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  • Take steps to make holidays memorable for right reasons

    This holiday season, many people will be traveling to various locations to celebrate Thanksgiving with friends, relatives and loved ones.Since the whole premise of this time of year is to be thankful rather than regretful, consider the following travel safety suggestions to make the holiday

  • AF Band of Flight to perform free holiday concert

    The Air Force Band of Flight will again present a free holiday concert at the Dayton Masonic Center on Dec. 13. This concert will be one show only at 2 p.m., with doors set to open at 1 p.m.This year's concert will mark the 27th year in which the Dayton Masonic Center has hosted the Air Force Band

  • Exercise scenarios help build 'muscle memory' for responses

    Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's final quarterly exercise in 2014, conducted Nov. 3-6, saw Airmen respond to a variety of smaller, and often localized, scenarios as many nits used the weeklong event to meet all of their annual exercise needs and requirements."Our units work diligently to make sure

  • Energy Action Month fuels base’s drive to conserve

    Team Wright-Patt showed tremendous initiative during October, the national Energy Action Month, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy. The Energy Action Month campaign promoted energy and water conservation throughout the federal government, and the base populace at Wright-Patterson Air Force

  • Air Force announces featured aircraft for the 2015 USAF Marathon

    Officials have named the U-2S 'Dragon Lady' as the 2015 featured aircraft for the Air Force Marathon.The nearly 60-year old reconnaissance and surveillance aircraft is produced by Lockheed Martin and will be featured on the Air Force Marathon logo, medals and shirts."We're very excited about this

  • AFRL 3-D audio research helps to make cockpit safer

    Imagine yourself in a cockpit, flying a mission, listening to a multitude of critical voices, delivering vital messages, all at the same time and from the same direction.Now imagine the same environment, except that the voices are now distinct and separate, and you can not only define who they are

  • Wing leaders visit Air National Guard base in Springfield

    Leaders from Wright Patterson Air Force Base's 88th Air Base Wing visited the Springfield Air National Guard Base on Oct. 29 to gain a better understanding of the 178th Wing's missions and strengthen their existing partnership.Col. John Devillier, 88 ABW commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Charles

  • Veterans Day is a day for gratitude

    Every generation hopes the next will never have to go to war. Yet, as our   U.S. Air Force approaches its 25th year of sustained combat operations, willing men and women from our country continue to answer their nation's call to protect our freedoms.  Veterans Day is a time to remember the men and

  • How did we lose this young Airman?

    She was an Airman Leadership School distinguished graduate, earned staff sergeant her first time testing, received all 5s on her Enlisted Performance Reports and took part in two deployments. Clearly she was a high-performing Airman. But, in her words, the Air Force had made it clear it didn't want

  • Paper airplanes take flight to help raise charitable funds

    Several paper airplanes took flight Oct. 29 in the rotunda of Bldg. 12, home of the Agile Combat Support (ACS) Directorate, contest sponsor. The competition was fiercely friendly as competitors competed in categories such as distance and accuracy.Each competitor entered the competition for $1 with