• Gate 12A to close during road surface improvement project

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Gate 12A (AFMC HQ gate) will be closed to all inbound and outbound traffic due to scheduled construction beginning Oct. 18.“We appreciate everyone’s cooperation while we work to resurface the pavement around the AFMC headquarters gate,” said Col. Bradley

  • Focus Week registration open for courses being offered Oct. 23-27

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The fourth and final Focus Week of 2017, scheduled for Oct. 23-27 at the 88th Air Base Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, is approaching. Registration is open and continues until the day before each course is held.  The October Focus Week is focused on

  • Inaugural expo will highlight products, services

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Individuals who are able bodied and those with disabilities will benefit from the information presented at an inaugural expo at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, to be held Oct. 23 at the USO Community Center, Bldg. 1222, Kittyhawk Center, Area A, from 11 a.m.

  • Gold Star families break ground for own memorial

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- For their sacrifice and what they’ve endured in the loss of their loved one, Gold Star families deserve a monument in every state, says the last surviving Marine who was awarded a Medal of Honor during World War II.Hershel “Woody” Williams, Gold Star families

  • ‘Show Some Love’ campaign about to kick off with Charity Fair

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The annual celebratory Charity Fair and Campaign Kickoff supporting the Miami Valley Combined Federal Campaign is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 11 at Wright State University’s Nutter Center. The kickoff is open to all Department of Defense, federal,

  • Wheelchair basketball event, plus food truck rally, will highlight inclusion

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Individuals who are able bodied and those with disabilities will pit their skills against each other during the third annual Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Wheelchair Basketball Game, to be held Oct. 4 at the Wright-Field Fitness Center, Area B from 11 a.m.

  • MVCFC fund drive ready to kick off

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The opportunity to make a difference for a host of causes this year is about to begin as the 2017 Miami Valley Combined Federal Campaign officially starts Oct. 11 and formally ends Nov. 22 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and other local federal

  • Wright-Patt to provide safe haven to aircraft from multiple service branches

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON Air Force Base, Ohio -- The 88th Air Base Wing Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, is receiving aircraft and their associated aircrews evacuating from several military installations threatened by approaching Hurricane Irma. The first four of eight F-15 fighter aircraft from the 125th

  • Picnic celebrates contributions of interns at Wright-Patt

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Hundreds of interns working across Wright-Patterson Air Force Base were honored Aug. 10 at an inaugural picnic held at Bass Lake.The work of about 600 interns assigned to Air Force Materiel Command, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center and the Air Force

  • Dedicated volunteer receives Air Force-level award

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Dede Richardson, a military spouse, received the 2017 Air Force Fisher House Volunteer of the Year Award during a ceremony Aug. 7, at the Fisher House II, one of two, side-by-side compassionate comfort care facilities at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.“She