• Former WAC, family, friends visit uniform donated to museum

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The last time Yolanda “Tipi” Minnehan saw the uniform she wore as a member of the first class of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps, later the Women’s Army Corps, Gerald Ford was president of the U.S., Rubik’s Cubes were popular and first-class stamps cost 10

  • 88th Security Forces Squadron wins 2018 AFA Verne Orr award

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio –The 88th Security Forces Squadron has taken top honors as the winners of the 2018 Air Force Association Verne Orr Award.   Established in honor of former Secretary of the Air Force Verne Orr, the award recognizes an Air Force unit that makes the most effective

  • Empowering Education in the Workforce

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - More than 50 organizations, including academic institutions, helping agencies, and the Ohio Department of Higher Education, attended the 2018 Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Development, Education, and Training Exposition July 12.Academic institutions

  • Crider: Solve problems that matter with data

    Crider also cited innovative data experimentation efforts led by the Multi-Domain Command and Control team at Hanscom as the basis for insights that will integrate command and control capabilities for the warfighter.

  • Dayton area Saturdays in July

    With summer now in full swing, Dayton and the Southwest Ohio area abounds in festivals, fairs and fun activities. Ohio’s great outdoors beckons along scenic bicycle paths, in forested parks and campgrounds, down flowing water ways and in the nearby comfort of local communities. As the explosive

  • Beat the heat: Avoiding heat stress

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - During the summer months here outdoor heat is measured with wet bulb globe temperature readings. The WBGT is different from the heat index, which is a measurement of ambient temperature. Unlike the heat index, WBGT accounts for wind, cloud cover, and sun angle

  • Baltimore C-STARS partnership prepares Airmen for battlefield medicine

    Civilian partnerships are a vital readiness resource for the Air Force Medical Service, refreshing medics on trauma skills and taking lessons learned to deliver life-saving trauma care downrange.The Center for the Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills program in Baltimore, Maryland, prepares

  • ‘100 Years of Mateship’ event celebrates U.S.-Australian bond

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- A Nieuport 23 replica World War I aircraft and a display of World War I equipment and weaponry were the highlights of a commemoration and celebration of “100 years of Mateship” between Australia and the United States. The celebratory event took place June 20

  • Col. Thomas Sherman: Q&A with the 88 ABW’s brand-new commander

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Col. Thomas Sherman assumed his position as commander of the 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base June 19. Sherman previously served as commander of the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Detachment 1

  • Registration open for courses offered July 23-27

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The third Focus Week of 2018, scheduled for July 23-27 at the 88th Air Base Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, is approaching. Registration is open and continues until the day before each course is held. The Summer Focus Week is focused on performance