am an executive administrator assigned to the 88th Air Base Wing Commander’s Action Group, where I support the Air Force’s

  • Admiral visits Wright-Patt clinic to thank Airmen

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Rear Adm. Kristen Fabry visited Wright-Patterson Medical Center on Oct. 1 to thank the 88th Medical Group Airmen who provided active duty and civilians at Defense Supply Center Columbus with the COVID-19 vaccine earlier this year.The Defense Logistics Agency

  • NEWS RELEASE: Inadvertent fire-suppression foam released

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – An electrical-component malfunction in aircraft hangar 4016 on Wright-Patterson AFB’s Area A resulted in an inadvertent release of about 100 gallons of fire-suppressant foam Thursday, officials said.The foam released is an alcohol-based expansion foam, also