• Air Force Marathon can help runners meet their New Year's resolutions

    It's that time of year where people are thinking about things they would like to do differently and goals they would like to meet in the New Year. Popular resolutions include fitness as well as financial goals.For anyone interested in running, fitness and saving money in the New Year, consider

  • Accreditation helps make child development centers successful

    Wright-Patterson child development centers are reaccredited every five years through the National Association for the Education of Young Children for Early Childhood and Youth Accreditation to maintain their high quality of childcare.NAEYC sets high standards for all centers to strive toward and

  • Teens spread holiday cheer in a shoebox

    Members of the Keystone Club at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Prairies Youth Center have been busy stuffing shoeboxes with toiletries, gloves, hats and goodies to donate to children in need.The shoeboxes, also wrapped and decorated, were delivered to children at the Montgomery County Child

  • Technical communication skills emphasized in AFRL internships

    Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics interns in the Gaming Research Integration for Learning Laboratory here receive more than hands-on learning in the STEM fields; they also have opportunities to practice and develop their technical communication skills. "The ability to communicate

  • AFLCMC product support managers win DOD-level awards

    Two product support managers in the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center each won a 2015 Secretary of Defense Product Support Manager Award announced by Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall Dec. 9.Dale Hertenstein, the product support manager in the

  • DANGER: Distracted driving ahead!

    More than 175 Airmen from around Wright-Patterson Air Force Base gathered at Jarvis Gym to attend the Save a Life Tour Dec. 10 hosted by the 88th Air Base Wing Safety Office.Airmen of all ranks were invited to attend one of four training classes that allowed them to get a better understanding of the

  • AFRL engineer earns valor award for quick act of bravery

    In recognition of acts of bravery that prevented harm to a fellow citizen, Mr. Alan Fletcher of the AFRL Materials and Manufacturing Directorate was recently honored with the Command Civilian Award for Valor.On July 18, 2014, Mr. Fletcher, a Principal Materials Engineer, was traveling by automobile

  • WPAFB facility saves the DOD time, millions

    With budgets shrinking and the Department of Defense forced to do more with less, every penny counts when it comes to purchasing new equipment. Personnel at the Rapid Development Integration Facility, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, understand that