• Temporary closure of Beavervalley Road

    Beavercreek officials have announced a road closure which may impact the commute of base employees who live in Greene County.The City of Beavercreek has awarded a contract replace several culverts and stream bank stabilization along Beavervalley Road between New Germany-Trebien Road and the I-675

  • Gate 19B at National Road to become new 24-hour gate

    Beginning Feb. 1 the recently relocated Gate 19B at National Road will become the new 24-hour gate for Area B here. Base officials cited enhanced safety, security and traffic flow as key factors driving the decision. The change does not impact access to Wright-Patterson Areas A, C or Kittyhawk. The

  • AF researchers develop robotic package to protect convoys

    Researchers with the Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate Airbase Technologies Division (AFRL/RXQ), at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla., in conjunction with the University of Florida and Autonomous Solutions Incorporated, of Petersboro, Utah, have developed a robotic

  • Airmen hone warrior skills one shovelful at a time

    In a scene more common in a host of deployed areas, legions of Airmen from the 88th Air Base Wing assembled December 30 to fill sandbags, build defensive fighting positions and harden facilities in Wright-Patterson Warfighter Training Center. "We needed to get a lot of sandbags filled and the best

  • Holiday closure of National Park Interpretive Centers

    Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park will be closed Thursday and Friday, Dec. 25 and 26 so that staff can spend time with their families. The Wright-Dunbar Interpretive Center, located at 16 South Williams Street, and the Huffman Prairie Flying Field Interpretive Center, located at 2380

  • Columbus Air Force recruiter named among nation's best for 2008

    Tech. Sgt. Paul Lindsey, a recruiter at Columbus, Ohio, was named among the top 14 Air Force recruiters in the nation.Air Force Recruiting Service officials at Randolph Air Force Base announced their Operation Blue Suit recruiters for fiscal year 2008 this month.  Lindsey is assigned to the 338th

  • Nurse Transition Program graduates its first class

    University Hospital and the U.S. Air Force graduated the first class of ten nurses from the Nurse Transition Program Dec. 11.The NTP is designed to provide college graduate registered nurses the advanced clinical training and experience needed to become Air Force Nurse Corps officers and to prepare

  • AFRL Uses ARTS Technology to Clear Massachusetts Military Reserve

    AFRL researchers used the All-Purpose Remote Transport System, known as ARTS, to perform range clearance functions at the Massachusetts Military Reserve (MMR). ARTS is a robotic operating platform that uses various attachments to perform clearing tasks in areas deemed hazardous due to the presence