• Lt. Gen. C.D. Moore II outlines the way ahead for AFLCMC

    In the first of several town hall meetings, Lt. Gen. C.D. Moore II, the inaugural commander of the new Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) shared thoughts, themes, goals and challenges Aug. 1 at Kenney Hall, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The center,

  • Col. Barlow takes command

    The 88th Air Base Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base welcomed a new commander July 17 as Col. Cassie B. Barlow succeeded Col. Amanda W. Gladney during a change of command ceremony at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. Lt. Gen. Tom Owen, Aeronautical Systems Center commander,

  • One of AFIT’s own designs top app

    Wouldn't it be cool to design your own app? And wouldn't it be cool if the app was among the top 50 to be downloaded? Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's Maj. (Dr.) Kennard Laviers, an assistant professor of computer science in the department of electrical and computer engineering at the Air Force

  • AFIT holds graduation ceremony for engineering, management students

    Children waved and exclaimed either, "That's my daddy!" or "That's my mommy!" as 46 graduate students of the Air Force Institute of Technology gathered before family and friends June 14 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to receive their degrees. The graduation address was delivered by Maj. Gen.

  • Retiree Appreciation Day features benefit info

    Hundreds of military retirees, spouses and widows/widowers are expected to attend Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's 2011 Retiree Appreciation Day Oct. 28 at the Hope Hotel and Richard C. Holbrooke Conference Center. Registration will start at 7:30 a.m. with refreshments available. The Opening

  • Wright-Patt takes a mid-tour look at status of continuing education drive

    Secretaries of education, mentors and personnel from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's Education Office gathered at the base theater at Kittyhawk Center, Area A, Sept. 1 to review progress made to date during the Year of the Community College of the Air Force emphasis, which kicked off in February.

  • DBIDS registration coming soon for dependents, retirees

    Starting Monday, Aug. 15, Wright-Patterson area military dependents and retirees will be able to register in DBIDs, the Defense Biometric Identification System.Retirees and family members with valid military identification cards will then be able to register at Pass and Registration, Bldg 286, Area

  • WPAFB Retiree Appreciation Day coming Oct. 28

    A former U.S. Navy aviator is slated to be one of the banner speakers during the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Retiree Appreciation Day on Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 at the Hope Hotel.Retired Commander Katherine O'Neil Tracy, who in 1981 was designated the Navy's 54th female aviator, is now deputy

  • C-130 training simulator makes its move to base

    Now that the nearly 700,000-square-foot complex in Area B that will house the Air Force Research Laboratory's 711th Human Performance Wing and their USAF School of Aerospace Medicine has been completed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, equipment is being moved in -- including the fi rst of two

  • Wright-Patt readies to automate base entry control

    Drivers pulling up at base gates will have something new to greet them in the not-too-distant future. It's a new security technology called the Defense Biometric Identification System, or DBIDS. The most visible part of DBIDS is a handheld scanner. Gate guards will use the scanners to read bar codes