• Military retirees welcome at special holiday meal

    Military retirees and their families not wanting to spend Christmas Day at home in front of the oven are welcome to dine in the Pitsenbarger Dining Facility here. The holiday meal will be served Dec. 25 between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Services officials said the planned menu includes shrimp cocktail,

  • KFOR watches fighting, shooting

    Just after the Dec. 10 deadline for the conclusion of negotiating the status of Kosovo, Kosovo Force servicemembers sat back in their chairs and enjoyed the fighting and shooting. The fighting was actually thousands of miles away where hockey players were throwing punches and shooting pucks during

  • Wright-Patterson medics garner AFMC 2007 awards

    Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command officials singled out 30 Wright-Patt medics and eight medical teams for exceptional performance. The 2007 Air Force Medical Service Awards recognize individuals and teams for their superior job performance, innovative operations, and exceptional teamwork. "I'm

  • Gen. Carlson speaks at Wright-Patterson Enlisted Call

    Gen. Bruce Carlson, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, spoke at the Enlisted Call Monday. His 30-minute talk focused on three areas: reflections on work, wellness and what lies ahead. Then he answered questions from the audience. Carlson pointed out that Wright-Patterson "was a different kind

  • Base to celebrate 104th anniversary of first flight

    A ceremony to celebrate the 104th anniversary of the Wright brothers' first flight will take place at the Wright Brothers Memorial here Dec. 17 at 10 a.m. Col. Colleen Ryan, 88th Air Base Wing commander, will host the ceremony. Col. Anna M. Schulte, 445th Maintenance Group commander, will be the

  • New look for Medical Center Web Page

    People interested in Wright-Patterson Medical Center will find a wealth of information on the newly redesigned public Web page. The page, located at www.wpafb.af.mil/units/wpmc, officially went live Dec. 11 and can be quickly accessed via popular Web search engines. It replaces wpmc1.wpafb.af.mil,

  • Military retirees welcome at special holiday meal

    Military retirees and their families not wanting to spend Christmas Day at home in front of the oven are welcome to dine in the Pitsenbarger Dining Facility here. The holiday meal will be served Dec. 25 between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Services officials said the planned menu includes shrimp cocktail,

  • CFC contributions reaches more than $2.8 million

    The 2007 Combined Federal Campaign Recognition Breakfast took place at Wright-Patterson's Hope Hotel Dec. 6. Maj. David Ratcliffe, National Air and Space Intelligence Center, was the event emcee. Following breakfast, Jackie Phillips, executive director for the Miami Valley CFC, introduced guest

  • UN officials travel from NYC to Afghanistan

    Five years after the creation of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan, top officials from UN headquarters in New York continue to visit even the most remote districts of this war-torn country. Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Jane Holl Lute and members of her