• Base, Park to celebrate anniversary of flight

    A wreath will be laid at the Wright Brothers Memorial commemorating the 108th Anniversary of Powered Flight on Dec. 16 at 10:15 a.m. on Wright Memorial Hill near Area B. Base officials will gather with representatives from the Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park in the ceremony that

  • Base to conduct controlled archery deer hunt

    Wright-Patt will hold a proficiency test/lottery drawing on Dec. 7 to identify participants for the controlled archery deer hunt.  Over the past few years the deer herd in the vicinity of the Twin Base Golf Course has been increasing, which has led to an increase in landscape damage to the course;

  • Modeling and Simulation Conference Kicks Off

    With the motto "Prepare the Force-Secure the Future", the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference 2011 formally got under way Nov 29th here.  The conference, which promotes cooperation among the Armed Services, industry, academia and various government agencies in pursuit

  • AFMC wins Marathon MAJCOM Challenge

    Air Force Materiel Command was announced as the winner of the 2011 Air Force Marathon MAJCOM Challenge recently at CORONA Fall. This was the fifth year for the challenge, which uses a point system to evaluate both participation and performance from each major command. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen.

  • Proactive Response to Recent Data Breach Announced

    The Department of Defense announced today that the TRICARE® Management Activity (TMA) has directed Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) to provide one year of credit monitoring and restoration services to patients who express concern about their credit as a result of a data breach that

  • Data center consolidation reaches major milestone

    The lights were out and e-mail was down, but few people noticed these symptoms as a major power upgrade supporting Wright-Patt's network infrastructure occurred last week. The quiet operation was the result of months of delicate planning between the 88th Civil Engineer Directorate, the 88th

  • AFOSR Celebrates 60th Anniversary with Invited Speaker Sir John Pendry

    AFOSR-funded researcher, Sir John Pendry spoke to a crowd of over 200 at the Air Force Institute of Technology's (AFIT) Kenney Hall Auditorium Monday as part of AFIT's regular speaker series and in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Pendry is well

  • ESG holds successful Dialogue with Industry conference

    The Enterprise Sourcing Group conducted its inaugural Dialogue with Industry conference at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Hope Hotel and Conference Center on Oct. 25 and 26. The conference drew over 500 attendees from industry and government. Capt. Adam Coyne, coordinator for the event and

  • Lecture series to address human-automation relationships

    The next 711 HPW Chief Scientist's Office Guest Lecture Series presentation will be Nov. 18 from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in the Building 441 Auditorium on Area B and features the intimate and pervasive relationship between humans and technology . Video teleconferencing will be available for those at Ft. Sam

  • Let's All Celebrate 'America Recycles Day'

    Did you know that every Nov. 15 is America Recycles Day? Initiated in 1997, this day is set aside to raise recycling awareness throughout the United States and to identify the benefits of making resources available to future generations. We live in a bountiful and beautiful country, but too often we