• Education expo includes workforce development resources

    The 88th Force Support Squadron will host the 2016 Development, Education & Training Expo June 16 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Wright-Patt Combined Club.The expo is free and open to anyone with base access.As a first this year, education and workforce development resources are combined for the

  • Prairies Youth Center hosts Nature Week/Creative Expressions event

    Nature Week/Creative Expressions at the Prairies Youth Center was held June 6-10 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.The goal of the event was to teach children to explore how they could create art from nature, specifically with donated dried insect specimens and art supplies.During the day, speakers

  • Local bookmobiles service Wright-Patt

    Local bookmobiles are scheduled to visit Wright-Patt at various locations throughout the year.Greene and Montgomery county libraries have collaborated with the base to provide fiction books and children's collection services to Wright-Patt's community.Appearances are scheduled at the following

  • Paying tribute to 'Old Glory' as a powerful national symbol

    National Flag Day is celebrated annually on June 14 to show respect for the flag and what it represents - our independence and unity as a nation. The flag has become a powerful symbol of Americanism.Since 1777, the U.S. flag design has been modified officially 26 times and for 47 years the flag had

  • AFLCMC team helps bring aircraft damaged in Afghanistan home

    In August 2015 a small team of engineering experts and an aircraft technician from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's Mobility Directorate were deployed to Afghanistan to provide technical support and expertise as part of an effort to repair a C-130J aircraft that had been damaged by

  • Devillier reflects on time with 88 ABW

    Col. John Devillier is scheduled to relinquish command of the 88th Air Base Wing on June 21 in a ceremony at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force presided over by Lt. Gen. John Thompson, commander of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center. Devillier assumed command on July 17,

  • Airman aims high through astronaut program

    An Life Cycle Management Center program manager is one step closer to being selected to the NASA astronaut program following the Air Force's Astronaut Nomination Board results earlier this spring.Maj. Angela K. Motlagh, who works in the Battle Management Directorate here, was inspired to apply for

  • CNS/ATM Conference returns, slated for June 20-23 in Ohio

    After a five-year hiatus, the Communications, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management Center of Excellence here is looking toward the future with its upcoming 2016 CNS/ATM Conference.This year's event will be held June 20-23 at the Hope Hotel & Richard C. Holbrooke Conference Center just

  • Acquisition workshop registration deadline nears

    If you're looking for an opportunity to improve your acquisition knowledge and interface with senior Department of Defense and Air Force acquisition leaders, register now for the 2016 Acquisition Insight Days. Panel discussions and presentation will cover a wide range of acquisition, technology and