• Change of Command: Buses provided to ceremony at AF Museum July 17

    The 88 Air Base Wing change of command ceremony is scheduled for July 17 at 10 a.m. at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Col. John Devillier, currently the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations commander at Dover AFB, Del., will succeed Col. Cassie Barlow, who is retiring from the Air Force

  • Veterans Career Fair scheduled at Hope Hotel

    Military Veterans Resource Center invites veterans looking for a new career to attend a free Veterans Career Fair on July 18. This special career fair will feature more than 40 veteran-friendly employers ready to hire. The event will take place on the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base at the Hope

  • Barlow reflects on time as 88 ABW commander

    Col. Cassie Barlow took command of the 88 Air Base Wing here on July 17, 2012, and is scheduled to relinquish command July 17 in a ceremony at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force presided over by Lt. Gen. C. D. Moore II, commander of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center. The Skywrighter

  • Enterprise sourcing personnel part of award-winning team

    The Department of Defense announced winners of the fiscal 2013 Department of Defense Value Engineering Achievement Awards June 23.The Fire Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) team, consisting of personnel from the 771 Enterprise Sourcing Squadron -- part of the Air Force Installation Contracting

  • Sustainment plan for aging fleet critical

    The average age of an Air Force aircraft is more than 25 years, which makes the current fleet the oldest in Air Force history - and it must keep flying into the foreseeable future.An aging fleet in a pinched budget environment is making sustainment technology a critical priority as the Air Force

  • Wright-Patt Airmen among those on technical sergeant promotion list

    Of the 38,344 staff sergeants eligible for promotion to technical sergeant, 6,684 were selected, a 17.43 percent selection rate, Air Force officials said June 26. Those NCOs at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base selected for promotion include:18 Intelligence Squadron -- Robert Boucher, Wesley Hoffman,

  • Enterprise sourcing personnel part of award-winning team

    The Department of Defense (DOD) announced winners of the fiscal 2013 Department of Defense Value Engineering Achievement Awards June 23.The Fire Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) team, consisting of personnel from the 771 Enterprise Sourcing Squadron -- part of the Air Force Installation

  • WPAFB Airmen Rescue Drivers from Car Crash

    Special Agent Brad Byington, Air Force Office of Special Investigations, 1st Field Investigations Region was at the right place at the right time during a recent drive to work. During his commute, Byington witnessed a car crash in which a small vehicle was "t-boned" by a large SUV traveling 60

  • Joint medical team works together, saves critically injured soldier

    Staff at the Seth Michaud Expeditionary Medical Facility resuscitated, performed emergency surgery and stabilized a U.S. Soldier on June 8, prior to an eight-hour C-17 flight to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany, following an up-armored humvee roll-over in Djibouti.The soldier was ejected