• Wright-Patt volunteers a hit with local civic organization

    Wright-Patterson Air Force Base received the President's Volunteer Service Award at the Habitat for Humanity volunteer celebration Jan. 19. The base was one of three organizations to take top group honors at the annual award event, held at the America's Packard Museum in downtown Dayton. Maj. Lee

  • Air Force announces workforce restructure

    Air Force officials announced 4,500 additional positions for elimination as a continuation of its FY12 Civilian Workforce Restructure. This reduction builds on the realignments announced in November, including the elimination of 9000 positions and the addition of 5900 positions against the Air

  • Base plans controlled burn at Huffman Prairie

    The annual prairie burn, originally scheduled for this past November will take place today at approximately 1 p.m.Base officials had to postpone the burn until favorable weather. To be successful, very precise temperature, relative humidity, wind direction, wind speed and ground moisture conditions

  • 2012 Air Force Marathon already setting records

    Nearly 4,200 athletes registered for the 2012 Air Force Marathon on Jan. 1, more than doubling the one-day total from last year.With 30 percent of slots already taken, another early sellout is predicted."We added an additional 1,500 spots to bring the total field to 15,000 this year to give more

  • Recycling the right answer for old electronics

    About 25 percent of the presents given each year are electronics, according to the Clean Air Counsel.  With the holiday gift giving season now over, the question is how to dispose of old electronic equipment? Throwing it in the trash only adds to another problem. Americans produce about 250 million

  • Air Force Marathon Registration to open with one-day only special price

    Registration for the Air Force Marathon will open Jan. 1, 2012 at midnight with a special one-day only price.For Jan. 1 only, the full marathon is $75; half marathon is $60; 10K is $35 and the 5K is $20. "We've offered special pricing on January 1st for the last few years and it has helped get our

  • B-2 Spirit featured aircraft for 2012 Marathon

    The B-2 Spirit stealth bomber will be the featured aircraft for the 2012 Air Force Marathon. The iconic batwing shaped aircraft will be prominently displayed on all official Marathon gear, including the highly coveted finisher's medal racers receive after crossing the long 26.2-mile road to the

  • AFRL advisor honored for work promoting cooperation in alternative fuels

    When a national coalition of energy authorities established an award to recognize work in alternative fuels, it found the perfect honoree at the Air Force Research Laboratory, headquartered here at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. William E. Harrison III, a technical advisor with AFRL's Propulsion

  • NRO opens liaison office

    A meeting held here last week highlighted the increased communication between DoD and the National Reconnaissance Office - an organization that has only been visible to the public for little more than a decade.Air Force Lt. Col. Chris Boring of the newly created AFMC/NRO Liaison Office, was

  • Ultramarathonman to speak at 2012 Air Force Marathon

    Dean Karnazes, the man who once ran 50 marathons, in all 50 U.S. states, in 50 consecutive days, will be the featured guest at the 2012 Air Force Marathon Sports & Fitness Expo Sept. 13-14 at Wright State University's Nutter Center. Registration for the 2012 Marathon begins at 12 a.m. on Jan. 1,