• Cause of the Week: Disaster and crisis response

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Combined Federal Campaign allows personnel and retirees to pledge monetary support and volunteer time with approved charities.CFC features charities working in many different areas of disaster and crisis response, to include public safety, fire prevention,

  • Retiree Appreciation Day on Oct. 28

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - The 88th Air Base Wing will host its annual Retiree Appreciation Day at the Hope Hotel & Richard C. Holbrooke Conference Center on Oct. 28. The Wright-Patterson Air Force Base event has not been held since 2019 due to COVID-19 restrictions.“We were pleased to

  • AFIT Selects Alumni Award Winners

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio--The Air Force Institute of Technology and the AFIT Foundation selected five graduates to receive alumni awards to be presented at a ceremony in AFIT’s Kenney Auditorium on Oct. 20, 2022, at 11 a.m. EST.  The event is open to those with access to

  • Wright-Patt begins CFC season

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - The Combined Federal Campaign holds a kick-off event Oct. 5, 2022, at the USO at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The CFC is the world’s largest workplace charity campaign program where federal civilian and military donors pledge to support eligible

  • Ride-sharing resources can make your commute easier

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — Base employees have multiple options for commuting to work every day. Other than driving, there are various free and paid ride-share programs in the local area to ease the cost of gasoline and slow vehicle wear and tear.“I personally think carpools and

  • LEADership group graduates

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Participants in the LEADership Wright-Patt program wrapped up their five-month course during a formal graduation ceremony Sept. 15 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.The graduates made a personal investment to develop into prospective Wright-Patt

  • New government vehicle carwash opens

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The 88th Logistics Readiness Squadron opens a new carwash for government operated vehicles Oct. 05, 2022, at building 13 on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.The new automated carwash has been five years in the making and is replacing the older manual

  • Area B to turn off the power during upcoming exercise

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Some employees on Area B can expect to have no power for 12 hours Oct. 13 as part of an Energy Resilience Readiness Exercise. The base Energy Management Office is pulling the plug beginning at midnight to test Area B’s resilience during a widespread power-grid

  • Hospitals forge positive change in military medicine

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- What began as a helping partnership between the Wright-Patterson and Dayton Veterans Affairs medical centers became a boost to military medical training and increased care for veterans.Since early 2021, Dr. (Maj.) Matt Koroscil, director of the Medical