• Sequestration briefing highlights Wright-Patt's communications channels

    As soon as updated information concerning sequestration and possible Department of Defense furloughs becomes available, the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base workforce will have multiple ways to access it, said Col. Cassie B. Barlow, commander, 88th Air Base Wing, during a briefing to the media on

  • Tackling traffic troubles

    Congestion at one of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's key intersections in Area A is being alleviated and backup issues at Gate 12A are being addressed by a continuous right-hand turn implemented the morning of Jan. 7 by the 88th Security Forces Squadron and the 88th Civil Engineer Directorate. The

  • Education and Training professionals epitomize values of ongoing learning

    Skywrighter staff reporter Amy Rollins talked recently with members of the Education and Training Section staff in Bldg. 50, Area B, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base about their own graduations from various institutions in 2012, other achievements and educational philosophies. The staff has been

  • Solutions planned to alleviate traffic

    The 88th Security Forces Squadron and the 88th Civil Engineer Directorate at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base have developed a new, possibly permanent solution to alleviate congestion at the four-way stop at Chidlaw Road and Spruce Way that seems to be creating some backup issues at Gate 12A. More

  • Operation 1000 Cherry Trees: Local businessman donates trees to base

    On Nov. 21, history repeated itself as a gift of cherry trees symbolizing gratitude and friendship between Japan and the United States was made at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Alex Hara, a Japanese-born businessman living in Dayton, sought to find a way to thank the American military and

  • Wright-Patt tradition continues in a new location

    Unaccompanied Airmen at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base are once again munching on holiday cookies this week, but the behind-the-scenes work to put together the hundreds of boxes of baked goodies took place in a new location with two new sponsors. For 12 years, the annual Airmen's Holiday Cookie

  • Milestones report: SR 444 project update

    Only a week or so remains before most of the state Route 444 project is complete at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, enhancing base security while adding such amenities as bicycle lanes to one of the base's main thoroughfares. The new Spruce Way opened Nov. 2 on what was formerly the 1.5-mile

  • Milestones report: Spruce Way now open

    The opening Nov. 2 of a portion of the new Spruce Way, on what was formerly the 1.5-mile portion of State Route 444 passing on federal land through Wright-Patter-son Air Force Base, is the latest milestone reached of the project meant to enhance base security. The roadway was just repaved and

  • Readiness exercise sharpens skills

    A simulation involving a disgruntled employee whose job was being cut was part of an active shooter scenario Oct. 30 during 88th Air Base Wing readiness exercises conducted at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The exercise was held at Bldg. 676, Area B, site of the Air Force Research Laboratory DOD

  • Career toolboxes get a boost from 5 days of classes, assessments

    Several hundred employees at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base chose to develop new skills for their career toolbox, enhance their knowledge of the base and learn ways to better care for themselves through nutrition and exercise during the final Focus Week of 2012. Held the week of Oct. 15, the