• Division Continuing Installation of Backup Oxygen System in F-22 Combat Fleet

    The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's F-22 Division is on-track to complete installation of the Automatic Back-up Oxygen System (ABOS) in the Air Force's F-22 Raptor combat fleet by December 2014.In January 2012, following a series of incidents in which a number of F-22 pilots experienced

  • Ribbon formation sends message of support

    April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and to draw attention to Air Force-wide efforts to prevent sexual assault, a group of nonprior service students from the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine formed a symbolic human ribbon March 27 in the parking lot outside Bldg. 1243 in Kittyhawk

  • Lessons from a Survivor

    Editor's note: Having the ability to recover from or adjust to misfortune or change is the definition of resilience, and that's something the Air Force wants all personnel to have as they deal with the stress that is part of their daily lives as they support the Air Force mission. A group of five

  • AFIT graduates 248 engineering, management students

    On March 27, 248 Air Force Institute of Technology engineering and management students received their diplomas at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. AFIT graduated 239 master's and nine Ph.D. degrees in 25 different research areas. "Education and training are the fundamental foundation of

  • Officials request Airmen avoid residential streets when using Gate 1A

    Fairborn officials and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base leadership are asking for help from the installation's work force who use Ohio and Greene Streets as a "cut through" route when entering or exiting Gate 1A.According to Terry Barlow, Fairborn chief of police, there has been an increase in

  • Air Force Marathon 5K sells out

    The Air Force Marathon 5K has sold out 6 weeks earlier than last year and the half marathon has less than 500 slots remaining. "We are so excited to see how fast the races are selling out," said Rob Aguiar, race director. "The 10K already sold out 7 weeks earlier than last year." The 5K sold out on

  • Wright-Patt Exchange recognizes boy who honored soldier

    The Exchange store manager at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base traveled to Maumee, Ohio, March 20 to present gifts from the Exchange to a boy who believes in "paying it forward."Christy Beenenga drove two and one-half hours north to visit Myles Eckert at his favorite restaurant, Cracker Barrel.

  • CMSAF visits Wright-Patterson AFB

    As Airmen filed in to the base theater March 20 - some in large groups, others slowly trickling in - the call to fill in the seats down front came loud and clear. The beginning of this Airmen's Call fit the formula of many others.Then Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James Cody stepped out

  • Agile Combat Support impacts every Airman and aircraft...EVERY DAY

    With regard to equipment and resources, have you ever wondered which Air Force organization delivers helmets and aircraft simulators to operators? What about precision measurement, ever curious as to who develops and sustains it for air and space systems? Ever pondered who is responsible for Air