Base exercise will include night operations Published Sept. 3, 2008 WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Base officials here kicked off another Operational Readiness Exercise today through Sept. 5. Most exercise activity will take place at Wright Patterson's PRIME BEEF training area, a wooded training site located adjacent to the Huffman Prairie Flying Field. Like the recent August 13-15 exercise, most exercise events will be transparent to the general public, said Maj. Jason Jackson, 88th Air Base Wing chief of installation readiness & exercises. However some people living on base, or off base near the Huffman Dam and Twin Base Golf Course areas may hear occasional announcements from loudspeakers and muffled booms from ground burst simulators coming from the training area. Training is planned both during daylight and at night, and will include shift changes. Participating Airmen will simulate deployment to a forward operating base where they will react to a variety of situations to prepare them for real-world deployment in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom as well as the 2009 Operational Readiness Inspection. Jackson acknowledged customers of some base agencies could experience delays due to the number of Airmen participating in the exercise.