• Building a stronger force

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Standing on a stage in a room full of strangers to be judged on your appearance might sound like a nightmare to some, but to Danielle Burress, 88th Force Support Squadron Community Services flight chief and 2nd Lt. Wendy Price, 88th Mission Support Group

  • Wright-Patt mother, physician tells story of heartbreaking loss

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Dr. Laura Sidari is speaking out because her family suffered a horrendous loss last Christmas Day.  The Air Force psychiatrist at the Wright-Patterson Medical Center, and her husband, Dr. Anthony Sidari, a rheumatologist, lost their 4-year-old son, Leon, to

  • Online pledging continues for annual CFC fund drive

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio --  Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s Combined Federal Campaign participation officially kicked off Oct. 3 at Wright State University’s Nutter Center. Susy Himelhoch, local CFC director, discusses this year’s campaign.  The local 2018 Combined Federal Campaign

  • This Halloween, be safe and be seen

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Halloween will be held on base, Oct. 31, from 6 to 8 p.m., and to ensure that all of the superheroes, princesses, ghosts and goblins are safe, make sure they can be seen. According to the SafeKids Worldwide website, “Kids are more than twice as likely to be

  • Weather data pilot includes Hurricane Michael

    The prototyping project is the first stage in an effort to bring more startups, small businesses and other non-traditional defense contractors into the field. The $8.1 million, one-year prototyping initiative asks an independent data processing company to study the utility of commercial data for the

  • Holocaust survivor speaks to AFLCMC staff during Wingman Day event

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – More than 73 years ago during World War II, Samuel Heider was liberated from the horrors of the Holocaust, after spending years in a ghetto, concentration camps, losing his entire family and being on the verge of death every day. Recently, he was the featured

  • Huffman Prairie Prescribed Burn season dates announced

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Officials from the 88th Civil Engineer Group Natural Resources Program have announced Prescribed Burn season dates for the annual Huffman Prairie burn.The burn season begins Nov. 1, 2018 and ends March 15, 2019.Prescribed Burns on the Huffman Prairie are used

  • Gourds to fly above Wright-Patt at 14th Annual Pumpkin Chuck Nov. 2

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Teams and individuals are scheduled to launch a hundred pumpkins, thousands of feet at the 14th Annual Wright-Patterson Pumpkin Chuck slated for the grounds behind the National Museum of the United States Air Force Nov. 2 from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.Entry to the