• Facility helps base community enjoy nature while saving money

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Outdoor Recreation facility located in Building 95 Area A is the central point for equipment rental, such as bikes, mowers, power washers, bouncy houses, fishing poles, tents, lanterns, sleeping bags, cook stoves, kayaks,

  • Wright-Patt lab is first step in early detection of disease

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Fewer things in life could be scarier than a diagnosis of cancer or any other life threatening disease.  At the Wright-Patterson Medical Center the first line of defense and treatment is identifying that one actually has a disease, and that determination is

  • AFIT ACE program has gamer appeal

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- A terrorist plot to cripple the Air Force Institute of Technology has been uncovered. The diabolical scheme calls for an enemy agent to access and hijack one of five space stations orbiting Earth and use it to breach AFIT security systems. The government is

  • USAF signs first-ever CRADA of its kind

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- A Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) has been signed between the Air Force and Textron AirLand, LLC, a Textron Inc. company of Wichita, Kansas.  Under this collaborative agreement, the United States Air Force Airworthiness Office will

  • Committee to hold women’s equality forum

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Women’s Equality Day, being held Aug. 26, is the anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, marking the women’s suffrage movement’s greatest victory—women achieving full voting rights.To recognize the occasion, there will be a

  • Policy changes allow Airmen to retrain into special operations

    In a move to meet the high-demand signal for the Air Force’s Battlefield Airmen (BA), the service announced changes to retraining and cross-flow, outlined in a policy memorandum dated April 25.The changes allow Airmen to be released from their current jobs in the Air Force to cross-train into the

  • Base-wide exercise starts Aug. 1

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Wright-Patterson moves into exercise mode Monday as the 2016 third quarter base-wide, week-long exercise activities kick off. Active shooter response, ability to deploy and deployed operations are among the several items being evaluated this week by the

  • 2016 Wing Tech Day shows collaboration, successes

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The 711th Human Performance Wing hosted the 2016 Wing Tech Day July 21 at the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine here. The one-day event was open to 711 HPW personnel and included two keynote speakers, six oral presentations and a poster

  • 66 ABG welcomes new commander

    Col. Roman L. Hund assumed command of the 66th Air Base Group today during a change of command ceremony here.Lt. Gen. John F. Thompson, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center commander, presided over the ceremony, in which Col. David R. Dunklee relinquished command.