• Base exercise will include night operations

    Base officials here kicked off another Operational Readiness Exercise today through Sept. 5.   Most exercise activity will take place at Wright Patterson's PRIME BEEF training area, a wooded training site located adjacent to the Huffman Prairie Flying Field. Like the recent August 13-15 exercise,

  • Base officials announce gate and facility holiday hours

    Hours for gate access and a number of customer support and 88th Services Division activities across the base will change for Family Day on Friday, August 29 and for the Labor Day holiday weekend.For a complete listing of holiday hours, click here.Have a safe and enjoyable holiday weekend!

  • WPMC Family Day and Labor Day weekend hours of operation

    Wright-Patterson Medical Center announces the following hours of operation for Friday's Air Force Materiel Command Family Day and the Labor Day 2008 holiday weekend. Friday, August 29 Emergency Services - Open 24/7  Primary Care - Closed  Pediatric Clinic - 8 a.m. - 3 p.m. (by appointment

  • Technical review improves Minuteman III nozzle builds

    A team of scientists and engineers at the Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, in collaboration with Ogden Air Logistics Center, Hill AFB, Utah, and industry, have resolved a challenging technical issue confronting the nation's land-based Minuteman III

  • Off-duty Airman honored for thwarting crime

    An off-duty Airman was honored by city officials here August 25 for heroic actions in thwarting a violent purse snatching. Staff Sgt. Noland Noble, Jr., a security forces officer with the 88th Security Forces Squadron at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, was off-duty shopping with family on July 15

  • AFRL engine, hearing protection technology land at Air Force museum

    The first aircraft to fly by pulsed-detonation engine power, and associated hearing protection technology--both developed at the Air Force Research Laboratory-- were welcomed by the National Museum of the United States Air Force in a ceremony held August 25 at the Museum Annex at Wright-Patterson

  • Wright-Patt meets, exceeds standards to receive Star recognition

    The final and most challenging hurdle has been cleared setting the stage for Wright-Patterson to become the first active duty Air Force base to achieve Star recognition under the Voluntary Protection Program. "I'm going to be proud to recommend you here, the wing staff agencies, for VPP at the Star

  • Construction zones “OFF LIMITS” to pedestrians

    BRAC-related construction progress here is a source of both curiosity and minor inconvience due to traffic detours.  For everyone's safety, all pedestrian traffic, including joggers, should avoid entering or passing through construction zones.For the safety of both the base populous and construction