• Active-shooter exercise tests emergency response

            WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Wright-Patterson Air Force Base conducted an active-shooter exercise Aug. 10 to test the skills of first responders while assessing safety

  • New leaders address Wright-Patt personnel

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The 88th Air Base Wing’s new leadership team held its first commander’s call Aug. 5. Col. Christopher Meeker, 88 ABW and installation commander, along with Chief Master Sgt. Lloyd Morales, the wing’s command chief, briefly met with Airmen and civilian

  • Riverside projects to alter traffic flow

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Lane closures are expected during a pair of upcoming road projects in Riverside.West Springfield Street from Northcliff Drive to Harshman Road will be under construction beginning Aug. 22. One lane of traffic in each direction will be maintained at all times.

  • Spotlight: Senior Airman Dox Salgado

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Name and rank: Senior Airman Dox SalgadoDuty title: Military justice paralegalUnit of assignment: Staff Judge Advocate Office, 88th Air Base WingWhat do you do at Wright-Patt? I am a military justice paralegal for the 88th Air Base Wing at the Wright-Patterson

  • Right equipment, techniques make for safe bike ride

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Traffic safety is of critical importance throughout the year as it represents a tremendous risk to Air Force personnel. It’s essential for bicycle riders and those they share the road with to exercise patience and apply heightened situational awareness at all

  • Oath of office a bond between you, nation

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- For most of us in the Department of Defense, federal service became “real” when we first took an oath to “protect (or support) and defend the Constitution of the United States,” even though many of us may not have fully understood what an oath even was at

  • More than a road: The story behind Wright-Patt’s Kuglics Boulevard

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — Kuglics Boulevard on Area A, which runs from the 88th Security Forces Squadron building to Air Force Materiel Command headquarters, honors Special Agent Matthew Kuglics.Kuglics graduated from Green High School, south of Akron, in 2000 and enlisted in the Air

  • Base to hold active shooter exercise Aug. 10

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The base is holding its second active shooter response exercise of the year Aug. 10 and will go into full lock-down as part of the scenario. Everyone on the installation should take immediate action and act as if the active shooter exercise is a real-world

  • AFNET pushes update to Office 365

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is getting an upgrade to computer desktops.AFNET Enterprise is scheduled to push out a large upgrade to your desktop starting on Aug. 8. This will update Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access and other