• Base clinic helps care for military pets

    Just inside Gate 15A in Area A is the Wright-Patterson Veterinary Services Clinic. Entering the clinic, visitors are usually greeted by a friendly receptionist and likely Dr. Jessica Clarkson's happy Australian Shepard dog, Quinn.The veterinary clinic hosts three exam rooms, a surgical facility and

  • Airmen & Family Readiness Center ready to offer help

    The Airmen & Family Readiness Center (A&FRC) is one of the many helping agencies at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, offering classes and events designed to benefit those who are active-duty, civilian, retiree or dependent. During the upcoming months, the A&FRC will introduce several new programs to

  • AFOSR continues legacy of Nobel Prize-winning research

    The Air Force Office of Scientific Research will add four winners to its illustrious list following the Nobel Foundation's announcements of the 2014 laureates for Physics and Chemistry on Oct. 7 and 8.AFOSR has contributed basic research funding to 78 Nobel laureates over the past 60 years.  On

  • AFLCMC captures two Performance Based Logistics awards

    In an Oct. 17 memo, Frank Kendall, the Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, announced the winners of the 2014 Secretary of Defense Performance Based Logistics awards, with programs managed by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center claiming two of

  • Air Force takes table-top approach to quantum physics

    Air Force Research Laboratory scientists can now study the mysteries of quantum physics in house and at a lower cost, thanks to a new high performance table-top quantum computing system.With funding in part from the Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) and the DoD High Performance

  • Wright-Patt reservists join Ebola support operations in West Africa

    Two aircrews of three Airmen each from the 445th Airlift Wing's 89th Airlift Squadron departed Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Oct. 16 to deliver cargo in support of Ebola stricken regions of West Africa.The crew was scheduled to pick up cargo in Pennsylvania and transport it to Monrovia,

  • Wright-Patt tax center needs volunteers

    In 2014, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's tax center helped the base community prepare 3,163 federal and state returns, saving people more than $410,000 in tax preparation fees.This program is becoming increasingly popular and additional volunteer tax preparers are needed to meet the heightened

  • 88th Medical Group using multi-disciplinary approach to Ebola planning

    There is a lot of news coverage concerning the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) outbreak of West Africa. It is a serious disease, highly infectious, and the current outbreak is the largest in history, according to the World Health Organization.The U.S. military is now supporting the fight in West Africa to

  • Understanding the Ebola outbreak, response from CDC to U.S. concerns

    On Sept. 30, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) confirmed the first travel-associated case of Ebola to be diagnosed in the United States. The case is a part of the current Ebola outbreak affecting the West African countries of Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.Recently, the CDC