• Save the date for WPAFB Retiree Appreciation Day

    Military retirees in southwest Ohio, northern Kentucky and eastern Indiana may want to highlight Friday, Nov. 13 on their calendars. That's the date of the next Retiree Appreciation Day at the Hope Hotel here. The annual event features guest speakers, free medical screening, refreshments,

  • AFOSR Sponsored Researcher Wins Prestigious Presidential Award

    Dr. Anthony Grbic, an Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) - funded principal investigator, won the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers Program (PECASE) for his research in artificial surfaces and materials, or metamaterials. The PECASE program recognizes some of

  • CORRECTION - Author Dan Clark to visit WPAFB Sept. 2

    Internationally recognized speaker and author Dan Clark will offer a free motivational talk Wednesday, Sept. 2, at 9 a.m. at the Kittyhawk Center Base Theater here.  Clark is contributor to the popular "Chicken Soup for the Soul" series of books. A story in the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

  • Information to abound at 2009 USAF Marathon Sports and Fitness Expo

    Get ready to be informed and inspired at the USAF Marathon Sports and Fitness Expo on Sept. 17 and 18!Nationally-syndicated "consumer warrior" Clark Howard and Boston Marathon Director Dave McGillivray are just two of the speakers scheduled to provide information focusing on health and wellness

  • Base economic impact report released

    Base officials have released the latest available figures which reveal Wright-Patterson's total economic impact to the Dayton region exceeds $4.4 billion. The 2008 Base Economic Impact Analysis shows a total of 25,713 military, civilian and contractor employees, an increase of almost 900 compared to

  • Air Force Research Lab holds wargame at Maxwell

    Exploring the potential military utility of future Air Force technologies is the key objective of a wargame held Aug. 10-14 by the Air Force Research Laboratory at Maxwell's Air Force Wargaming Institute, said the chief of AFRL's Strategic Planning Branch. "This is a virtual exercise of potential

  • Wool supporting the Warfighter

    Members of the Air Force Uniform Office here attended the American Wool Council's Wool Education Seminar, July 20-23, in Salt Lake City, Utah, for an opportunity to learn about and see the latest in wool production and developments. According to the American Sheep Industry Association, or ASI, the

  • AAFES explains return policy

    As the Department of Defense's oldest and largest exchange service, the Army Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) is constantly looking for the most effective way to communicate information pertaining to its mission, policies, structure and so forth to those it accurately refers to as "the best