• Poison Prevention Week aimed at avoiding exposure

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- National Poison Prevention Week, the third full week in March each year, is designated to highlight the dangers of poisonings and how to prevent them.Every 15 seconds, someone calls a Poison Control Center in the United States, according to recent data. In

  • Spotlight:Master Sgt. Andrew Davis

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio --Name and rank: Master Sgt. Andrew DavisUnit of assignment: 88th Communications GroupWhat’s your job like every day? My job varies day to day, which is one of the aspects that makes this one of the best jobs in the Air Force. Some days, I am in my office

  • Lead by example with financial donations, volunteerism

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- 2021 was the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic that, thankfully, we appear to be coming out of, albeit with some bruises and scars.Personally, I led an adult Sunday school class online with a team of teachers for most of 2020, all of 2021 and into this

  • Wright-Patt lands 15 on senior master sergeant select list

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Air Force announced its newest senior master sergeant selects March 15 — and the list includes 15 names from Wright-Patterson AFB.This cycle, 1,443 Airmen were chosen for promotion among a pool of 17,419 eligible master sergeants across the Air Force, a

  • 2022 Air Force Assistance Fund campaign kick offs at Wright-Patt

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – With a theme of “Taking Care of Our Own — For Airmen and Guardians, By Airmen and Guardians,” the annual Air Force Assistance Fund campaign at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base kicked off March 7 and runs through April 15.The annual AFAF campaign raises funds

  • People are key to defending installations, missions from small UAS threats

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Tiny in size, low cost and increasingly abundant, small unmanned aircraft systems pose a big threat to military operations and installations worldwide.As the Lead Command for Counter-sUAS efforts for the Air Force, a team of seven experts from the Air Force

  • 2022 Blue Streak Time Trial registration gets underway

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – As registration begins for the 2022 Time Trial campaign, organizers and riders celebrate both the 75th anniversary of the Air Force and 24th season of Blue Streak.“Wright-Patterson AFB and our entire team is proud to host the 24th Annual Blue Streak Time

  • Wright-Patt participates in 90-day pilot program

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Sign up for a science-backed, mental well-being app and bring more balance to your everyday life. Best of all? It’s free.For 90 days, all base personnel and two of their adult family members can explore the Headspace app’s premium features at no cost. This