• Wing announces holiday hours of operation

     WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The following facilities at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base will have different hours of operation (if not listed, consider them closed) Monday, Feb. 18, 2019, in observance of Presidents Day:  Gates1A (Fairborn Gate)Feb. 18          Closed 1B (Springfield

  • Base Thrift Shop announces closings, Saturday hours

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s Thrift Shop has announced several closings, its Spring Break and Saturday sales hours. The shop, located at 5265 Miller St., Bldg. 95, near the intersection of Wright Avenue and Allbrook Drive, Area A, is normally open

  • Building great stepfamilies focus of open-to-the-public conference

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Millions of people are in a stepfamily relationship, and the Chapel program at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is sponsoring a mini conference to help up to 150 couples achieve the most successful blended families they can. The conference, scheduled for March

  • 88 ABW announces holiday hours of operation

     WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The following facilities at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base will have different hours of operation (if not listed, consider them closed) Monday, Jan. 21, 2019, in observance of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday: Gates 1A (Fairborn Gate) Jan. 21 Closed 1B

  • Focus Week Registration open for courses offered Jan. 22-25

    Registration for the first Focus Week of 2019, scheduled for Jan. 22-25 at the 88th Air Base Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, will continue until the day before each course is held.This Focus Week spotlights performance improvement for both the individual and organization. A wide variety of

  • Wright-Patt at center of powered-flight celebration

    Col. Tom Sherman, 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, along with the great grandniece and great grandnephew of the Wright brothers, joined together the morning of Dec. 17 to lay a wreath commemorating the 115th anniversary of practical powered flight.The

  • Inquiry results in improvement guidance

    Findings from a command-directed investigation regarding an installation-wide active shooter exercise conducted Aug. 2 were announced Dec. 19 by Col. Thomas Sherman, 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.The active shooter exercise was planned and executed at

  • Festive Wright-Patt tradition completed in two days

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- For the first time in its 18-year history, the annual Airmen’s Holiday Cookie Drive at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base took two days to complete, but the base’s unaccompanied and single Airmen didn’t complain.The original scheduled date of Dec. 5 was only

  • Airmen’s Holiday Cookie Drive to be held Dec. 5

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- More than 1,100 hungry unaccompanied Airmen at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base are hopeful someone wants to fill them with holiday happiness — via home-baked cookies packed in individual boxes. The base’s first responders also will benefit.  The 18th annual

  • Donors have until Jan. 19 to pledge to Combined Federal Campaign

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The annual Combined Federal Campaign completes the “blackout” portion of its 2019 fund drive Nov. 16, but donors have until Jan. 11, 2019, to contribute.  As the CFC heads into its final eight weeks of pledging, the executive director of the local district