• School Liaison Officer position established at Wright-Patterson AFB

    Addressing the needs of military school-aged children is top priority for Andrea Attaway-Young, who was recently selected as School Liaison Officer, a newly-created position at Wright Patterson AFB. Her office, located at the Airman & Family Readiness Center, Bldg 2 Room 239, provides great outreach

  • AFMC leaders continue to focus on nuclear sustainment

    Sustaining the Air Force nuclear arsenal was emphasized by Gen. Donald Hoffman, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, as he led his center and wing commanders along with AFMC headquarters senior staff through two days of in-depth discussions during AFMC's semi-annual senior leaders conference

  • AFOSR Funds Super-Fast, Secure Computing

    Air Force Office of Scientific Research(AFOSR)-supported physicists at the University of Michigan are developing innovative components for quantum, or super-fast, computers that will improve security for data storage and transmission on Air Force systems. According to Professor Duncan Steel, lead

  • 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