• AFRL commander, spouse receive Ellis Island Medal of Honor

    Lt. Gen. Wendy Masiello, Defense Contract Management Agency director, Fort Lee, Virginia, and Maj. Gen. Thomas Masiello, Air Force Research Laboratory commander, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, were awarded the Ellis Island Medal of Honor May 9 at a ceremony on Ellis Island in New York City.The

  • SecAF visits Wright-Patterson

    Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James visited Wright-Patterson Air Force Base March 26 to get a firsthand look at various missions and to deliver the commencement address at the Air Force Institute of Technology graduation. This was James' second visit to the base since she became the

  • Peace officers raise funds for service dogs

    Active-duty and retired peace officers from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base are going to the dogs to help fellow service members. The members of FOP Lodge 170 are donating funds to defray the cost of a service dog for one of the many service men and women who are still suffering from the conflicts

  • Base's Fire Department gains Safe Site recognition

    An organization at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base seeking to achieve status with the Voluntary Protection Program (VPP), as conferred by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), is one step closer in the application process, as the base fire department, 788th Civil Engineer

  • WPAFB selects its 2015 Military Spouse of the Year

    Tatiana Matta has been named Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's 2015 Military Spouse of the Year. The Armed Forces Insurance Military Spouse of the Year award, founded by "Military Spouse" magazine in 2008 to honor military spouses of all ranks and from all branches of service, recognizes military

  • Exhibit tells story of warrior Airmen

    The sacrifices and bravery of battlefield Airmen are being showcased at an exhibit dedicated during a ceremony Jan. 23 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.The front-line jobs of Tactical Air Control Party (TACP) personnel is the focus of the "Duty First, Always Ready" exhibit in the

  • Service in Iraq bonds Marines forever

    Editor's note: Having the ability to recover from or adjust to misfortune or change is the definition of resilience, and that's something the Air Force wants all personnel to have as they deal with the stress that is part of their daily lives as they support the Air Force mission. Resilience

  • A celebration of powered flight

    Col. John Devillier, commander of the 88th Air Base Wing at 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 111th anniversary of practical powered flight on Wright