• Blue Streak Time Trial season underway

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – A total of 112 bicyclists circled the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Area A flightline perimeter roads April 13 in the first Blue Streak Time Trial of the 2021 season. Many military and civilian personnel competed. Derek Van Hoose of Team Ohio Velo captured

  • Base intramurals set for comeback

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The Wright-Patterson Air Force Base fitness and sports team is planning to bring back intramurals, first by introducing the newly added 3-on-3 sand volleyball league, which will be played May 4 to June 17.After more than a year without any intramural sports on

  • Wright-Patt supports habitat for new and natural spaces

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – On Earth Day 2021, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base actively celebrates its legacy as a habitat for both runways and waterways, as well as native species and engineered inventions.  Although health precautions kept festivities small this year, the 88th Civil

  • Teams deliver innovative solutions at I-WEPTAC

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Teams tasked with tackling the Air and Space Forces’ most challenging Agile Combat Support issues delivered their recommendations April 21 at the 2021 Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics Conference.Hosted annually by the Air Force

  • Teams deliver innovative solutions at I-WEPTAC

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Teams tasked with tackling the Air and Space Forces’ most challenging Agile Combat Support issues delivered their recommendations April 21 at the 2021 Installation and Mission Support Weapons and Tactics Conference.Hosted annually by the Air Force

  • Air Force provides C2 advisors to operational-level commanders

    HURLBURT FIELD, Fla. - With global competition heating up, the need to maximize the agility of U.S. Air Force operational command and control has never been more pressing. Fortunately, the USAF’s Operational Command Training Program is a foundational piece of its current C2 training

  • Commander provides COVID-19 update

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is among the most-vaccinated installations in the Air Force, but services and the operating environment will remain at current levels as leaders maintain the fight against COVID-19, the 88th Air Base Wing commander announced

  • Wing emphasizes ‘mission effectiveness’

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Leaders of the 88th Air Base Wing recently devised a new strategic plan that thoroughly defines the command’s mission and vision statements, values, characteristics and traits, and lines of effort.Each area has explicit guidance on how to effectively deliver

  • ‘Defenders’ show face behind beret at community forum

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – “Defenders” from the 88th Security Forces Squadron stepped out of the patrol car to bump elbows with the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base housing community April 9 during the most recent “Coffee with a Cop” behind the Properties of Wright Field leasing

  • Avoiding Burnout

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - The tank is running on empty.Over the past year, many of us have had to learn new ways of working, of caring for our families, and trying to remain connected with others.The COVID-19 pandemic may make you feel like you’re just waiting – life on hold – feeling