• Downtown event provides insight on Air Force partnerships

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory 711th Human Performance Wing and the Wright Brothers Institute teamed up to share information with the Dayton business community about partnership opportunities. WBI serves as an Air Force Partnership Intermediary to help

  • Air Force diabetes prevention program shows promising results

    With 1 in 3 Americans at risk for diabetes, researchers and health professionals at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center in San Antonio, found it critical to implement and test the Group Lifestyle Balance program. The GLB program is a diabetes prevention program that was originally developed

  • Celebration, fellowship, free luncheon opportunity to give thanks

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- A Thanksgiving worship celebration and free luncheon fellowship with Chaplain (Col.) Shon Neyland, Air Force Materiel Command Chaplain, is open Nov. 21 starting at 10 a.m. to the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base community at Kittyhawk Chapel, Bldg. 1220,

  • Bakers, get ready: 17th annual donation event set for Dec. 6

     WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Cookie and brownie bakers who have a soft spot in their hearts for some 2,000 hungry unaccompanied Airmen at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base will want to note Dec. 6 on their calendars. That’s when the 17th annual Airmen’s Holiday Cookie Drive at Wright-Patt

  • Air Force expands key resource for small businesses to mature technology

    An increasingly popular Air Force event is expanding to provide small companies with even more opportunities to refine their technology.The annual Operation Tech Warrior exercise – conducted by the Air Force Research Laboratory and sponsored by the Air Force Small Business Innovation Research/Small

  • Nobel Laureate returns to AFRL to talk determination, discovery

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Nobel Prize recipient Dr. Dan Shechtman visited the Air Force Research Laboratory on November 8, 2017, imparting his research, life experience, and words of wisdom to an audience of researchers as part of the AFRL Technical Mastery interactive lecture

  • New procedures for ADPE equipment turn in

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services (US) will transition in January 2018 to a field office, but their services will still be available to Wright-Patterson personnel looking to turn in equipment and hazardous waste.“Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

  • Reporting procedures ready for hazardous conditions

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio --  As winter approaches and with temperatures already in the 30s and 40s, base personnel must prepare for the season’s hazardous weather and the potential effects to the operating hours of the base. To ensure a safe, secure and operational environment for

  • 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