• AFRL researchers fine-tune F-35 pilot-aircraft speech system

    When the first production F-35 Lightning II rolls out in 2008, communications between pilot and aircraft will enter a new era thanks in part to testing and analysis conducted at the Air Force Research Laboratory's Human Effectiveness Directorate. The F-35 will be the first U. S. fighter aircraft

  • Miami Valley CFC in full swing on base

    The 2007 Miami Valley Combined Federal Campaign is in full swing and unit representatives are working on getting 100 percent contact in their offices.This year's campaign kicked off with an agency fair at the Ervin J. Nutter Center at Wright State University Oct. 3. Representatives from 112 local,

  • Chaplains reach out to community for Clergy Day

    Base Chaplains are hoping to familiarize local spiritual leaders of every faith background with the base, its missions and the difficulties faced by military families at Clergy Day Oct. 22. "Most base people don't live on base and after working here all week they don't come back through the gate to

  • Luncheon with aviation legends Oct. 26

    Enlisted members here will have a rare opportunity to celebrate their aviation heritage Oct. 26, during a luncheon with some living legends. The "Muster Luncheon" at the Wright-Patterson Club invites current enlisted Airmen to meet with the celebrated "Flying Sergeants" during a reunion by the Army

  • Base to bring speaker for major workshop on violence against women

    In an effort to raise awareness and educate communities about domestic violence, four Wright-Patterson helping agencies have joined forces to co-sponsor the workshop "A Call to Men," featuring guest speaker Tony Porter. The base sexual assault response, family advocacy, Federal Women's Programs and

  • 88th Operations Support Squadron stands ready for inspection

    The 88th Air Base Wing Operations Support Squadron is gearing up to host the Air Force Materiel Command Air Traffic System Evaluation and Air Force Weather Standardization and Evaluation Program starting October 15 through October 19. ATSEP and AWSEP will evaluate the ability of Airfield Operations

  • Washington shows continued support for Afghanistan

    Less than three months after the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff visited this small southern district, three additional members of the Washington, D.C.-based Joint Staff stopped by for a meeting with the provincial governor here Oct. 7. Strategic Plans and Policy Director Lt. Gen. John Sattler

  • Wright Flyer III briefly rises again over Huffman Prairie

    Vintage aircraft builder and pilot Mark Dusenberry will confess his passion for flying a replica 1905 Wright Flyer III borders on obsession. Today over the hallowed Huffman Prairie, where the Wright brothers perfected the airplane, he felt both the exhilaration and disappointment of Orville and

  • Wright-Patt takes seven Presidential Rank Awards

    Of the 16 Presidential Rank Awards given out to members of the Air Force, Wright-Patt civilians earned six.These awards recognize career civilian senior executive service and senior professional individuals. The recipients are leaders, professionals and scientists, who have demonstrated exceptional

  • Despite challenges, progress continues in southern Afghanistan

    A provincial-level shura, or meeting, took place in this small, remote district of Zabul Province Oct. 2. Although the shura was facilitated by Provincial Reconstruction Team Qalat--a joint U.S. Air Force and Army unit stationed in the country since April--the meeting was strictly an Afghan