• Holiday season is prime time for residential fires

    Residential fires during the holiday season are more frequent, more costly and more deadly than at any other time of the year. There are more than double the numbers of open-flame fires on Christmas Day than on an average day, and about twice as many on New Year's Day.And when those fires occur,

  • Base runs provide fun ways for participants of all ages to stay fit

    A group of approximately 200 runners, walkers and strollers gathered on Thanksgiving morning outside of Dodge Gym in Area A for the eighth annual Turkey Trot. The event consisted of 5K (3.1 miles) and 10K (6.2 miles) fun runs.According to event organizer Taz Peterson, base fun runs are meant to

  • Volunteers spread holiday cheer at Wright-Patt Club

    A visit to the Wright-Patt Club this season will provide no shortage of holiday cheer. Lights, snowmen, reindeer and a gift-filled sleigh can all be found at the club this time of year, thanks to the work of volunteers to decorate the club with holiday décor. Approximately 41 volunteers gathered

  • Holidays in the line of duty for one Wright-Patt Airman

    Family days, holidays, birthdays come and go almost seamlessly to most of us due mostly to our active duty personnel. They provide us with security and safety, many times away from their own family members. This year, one deployed senior airman will spend his first holidays and birthdays away from

  • Air Force Marathon registration to open with special discount

    If you missed registering for the sold-out 2014 Air Force Marathon, mark January 1, 2015 on your calendar.Registration for the 2015 Air Force Marathon will open January 1 with special New Year's Resolution discounts. Participants who register that day will save $10 off the full or half marathon and

  • 'Whiskey' to perform personnel recovery mission

    The Air Force has officially designated the new Combat Rescue Helicopter as the HH-60W.The need to acquire a new personnel recovery capability resulted in the June 2014 contract award to Sikorsky for eventual production and fielding of up to 112 aircraft with a potential value of approximately $7.9

  • 15 Wright-Patt SMSgts selected for CMSgt

    Air Force Personnel Center release the chief master sergeant list and 15 senior master sergeants from across Wright-Patterson Air Force Base have been selected for promotion. For this cycle, there were 2,525 eligibles, and 479 were selected for an AF-wide selection rate of 48.97 percent. Only 1

  • Urgent need for transport isolation system involves AFLCMC

    The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) is playing a unique role in the United States' comprehensive Ebola response efforts in West Africa through the center's involvement in developing a transport isolation system. The system will enable safe aeromedical evacuation of Department of

  • Change to Roth Thrift Savings Plan effective in January

    When the Roth Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) was implemented in Defense Joint Military Pay System (DJMS), it only included capability to elect contribution in terms of dollars and not percentages. A DJMS programming change is expected to be implemented in January 2015 that will allow members to select

  • Even in midst of difficulties, everyone should pause and give thanks

    In tumultuous times, giving thanks can be hard. We live in a world that is full of challenges and chaos. It is so easy to get caught up in the negative and difficult things of life. By the time the Thanksgiving holiday has rolled around we may have had   almost 11 months of heartache and