• Spotlight: Airman Daniel Carey

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Name and rank: Airman Daniel CareyDuty title: Airfield management operatorUnit of assignment: 88th Operations Support SquadronWhat do you do at Wright-Patt?I work as an airfield management operator. My team is responsible for the safety, efficiency and

  • LEADership group graduates

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Participants in the LEADership Wright-Patt program wrapped up their five-month course during a formal graduation ceremony Sept. 15 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.The graduates made a personal investment to develop into prospective Wright-Patt

  • 88th ABW announces special holiday hours of operation for Columbus Day

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- GATES1A (Fairborn Gate)Oct. 7: Open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.Oct. 10: Open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.12A (AFMC HQ)Open 24 hours15AOct. 7: Open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.Oct. 10: Closed19BOpen 24 hours22BOct. 7: Open 6 a.m. to 7 p.m.Oct. 10: Closed26AOct. 7: Open 6 a.m. to 2 p.m.Oct. 10:

  • New government vehicle carwash opens

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The 88th Logistics Readiness Squadron opens a new carwash for government operated vehicles Oct. 05, 2022, at building 13 on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.The new automated carwash has been five years in the making and is replacing the older manual

  • Area B to turn off the power during upcoming exercise

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Some employees on Area B can expect to have no power for 12 hours Oct. 13 as part of an Energy Resilience Readiness Exercise. The base Energy Management Office is pulling the plug beginning at midnight to test Area B’s resilience during a widespread power-grid

  • Hospitals forge positive change in military medicine

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- What began as a helping partnership between the Wright-Patterson and Dayton Veterans Affairs medical centers became a boost to military medical training and increased care for veterans.Since early 2021, Dr. (Maj.) Matt Koroscil, director of the Medical

  • Cause of the Week: Housing and Shelter

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Combined Federal Campaign allows personnel and retirees to pledge monetary support and volunteer time with approved charities.CFC includes charities working in many different areas of housing and shelter, to include temporary shelter, disaster relief,

  • Know when to use headlights, windshield wipers

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – There’s an important legal principle that says “ignorance of the law is no excuse.” That’s right: You can’t defend your actions by arguing you didn’t know they were illegal, even if you honestly didn’t realize you were breaking the law.The Ohio Revised Code’s

  • 988 Crisis Hotline

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio –  There is a new number in town, it’s 988On July 16, 2022, the U.S. transitioned from a 10-digit phone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline to the easy-to-remember three-digit 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. Since then, there has been a 45 percent

  • Safety is everyone’s job

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- In 2012 the 88th Mission Support Group front office and 88th Logistics Readiness Squadron were officially awarded OSHA’s Voluntary Protection Programs Star status. Two weeks after this is published, we will be receiving our third on-site visit from OSHA to