• 2018 Autism at Work Initiative: Wright-Patt’s Pilot Program

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - April is Autism Awareness month, which makes it the perfect time to introduce a new effort at Wright-Patt.Air Force Materiel Command is partnering with Wright State University to launch a pilot program called the Autism at Work Initiative. Its goal is to

  • WPAFB Educational Outreach Expands LEGACY

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Middle school, high school and college students near Eglin and Robins Air Force Base, as well as the United States Air Force Academy, will benefit from personalized, one-on-one training from leading professionals as Wright-Patt’s Educational Outreach office

  • Dodgeball: an exercise in resiliency

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The 88th Air Base Wing Chapel community hosted a resiliency event under the guise of a dodgeball tournament March 16 at the Jarvis gym on Area A.Twelve teams of six to eight players from across Wright-Patt signed up to dodge-duck-dip-dive-and-dodge their way

  • Annual campaign benefits AF charities

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- With a theme of “Commitment to Caring,” the 45th annual Air Force Assistance Fund campaign at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base kicks off March 26 and runs through May 4.  The annual AFAF campaign raises funds for AFAF-affiliated charities that assist

  • Wright Patterson AFB basketball team quietly ends an impressive 2018 season

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Wright-Patterson Air Force Base basketball team wrapped up its 2018 season with an impressive 23-6 record and ranked 3rd nationally in military basketball.Intramural sports are offered through each base’s unit at Air Force Fitness Centers worldwide. If you

  • Foreign Liaison Officers serve as key coalition partners

    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

  • WPAFB Educational Outreach Office holds STEM job shadow day

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Junior and Senior High School students from all over the region came to Wright-Patterson AFB March 9 to explore various opportunities in the Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics career fields.The Educational Outreach Office at Wright-Patterson AFB

  • AFRL Commander’s Challenge: competition drives spirit of innovation

    REDSTONE ARSENAL, Alabama - Teams from Air Force Materiel Command bases around the country came together to answer the Air Force Research Laboratory Commander’s Challenge--precision, austere resupply. Move 50 pounds of supplies 30 miles and deliver them to a 20 X 20 foot drop zone.“So, the idea is

  • PEO selected to lead Mobility Directorate

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – A new program executive officer has been selected to lead the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Mobility Directorate headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base with locations at Hill, Robins and Tinker AFBs.Lynda Rutledge, currently the PEO for