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  • Pumpkin Chuck Raises Money for Fund Drive

    Teams from across the country travelled to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, to compete in the 11th annual 2015 Pumpkin Chuck event Oct. 16.Sponsored by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, the Pumpkin Chuck raised money for the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), an annual fundraiser that

  • Retiree Appreciation Day event set for Oct. 30

    The 2015 Retiree Appreciation Day is scheduled to take place at the Hope Hotel on Friday, Oct. 30, at 7:30 a.m.The free event is organized by the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Retiree Activities Program Office, is open to all branches of the military and will include information on a variety of

  • Pegasus Drogue, Hose and Boom systems deployed

    The KC-46A Pegasus notched another success this week when the systems at the heart of aerial refueling were demonstrated on EMD-2 with the deployment of both drogue systems and the boom.On Thursday, EMD-2 successfully extended the drogue refueling baskets from both the Centerline Drogue System,

  • Air Force testers cleared for Pegasus

    Now that Boeing has two aircraft - one a 767-2C freighter and one a militarized KC-46A tanker - in the air, the program expects flight testing will really get off the ground. All told, the path forward is for flight testing to validate the aircraft meets performance requirements and achieves both

  • Switch Grass use has many benefits

    The primary mission of the Air Force is to Fly, Fight and Win, and this mission depends on the use of many different aircraft. One program used to support this mission is the Bird Aircraft Strike Hazard Program.BASH is a comprehensive Air Force program that helps prevent bird and wildlife strikes

  • HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH: AFLCMC system engineer offers broad perspective

    Edgardo Santiago-Maldonado, an airworthiness system engineer in the Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization Program in the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, was just 17 years old when his talents on the baseball field opened doors stateside and he was offered an athletic scholarship to a

  • Medical Center Trains Future Air Force Medics

    The Wright-Patterson Medical Center here, has the distinction of being one of eight medical facilities in the world that is responsible for training the next generation of U.S. Air Force medics.Future Air Force medics begin their training at Fort Sam Houston, in San Antonio, Texas, where they

  • Wright-Patt Set to Observe Active Energy Action Month

    October as National Energy Action Month, provides an opportunity for Airmen to learn more about the impact of energy to the Air Force's mission.This year's theme, "Mission Assurance through Energy Assurance," puts the Airman at the center of the campaign.The goal is to inspire the total force to be