• Wright-Patt lands 100 on technical sergeant select list

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - The Air Force announced its newest technical sergeant selects June 29 — and the list includes 100 names from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.This year, 9,422 staff sergeants were promoted within an eligible pool of 34,973 across the Air Force, a selection rate

  • 88th Mission Support Group gets new leader

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Col. Sirena Morris officially took command of the 88th Mission Support Group in a change-of-command ceremony at the Wright-Patterson Club on July 1.Morris replaces Col. Paul Burger, who will become the Air Force Personnel Center’s chief of Military Personnel

  • WPAFB Airman picks up prestigious honor

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Staff Sgt. Valerie Graw of the 88th Communications Squadron has added another prestigious honor to her career.After earning the 88th Air Base Wing’s 2020 Airman of the Year Award, she was just selected as one of the Air Force’s 12 Outstanding Airmen of the

  • WRIGHT-PATT AFTER DARK: Fire Department stands ready 24/7 to render aid

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Rain or shine, 3 a.m. or 3 p.m., members of the 788th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department stand ready to help the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base community and the nearly 30,000 Airmen, civilians and contractors who work and live on the installation.The

  • Aim for mishap-free Fourth of July

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Fireworks are nothing less than recreational explosive devices. As such, they represent a potentially hazardous exposure to anyone in proximity and should be treated with the utmost caution at all times.To help you celebrate safely this Fourth of July, the

  • Inspector General’s Office available to base community

    The Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Inspector General’s Office offers a safe, private and confidential setting where anyone can discuss personal or professional concerns.Whether the situation involves someone in the chain of command, an 88th Air Base Wing staff agency or base service provider, the

  • Drone dangers go beyond deployed areas

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Modern conflicts have proven it doesn’t take multimillion-dollar jet aircraft and smart bombs to cause significant damage. Stopping it also requires more than advanced technology.A vigilance is needed on everyone’s part, including Wright-Patterson Air Force

  • Wright-Patterson AFB embracing need for change

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Change can be hard, but the Air Force has challenged us to not shy away from preparing ourselves for the future. I want to discuss one change coming to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.Effective late spring 2022, we will deactivate the 88th Communications

  • Wright-Patterson Spotlight: Cory Downey

    Name and rank: Cory Downey, GS-8Duty title: Fire and Emergency Services communications supervisorUnit of assignment: 788th Civil Engineer SquadronWhat do you do at Wright-Patt? I am the base Fire and Emergency Services communications supervisor. I oversee a team of six dispatchers. I am responsible

  • Redesigned holes now open at Prairie Trace Golf Course

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - The 88th Force Support Squadron conducted a ribbon cutting June 25 before reopening two holes at Prairie Trace Golf Course on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.The ceremony marked completion in the redesign and relocation of the seventh and eighth holes, the