• Base Thrift Shop touts international inventory

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The base Thrift Shop at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base can be part of your spring-cleaning plans, while also making you money and Wright-Patt families, military organizations and local communities.Run by the Officers’ Spouses’ Club, the shop serves as a way

  • AFAF charitable campaign workers urge base community to ‘finish strong’

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Only a week remains to make a difference in the lives of Airmen through the 46th annual Air Force Assistance Fund campaign at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.The annual AFAF campaign, using the theme of “Commitment to Caring,” is raising funds until May 17

  • Maternity care at Wright-Patt recognized as one of the best

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The 88th Medical Group’s Maternal Child Care Inpatient Flight has received several accolades for their outstanding care and services for parents and their new bundles of joy.  On top of being awarded the Maternity Care Best Practice, Squadron Large Team of the

  • AFRL achieves “shocking” materials technology breakthrough

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Research Laboratory, along with research partners at Los Alamos National Laboratory, are working to change the shape of materials technology with a breakthrough development that could open up a new range of possibilities for the military and

  • AERONet prototype could provide combat insight to allies

    “Bold Quest is the first time we will be able to show our target partner nation audience what AERONet can do for them,” said Maj. Scott Frye, the AERONet program manager with the C3I&N Quick Reaction Capability Branch. He is helping to transition AERONet from an Air Force Research Lab concept to

  • C3I&N level-ups network defense

    HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – A cyber operations system called Unified Platform fielded its first capabilities in late April, allowing services to spot suspicious data events that can indicate potential attacks on Department of Defense networks.The LevelUP program office within the Command,

  • CPI office augments mission effectiveness, efficiency

    The Air Force Materiel Command Continued Process Improvement program leverages Airmen innovation and new technologies to create a continuous cycle of process improvement and change in the service culture. The goal of the program is to improve mission execution while reducing costs, which ultimately

  • Motorcycle safety: Avoid the asphalt luge

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio -- I refer to it as the time I did the asphalt luge.For those who need a reminder, the luge is that sport where athletes slide down an ice track at high speeds feet-first, laying on their backs, atop a small sled.While I was sliding along at high speed, feet first, lying