• Airmen's basic training helps sexual assault victim in Redwoods

    When two Airmen from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base arrived at their cabin in the middle of the Redwood Forrest in northern California after a long trip from Oregon, they had a decision to make. Should they grab a bite to eat or should they go for a quick hike?They chose a quick hike, and this

  • Wright-Patt joins hands with community to thank veterans

    More than 40 volunteers from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base walked room to room and floor to floor at the Dayton Veteran's Affairs Medical Center delivering Valentine's Day bags of 'thank yous' from local children to the veterans for the annual Valentines for Vets event Feb. 12.From the hands of

  • Long-time marathon runner and medical professional talks winter training

    Winter is in full swing and one challenge for marathon runners is training with snow on the ground and in low temperatures.Dr. Mark Cucuzzella, a two-time U.S. Air Force Marathon winner and the chief medical consultant for the race spoke by phone from his home in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, about

  • Passion for fitness never grows old

    Mature individuals who see exercise and fitness as a lifestyle are making good use of the fitness facilities at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. They say they want to see more, younger people joining them.Kenneth McHenry, 85, retired as an Air Force master sergeant 46 years ago, then had a career as

  • Consortium benefits Wright-Patt, VA

    The Wright-Patterson Medical Center here generated more than $2 million in fiscal year 2015 as a result of the Buckeye Federal Healthcare Consortium master sharing agreement with regional Veterans Affairs medical facilities.The mutually beneficial consortium allows the VA to refer patients to WPMC

  • Two Airmen awarded the AF Achievement Medal

    Two Airmen from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base were awarded the Air Force Achievement Medal Jan. 26.Senior Airman Katlyn Pascucci and Senior Airman John Lucic, while hiking in the Redwood Forrest in Northern California, used their Air Force training to help a woman who had been kidnapped, had her

  • Base Exercise tests AED usage, FPCON changes, active shooter response

    Activities at the base resumed their normal tempo following 2016's first quarterly base-wide exercise Feb. 1 - 4, but Wing Inspection Team members were still busy poring over data collected from the previous week's activities.The exercise events ranged in scope from changes in Force Protection

  • AIAA singles out AFRL researchers for 2016 Fellows honor

    Three researchers from the Air Force Research Laboratory have been named American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Fellows for 2016.The three new Fellows are:· Dr. Russell M. Cummings, of AFRL's European Office of Aerospace Research and Development and the U.S. Air Force Academy, is being