• New brand to serve local military

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Cox Media Group Ohio, in concert with the 88th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Office, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, is launching Wright Patt Today, a suite of free daily media products, to better serve the local military community and those who support

  • Respiratory therapist now battlefield medic

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- An explosion near his quarters while he was deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, on Nov. 12, 2016, set Senior Airman Joshua O’Sullivan into motion.There was no hesitation from the respiratory therapist from the 88th Medical Group, Wright-Patterson Air

  • Focus Week registration opens for courses being offered July 24-28

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The third Focus Week of 2017, scheduled for July 24-28 at the 88th Air Base Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, is approaching. Registration opens June 30 and continues until the day before each course is held. The July Focus Week is focused on career

  • 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) on Monday, July 3, 2017 (AFMC Family Day); and Tuesday, July 4, 2017 (Independence Day observed): Gates1A (Fairborn

  • Airman looks to sister for re-enlistment ceremony

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- An ophthalmic technician in the 88th Medical Group, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, didn’t choose to be sworn in by her unit commander when she was ready to re-enlist. Instead, she turned to a family member – her younger sister.The re-enlistment ceremony for

  • Wright-Patt goes to the bees

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE -- Hundreds of base personnel and members of the public were buzzing about the same thing at the Wright Brothers Memorial June 21 – Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s status as the first military installation nationwide to be declared a “Bee City USA.”A first-ever

  • Lt. Gen. McMurry stresses measurable improvement

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, Air Force Materiel Command commander, passed the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center flag to Lt. Gen. Robert D. McMurry in a ceremony at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, on May

  • Roll Call Memorial Service to honor fallen Miami Valley service members

    EDITOR'S NOTE:  This story has been updated to reflect the change of venue due to the possibility of inclement weather.WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The names of about 2,800 service members from the greater Dayton area who perished while serving in the United States Armed Forces in

  • Ceremony honors 229 graduates from fall, spring classes

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Almost 230 Airmen at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base received their Community College of the Air Force associate degrees May 9 at Kenney Hall in the Air Force Institute of Technology. The ceremony included the graduates of both the fall 2016 and the spring