• AFAF/AFAS loan allows Airman to show off baby to far-away family

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Staff Sgt. Antonio Chavis Jr. said a loan from the Air Force Aid Society 10 years ago when he was an Airman 1st Class wasn’t to help with something bad that had happened to his young family but rather for something good.He and his wife wanted to let immediate

  • Foreign liaison officers facilitate cooperation, mutual understanding

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO -- Foreign liaison officers are assigned to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s Air Force Security Assistance and Cooperation Directorate, which is the organization responsible for administering the Air Force’s multi-billion dollar Foreign Military

  • Put a focus on Focus Week: Sign up for free training courses

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Registration for the second Focus Week of 2019, scheduled for April 22-26 at the 88th Air Base Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, will continue from now until the day before each course is held.This Focus Week iteration spotlights performance improvement

  • New manager takes over at USO Center at WPAFB

    Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio -- The USO Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base recently celebrated its third anniversary of taking care of Airmen and other service members.Intended for all branches of active-duty military, Guard, reservists and their families, the organization serves as

  • Culture, cuisine to highlight annual International Fair April 16

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- A “mini United Nations” is coming to the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base community.Hundreds of people from the base and public are invited to gather April 16 in celebration of the annual International Fair to get a taste of the cultures, crafts, clothing,

  • Airmen benefit charity fundraising campaign runs through May 3

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE -- Master Sgt. Benjamin Seekell is the new first sergeant for the 88th Medical Operations Squadron at the Wright-Patterson Medical Center, and he has seen firsthand the effect the Air Force Assistance Fund has on Airmen.“I had a tech school graduate who did not have

  • 2019 Air Force Assistance Fund campaign begins at Wright-Patt

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- With a theme of “Commitment to Caring,” the 46th annual Air Force Assistance Fund campaign at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has begun and runs through April 26.The annual AFAF campaign raises funds for AFAF-affiliated charities that assist active-duty,

  • Wright-Patt boasts ‘stamp-worthy’ military working dogs

     WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The U.S. Postal Service recently revealed five additional subjects to the 2019 Stamp Program, including one honoring the nation’s military working dogs by showcasing four breeds with a new booklet of 20 stamps to be released this year.The 88th Security

  • STEM 3.14 Fest at Wright-Patt brings students science, math fun to students

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- An event held last year at the Youth Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in celebration of theoretical physicist Albert Einstein’s birthday and Pi Day March 14 was so successful, organizers decided to hold a “sequel” – STEM 3.14 Fest 2.0.Pi Day is an

  • Live museum performance will depict female aviation pioneer’s life

    Gigi Coleman-Brooms comes from a proud family with a story to tell – proud that their ancestor was the first African American to earn her international pilot’s license and the first black woman in the world to fly an airplane. Coleman-Brooms is making sure her great-aunt’s story of persistence and