• Veterans Day honors a truly elite group

    Because we are Airmen, and are surrounded by the military on a daily basis, it can sometimes be easy to forget how incredibly significant it is to be a veteran. The approximately 22 million living veterans in this country make up only about 7 percent of the population. And less than 1 percent of

  • Milestones report: Spruce Way now open

    The opening Nov. 2 of a portion of the new Spruce Way, on what was formerly the 1.5-mile portion of State Route 444 passing on federal land through Wright-Patter-son Air Force Base, is the latest milestone reached of the project meant to enhance base security. The roadway was just repaved and

  • Readiness exercise sharpens skills

    A simulation involving a disgruntled employee whose job was being cut was part of an active shooter scenario Oct. 30 during 88th Air Base Wing readiness exercises conducted at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The exercise was held at Bldg. 676, Area B, site of the Air Force Research Laboratory DOD

  • Career toolboxes get a boost from 5 days of classes, assessments

    Several hundred employees at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base chose to develop new skills for their career toolbox, enhance their knowledge of the base and learn ways to better care for themselves through nutrition and exercise during the final Focus Week of 2012. Held the week of Oct. 15, the

  • Without "To the Colors", saluting not necessary during Reveille

    Recently Wright-Patterson AFB changed its morning routine of playing "To the Colors" immediately following Reveille. This change caused a little confusion and I'd like to clarify.Reveille is a traditional bugle call song that was originally meant for roll call and a way to start the duty day.

  • CCR honored as finalist with Security Leadership Award

    The Air Force Institute of Technology's Center for Cyberspace Research Advanced Cyber Education team was a finalist for the ISC2 2012 U.S. Government Information Security Leadership Award. Several members of the ACE Team attended the ISC2 Inc. awards gala Oct. 16 in Washing-ton, D.C. The 17-member

  • WPAFB to celebrate “Hire a Vet Month” with job fair

    The WPAFB Airman and Family Readiness Center will pay tribute to National "Hire a Vet Month" with a Veteran's Job Fair Nov. 7 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Wright State University Nutter Center. The event is open to military veterans, active-duty military, reservist, guard and their families,

  • C-17 LAIRCM mods restarted

    Work on the C-17 LAIRCM, or Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures System, has been restarted at Robins. For the first time in two years, the modification line has come to life with a new crew of sheet metal and aircraft mechanics, electricians and hydraulics technicians from the 562nd Aircraft

  • AFRL plays major role in historic near-space jump

    For more than nine minutes Oct. 14, an international audience watched as Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner egressed from a capsule 128,000 feet above the earth and fell toward the planet reaching speeds of 834 miles per hour, to become the first person to break the sound barrier outside a

  • Forum spawns ‘big data’ collaboration

    Enhanced information sharing and partnership are among the benefits expected to stem from an early-October forum co-sponsored by Hanscom Air Force Base and the Department of Transportation's Volpe Transportation Center.The forum held at the Volpe Center brought together a number of experts from