• 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

  • Paving projects planned for Areas A, B this month

    There are three paving projects that will be starting in Area A over the next couple of weeks. First, Skeel Avenue will be resurfaced from Wright Avenue to near Bldg. 206 starting Nov. 10. This project is scheduled to be complete on Nov. 14.Next, Parking Lot 14A (outside Headquarters Air Force

  • Wing announces hours of operation for Veterans Day

    The following facilities will have different hours of operation on Veterans Day, Nov. 11:GATES1A (Fairborn Gate) Nov. 11 Open 24/71B (Springfield Gate) Nov. 11 Closed12A (AFMC Headquarters) Nov. 11 Open 24/715A (Ohio 844) Nov. 11 Closed16A (Commercial Delivery) Nov. 11 Closed19B (National Road) Nov.

  • Traffic safety courses offered

    The 88th Air Base Wing Safety Office provides Intermediate Traffic Safety Course III, and Driver Improvement and Rehabilitation Course 5 IAW AFI 91-207, The US Air Force Traffic Safety Program.The target audience for Course 3 is all first-term   Airmen (including officers), ideally during attendance

  • Keep safety in mind when using space heaters at home

    NOTE: This article deals with the use of space heaters in the home not with the use of space heaters in an office environment. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Instruction 32-2001, FIRE PREVENTION PROGRAM, paragraph 22.8 reads: "Personal electrical space heaters are not authorized for use at WPAFB