• Wright-Patterson Spotlight: Tech. Sgt. Marica Moore

    Name and rank: Tech. Sgt. Marica Monique MooreDuty title: NCO in charge, Equal Opportunity OfficeUnit of assignment: 88th Air Base Wing, Equal Opportunity OfficeWhat do you do at Wright-Patt? I am an equal opportunity practitioner at the Equal Opportunity Office. I’m responsible for providing Equal

  • Expired ID cards to get extensions

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - The Department of Defense has granted extensions for expiring dependent or retiree ID cards due to ongoing COVID-19 mitigation efforts.This extension only applies to ID cards that have expired since Jan. 1, 2020, or will expire between now and July 31.Below

  • Contracting Airmen, Soldiers ready for joint contracting exercise

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas -- Contracting Soldiers from across the U.S. Army’s Mission and Installation Contracting Command are joining their Air Force counterparts June 21-25 for the virtual 2021 Joint Forces Contracting Exercise.With the 2021 Joint Forces Contracting Exercise,

  • Chief master sergeant of Air Force visits WPAFB

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Wright-Patterson Air Force Base hosted the Air Force’s 19th senior enlisted adviser for a three-day visit June 2-4.  Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne Bass is the first woman to serve as a senior enlisted adviser in the military. She assumed the

  • Team Wright-Patt uses exercises to ‘maximize mission effectiveness’

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - The 88th Air Base Wing and its command team have rolled out a new strategic plan that defines the mission and vision statements, values, characteristics and traits.“Maximize mission effectiveness,” the second of four revised lines of effort, was implemented to

  • CMSAF always on the go

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio-- Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne Bass has a duty day unlike most who put on the uniform.She often gets things started by 4:30 a.m. before embarking on workdays jam-packed full of office tours, command briefs and meeting with Airmen across various

  • Breaking barriers among the ranks

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – A few years ago, a Jewish officer helped a Muslim judge advocate general applicant get religious-accommodation rules changed, which paved a new path for more Muslims to serve in the Air Force.On the first day she joined up, Capt. Maysaa Ouza, 88th Air Base

  • Over 70 complete residency program requirements

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Air Force’s Graduate Medical Education Program conferred degrees upon 71 Airmen during its annual spring residency graduation May 27 in a hangar at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.  “You will be the next generation of medics to place your hands

  • Wright-Patt returns to HPCON Alpha

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - In response to the current climate and hard work to regain ground in the COVID-19 battle, the 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander has directed the health protection condition upgrade to Alpha for Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.The action, effective

  • More than four dozen Airmen earn CCAF degrees

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Community College of the Air Force held its spring graduation ceremony May 26 in the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base theater.Fifty-seven Airmen and Guardians earned associate degrees. But due to COVID-19 restrictions, only 18 were able to attend in