• PEO Digital finds north for lost Airmen

    HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. – Program Executive Office Digital is helping deployed personnel agree on which way is north by rewriting the software they use to orient themselves when lost. Home units use software like the Personnel Recovery Mission Management system, or PRMM, to track deployed

  • Professional society honors AFRL scientist

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio  –  The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society is a professional association that connects minerals, metals and materials scientists and engineers who work in industry, academia and government positions around the world. TMS confers a number of awards, managed

  • Airmen’s Holiday Cookie Drive to be held Dec. 5

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- More than 1,100 hungry unaccompanied Airmen at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base are hopeful someone wants to fill them with holiday happiness — via home-baked cookies packed in individual boxes. The base’s first responders also will benefit.  The 18th annual

  • Donors have until Jan. 19 to pledge to Combined Federal Campaign

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The annual Combined Federal Campaign completes the “blackout” portion of its 2019 fund drive Nov. 16, but donors have until Jan. 11, 2019, to contribute.  As the CFC heads into its final eight weeks of pledging, the executive director of the local district

  • 88th Air Base Wing announces holiday hours of operation

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The following facilities at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base will have different hours of operation (if not listed, consider them closed) Nov. 22 in observance of Thanksgiving Day and Nov. 23 for Air Force Materiel Command Family Day:  GATES 1A (Fairborn

  • Air Force Marathon recognizes volunteers

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Air Force Marathon staff recently honored some of the 2,400 volunteers who made the 2018 race a success during a reception held at Soin Medical Center in Beavercreek. Col. Thomas Sherman, 88th Air Base Wing and Installation commander and Chief Master Sgt.

  • New Kittyhawk pharmacy opens

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - The new Kittyhawk pharmacy officially opened for business Nov. 13 on Area A across from the gas station replacing the location adjacent to the commissary.The $10 million facility includes upgrades like a modernized drive-thru lane, state-of-the-art dispensing

  • Base Meteorologist keeps eye on winter storms

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO- Base meteorologists are constantly working to give updates on current and upcoming weather conditions to ensure base operations run smoothly. There are currently eight meteorologists at the 88th Operations Support Squadron that provide 24/7, 365-day round the