• Enterprise hiring effort draws new talent, faster

    AFMC improved its civilian hiring timeliness by 12 percent in fiscal year 2018 and continues to speed up the employment process in FY19. Four major secretary-approved hiring initiatives are providing positive returns, particularly when coupled with continued process improvements in all talent

  • Wright-Patterson AFB to sponsor FIRST® LEGO® League Ohio Championship

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Educational Outreach Office will sponsor the FIRST® LEGO® League Ohio Championship Tournament at the Ervin J. Nutter Center, on the campus of Wright State University, Feb. 3, from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m.The annual event will

  • AFICA Change Agents key to future success

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- An organization’s ability to change and adapt often means the difference between success and failure. For that reason, the Air Force Installation Contracting Agency not only embraces change, it lauds it!“Without change, there can be no breakthroughs and,

  • Focus Week Registration open for courses offered Jan. 22-25

    Registration for the first Focus Week of 2019, scheduled for Jan. 22-25 at the 88th Air Base Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, will continue until the day before each course is held.This Focus Week spotlights performance improvement for both the individual and organization. A wide variety of

  • Wright-Patt at center of powered-flight celebration

    Col. Tom Sherman, 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, along with the great grandniece and great grandnephew of the Wright brothers, joined together the morning of Dec. 17 to lay a wreath commemorating the 115th anniversary of practical powered flight.The

  • Inquiry results in improvement guidance

    Findings from a command-directed investigation regarding an installation-wide active shooter exercise conducted Aug. 2 were announced Dec. 19 by Col. Thomas Sherman, 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.The active shooter exercise was planned and executed at

  • Festive Wright-Patt tradition completed in two days

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- For the first time in its 18-year history, the annual Airmen’s Holiday Cookie Drive at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base took two days to complete, but the base’s unaccompanied and single Airmen didn’t complain.The original scheduled date of Dec. 5 was only

  • Globetrotter Talks to Kids about Bullying Prevention

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio— Harlem Globetrotter, Briana “Hoops” Green spoke to kids at the Wright-Patterson AFB Child Development Center Tuesday, Dec. 4. The Globetrotters are travelling to talk to kids about bullying as part of their ABCs of Bullying Prevention Program. The program was

  • Officials announce procedures for hazardous weather base closures, delays

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- With the return of winter weather, and its often attendant hazardous-driving conditions, Wright-Patterson AFB officials have announced procedures for notification of weather-related base closure, delayed openings and early releases to ensure the safety of the

  • Update Rolling out for Skype for Business

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio- The Air Force Network Integration Center is pushing out an update from Lync to Skype for Business 2016. AFNIC will begin rolling out the update for Wright-Patterson AFB from Dec. 3 at 11 a.m. until Dec. 7.“Skype for Business has all the features people love