• AFAF charitable campaign workers urge base community to ‘finish strong’

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Only a week remains to make a difference in the lives of Airmen through the 46th annual Air Force Assistance Fund campaign at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.The annual AFAF campaign, using the theme of “Commitment to Caring,” is raising funds until May 17

  • Motorcycle safety: Avoid the asphalt luge

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio -- I refer to it as the time I did the asphalt luge.For those who need a reminder, the luge is that sport where athletes slide down an ice track at high speeds feet-first, laying on their backs, atop a small sled.While I was sliding along at high speed, feet first, lying

  • Wright-Patt offers fun ways to celebrate Mother’s Day

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio -- How do you celebrate Mom? May 12 has been designated the day for honoring mothers, and the 88th Force Support Squadron offers various opportunities to say thank you.Celebrate Mom at the Wright-Patterson Club with a Mother’s Day Brunch May 12. You can make reservations

  • AFAF/AFAS loan allows Airman to show off baby to far-away family

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Staff Sgt. Antonio Chavis Jr. said a loan from the Air Force Aid Society 10 years ago when he was an Airman 1st Class wasn’t to help with something bad that had happened to his young family but rather for something good.He and his wife wanted to let immediate

  • Foreign liaison officers facilitate cooperation, mutual understanding

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO -- Foreign liaison officers are assigned to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate, which is the organization responsible for administering the Air Force’s multi-billion dollar Foreign Military

  • 88th Air Base Wing celebrates 75 years

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio -- It was an evening of celebration—Airmen of all ranks, young and old, along with community leaders, gathered to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the 88th Air Base Wing at the Wright-Patterson Club April 26.Hosted by Col. Tom Sherman, commander, 88th Air Base Wing, the

  • Fire Department Bike Team brings unique capability

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The emergency crash phone rings, and a public affairs officer picks it up. The PA office expects all types of calls about inclement weather, emergencies that are happening on base, and sometimes there are calls about mutual aid support for the surrounding

  • Week full of environment-helping activities planned at Wright-Patt

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio-- Earth Day 2019 is April 22. This year’s official Earth Day theme is “Protect Our Species,” and the 88th Civil Engineering Natural Resource Division has a full week of events to celebrate the campaign.Earth Day was established in 1970 and is celebrated in 193