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  • U.S. Air Force Col. Patrick Miller, 88th Air Base Wing and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, installation commander, delivers remarks as the keynote speaker during a Memorial Day ceremony in Fairborn, Ohio, May 31, 2021. Established in 1971, Memorial Day is an official federal holiday meant to allow people to honor the men and women who have died while on duty with the U.S. Military. (U.S. Air Force photo by Wesley Farnsworth)

    Wright-Patt Participates in Community Memorial Day Ceremonies

    U.S. Air Force Col. Patrick Miller, 88th Air Base Wing and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, installation commander, delivers remarks as the keynote speaker during a Memorial Day ceremony in Fairborn, Ohio, May 31, 2021. Established in 1971, Memorial Day is an official federal holiday meant to allow people to honor the men and women who have
  • Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass and other Airmen from around the base pose for a photo with Airman 1st Class Leonardo Castillo Coronado, a medical technician with the 88th Medical Group, after he found out that he has been selected for promotion to Senior Airman Below the Zone during a Total Force Barbecue as part of her multiday visit to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, June 4, 2021. A three-day base tour brought Bass to several units within the 88th Air Base Wing, Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center and Air Force Research Laboratory. (U.S. Air Force photo by Wesley Farnsworth)

    Chief master sergeant of Air Force visits WPAFB

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Wright-Patterson Air Force Base hosted the Air Force’s 19th senior enlisted adviser for a three-day visit June 2-4.  Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne Bass is the first woman to serve as a senior enlisted adviser in the military. She assumed the role last August.During the visit, she received
  • Jeffrey Kitzmiller, 788th Civil Engineer Fire Department assistant chief, briefs members of the 88th Air Base Wing Public Affairs office who are playing the role of local media during a practice press conference that was held as part of a 420,000 gallon fuel spill exercise at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, May 19, 2021. Readiness exercises are routinely held to streamline unit cohesion when responding to emergencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Wesley Farnsworth)

    Team Wright-Patt uses exercises to ‘maximize mission effectiveness’

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - The 88th Air Base Wing and its command team have rolled out a new strategic plan that defines the mission and vision statements, values, characteristics and traits.“Maximize mission effectiveness,” the second of four revised lines of effort, was implemented to strengthen the 88 ABW’s operational and strategic
  • A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 22nd Air Refueling Wing at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, sits on the flightline, June 8, 2021 at Wright-Patterson AFB. KC-135 and KC-46 tankers and crew members will be at Wright-Patt through June 18 for a deployment exercise, which includes night-time aerial-refueling training. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)

    Tankers, crews stop at Wright-Patt for deployment exercise

    A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 22nd Air Refueling Wing at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, sits on the flightline, June 8, 2021 at Wright-Patterson AFB. KC-135 and KC-46 tankers and crew members will be at Wright-Patt through June 18 for a deployment exercise, which includes night-time aerial-refueling training. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J.
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    CMSAF always on the go

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio-- Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force JoAnne Bass has a duty day unlike most who put on the uniform.She often gets things started by 4:30 a.m. before embarking on workdays jam-packed full of office tours, command briefs and meeting with Airmen across various installations, which she calls the “best part of
  • Capt. Maysaa Ouza (left), 88th Air Base Wing chief of adverse actions, and Capt. Yosef Hochheiser, Air Force reservist and 88 ABW assistant staff judge advocate, are pictured in the U.S. courtroom at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on May 20. Their partnership helped establish the first religious-accommodation rule change for Muslims to wear a hijab in uniform. (US Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)

    Breaking barriers among the ranks

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – A few years ago, a Jewish officer helped a Muslim judge advocate general applicant get religious-accommodation rules changed, which paved a new path for more Muslims to serve in the Air Force.On the first day she joined up, Capt. Maysaa Ouza, 88th Air Base Wing chief of adverse actions, saw how hard she would
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    New AFMC office to drive digital transformation across Air, Space enterprise

  • Air Force Lt. Gen. Dorothy Hogg, Air Force surgeon general, gives the graduation address at the Wright-Patterson Medical and Allied Health Education Programs graduation ceremony May 27, 2021, in the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force as Col. Christian Lyons, 88th Medical Group commander, and Albert Painter, dean of the Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, looks on. More than 70 Air Force officers were recognized for completing their medical residencies in local hospitals including the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Medical Center and the Dayton Veterans Affairs Medical Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)

    Over 70 complete residency program requirements

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Air Force’s Graduate Medical Education Program conferred degrees upon 71 Airmen during its annual spring residency graduation May 27 in a hangar at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.  “You will be the next generation of medics to place your hands on tomorrow’s heroes as you join a unique group of
  • Col. Patrick Miller, 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, leads a COVID-19 virtual town hall and situation update March 3 from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo/Christopher Warner)

    Wright-Patt returns to HPCON Alpha

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - In response to the current climate and hard work to regain ground in the COVID-19 battle, the 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander has directed the health protection condition upgrade to Alpha for Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.The action, effective at 8 a.m. June 2, recognizes the drop in new cases
  • The Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Community College of the Air Force Class of 2021. (U.S. Air Force graphic by David Clingerman.

    More than four dozen Airmen earn CCAF degrees

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Community College of the Air Force held its spring graduation ceremony May 26 in the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base theater.Fifty-seven Airmen and Guardians earned associate degrees. But due to COVID-19 restrictions, only 18 were able to attend in person.  Chief Master Sgt. Erik Robbins, U.S. Air Force
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