• Take command: Enroll now for 2018 TRICARE coverage

    On Jan. 1, 2018, there are a number of changes coming to your TRICARE benefit. This includes a change to the current TRICARE regions. The current three regions (North, South and West) will become two regions (East and West). There will be new regional contractors for the new East and West regions.

  • Job shadow program inspires next generation of innovators

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Local junior and senior high school students amassed on Wright-Patt, Oct. 27, to get a firsthand look at their possible future.Since 1999, Wright-Patt has held organized Job Shadow Days pairing students with mentors from the base. “The bi-annual event provides

  • Airfield Operations Flight keeps things safely moving in air, on ground

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio –  It’s nearly impossible for anyone who lives or works around Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to not notice the frequent low roar of C-17 Globemaster IIIs coming and going on a nearly daily basis. Wright-Patterson has nine C-17s assigned from the 445th Airlift

  • 50 pounds. 30 miles. Unlimited ingenuity.

    Veena Meer is Hanscom’s team lead for the Air Force Research Laboratory Commander’s Challenge. The team of six young program managers and engineers is at the halfway point of a competition asking junior acquisition experts to build a vehicle capable of delivering 50 pounds of supplies 30 miles

  • From lemon to lemonade: AFRL researchers reclaim clunker for endurance race

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Researchers from the AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate Materials Integrity Branch recently put their technical skills to use in a different way as they transformed a “lemon” into a racecar.The automotive overhaul took place in preparation for the 24

  • F-35 Division helps make local child's dream a reality

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Every child dreams of what they want to be when they get older. This year, the F-35 Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and volunteers from the Magic Wheelchair organization brought one boy’s dreams to reality. On Oct. 27, 2017 a ceremony was held in

  • Cheyenne Mountain sees better satellite picture

    UEWR primary missions include missile warning and missile defense, where radars spot missile launches, track them and send data to the Ballistic Missile Defense System. These primary missions enable ground-based interceptors to launch and eliminate incoming threats. The secondary mission is space