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  • Wright-Patt Medical Center Cancer Program Earns Full Reaccreditation Status

    Cancer patients at Wright-Patterson Medical Center have even more reason to trust the quality of the care they receive. The Commission on Cancer has conferred upon the medical center’s cancer program full reaccreditation status with commendation for three years. The WPMC is one of only two

  • July is Make a Difference to Children Month

    While many people make a positive difference in the lives of children on a daily basis without much thought at all, July, as Make a Difference to Children Month, provides everyone an opportunity to purposely prepare and complete activities to inspire children.There are several organizations on base

  • Pegasus refuels Globemaster

    The KC-46A Pegasus connected in flight with an F-16 Fighting Falcon on July 8 and a C-17 Globemaster III on July 12.These tests with the F-16 and C-17 were in support of the Milestone C requirements to rendezvous, contact, and transfer fuel to several receiver aircraft types.An initial attempt with

  • Detachment standardizes aeromedical qualification training for Total Force

    Airmen across the Air Force assigned to 31 aeromedical evacuation squadrons must complete vigorous training to provide life-saving in-transit care on fixed wing aircrafts.The 375th Air Mobility Wing’s newest Formal Training Unit, Detachment 4, located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the

  • Battlefield Airmen use science to beat the heat

    Heat-related illness is a critical factor when personnel are operating in extreme temperatures. Dr. Reginald O'Hara and his exercise physiology research team at the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, are working to reduce that heat stress.

  • Focus Week registration open for courses being offered July 25-29

    Registration is now open for the third Focus Week of 2016, scheduled for July 25-29 at the 88th Air Base Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Registration will continue until the day before each course is held.Several classes are aimed at addressing supervisors' needs, said Marcia Sanders, 88 ABW

  • Car shows benefit Fisher Houses

    Donations from a series of three "Voss Hoss" car shows being held this summer are benefiting the Fisher Houses at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.Voss Chevrolet, part of the Voss Auto Network, held its inaugural car show June 3, with the remaining shows scheduled for July 15 and Aug. 19 at its Loop

  • Collection point saves money by reusing, donating, selling

    The Defense Logistics Agency Disposition complex located in Building 741 near Area B, is the consolidation point for computers, printers, monitors, scanners, copiers, outside storage for motor vehicles, scrap, bulk, rolling stock (truck trailers), and hazardous waste. Every two weeks on Wednesday is

  • Wright-Patt, Dayton VA medical centers work to combat PTSD

    The Wright-Patterson and Dayton VA medical centers are working together and separately to create greater understanding and awareness of post-traumatic stress disorder as well as other mental health challenges.Noting their efforts is important during June, which is National PTSD Awareness Month, with