• Some IDs may soon be invalid for base entry

    Individuals will no longer be able to access Air Force installations with a state-issued identification card or driver’s license from Minnesota, Missouri, Washington or American Samoa beginning Sept. 15.This new change aligns the Air Force’s installation access policy with requirements of the Real

  • Base-wide exercises test installation’s response to various scenarios

    Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio -- As activities wound down following Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s base-wide exercises last week, life quickly returned to normal around the installation.On the surface, the scope of the activities during the week may not have been as apparent to many

  • Future scientists “poster” success at annual RX summer session

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- More than 60 students from the Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate (RX) showcased their summer research for a crowd of research scientists, engineers and distinguished guests from across the region during the 2016 RX Summer

  • Air Force Petroleum Office serves a critical multi-faceted function

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Air Force Petroleum office provides global petroleum and aerospace energy management, technical expertise, and logistics capabilities to active, Guard and Reserve Air Force fuels-management teams worldwide.Headquartered at Ft. Belvoir, Virginia, with

  • Hatch Act covers election-time rules of conduct

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- With national, state and local elections less than four months away, now is an appropriate time to review specific rules governing what can and cannot be done on government time, equipment and/or property — as well as roles one can assume “as a government

  • Zika Preparedness and Response in Ohio

    The Florida Department of Health has gathered enough information as part of its ongoing investigation into non-travel related cases of Zika in Miami-Dade and Broward counties to conclude that a high likelihood exists that four cases are the result of local transmission. At this time, the Florida

  • Centers for Disease Control Zika Health Advisory

      This is an official CDC HEALTH ADVISORY  Distributed via the CDC Health Alert Network August 1, 2016, 1300 ET (1:00 PM ET) CDCHAN-00393 CDC Guidance for Travel and Testing of Pregnant Women and Women of Reproductive Age for Zika Virus Infection Related to the Investigation for Local Mosquito-borne