• Wright-Patt offers fun ways to celebrate Mother’s Day

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio -- How do you celebrate Mom? May 12 has been designated the day for honoring mothers, and the 88th Force Support Squadron offers various opportunities to say thank you.Celebrate Mom at the Wright-Patterson Club with a Mother’s Day Brunch May 12. You can make reservations

  • New AFRL division brings S&T and medical research capability together

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – A new division in the Air Force Research Laboratory’s 711th Human Performance Wing was activated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony held in the United States Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine here May 1. “The Warfighter Medical Optimization Division becomes one

  • AFAF/AFAS loan allows Airman to show off baby to far-away family

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Staff Sgt. Antonio Chavis Jr. said a loan from the Air Force Aid Society 10 years ago when he was an Airman 1st Class wasn’t to help with something bad that had happened to his young family but rather for something good.He and his wife wanted to let immediate

  • Foreign liaison officers facilitate cooperation, mutual understanding

    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

  • New command chief highlights importance of AFLCMC mission

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force would come to a grinding halt without the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, said AFLCMC’s newest senior enlisted leader during a recent interview.“The Center is absolutely integral to the operations of the United States Air Force,” said

  • 88th Air Base Wing celebrates 75 years

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio -- It was an evening of celebration—Airmen of all ranks, young and old, along with community leaders, gathered to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the 88th Air Base Wing at the Wright-Patterson Club April 26.Hosted by Col. Tom Sherman, commander, 88th Air Base Wing, the

  • Fire Department Bike Team brings unique capability

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The emergency crash phone rings, and a public affairs officer picks it up. The PA office expects all types of calls about inclement weather, emergencies that are happening on base, and sometimes there are calls about mutual aid support for the surrounding

  • US and Japanese scientists conduct joint composites study

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Dr. Keisuke Umezawa of the Air Systems Research Center in the Japanese Ministry of Defense recently joined the Air Force Research Laboratory on an engineers and scientists exchange program.The JMoD chose Umezawa for the ESEP based on his experience as a

  • AFRL Tech Expo showcases readiness technologies

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Senior leaders from across the Air Force were at WPAFB April 15-17 for a Basing and Logistics Board. While here, they attended an Air Force Research Laboratory Tech Expo with specific interest in technologies that improve Air Force base logistics or break the