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Where Flight Took Off, Fire Now Soars: Huffman Prairie's Prescribed Burn
Capt. Blake Emmert, Wright-Patterson Fire Department, uses a drip torch to start a prescribed fire March 2, 2025, at Huffman Prairie just outside the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, fence line. Huffman Prairie’s ecosystem benefits from fire and the 88th Civil Engineering Group’s Natural Resources Program attempts a prescribed burn every few years. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Where Flight Took Off, Fire Now Soars: Huffman Prairie's Prescribed Burn
Fifty acres of tall prairie grass goes up in flames March 2, 2025, during a prescribed burn on Huffman Prairie, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Members of the Air Force Wildland Fire Branch Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakeland Wildland Support Module joined with the Wright-Patterson Fire Department and the 88th Civil Engineer Group’s Natural Resources Program to safely burn the tract of land whose ecosystem benefits from fire. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Where Flight Took Off, Fire Now Soars: Huffman Prairie's Prescribed Burn
A fireman uses water to keep a prescribed burn away form a nature trail sign, March 2, 2025, at Huffman Prairie, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Huffman Prairie is the site of the world’s first flying field where the Wright Brothers developed the first practical airplane. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Where Flight Took Off, Fire Now Soars: Huffman Prairie's Prescribed Burn
Steve Holmes, Air Force Wildland Fire Branch Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakeland Wildland Support Module lead, uses a drip torch March 2, 2025, to help spread a prescribed burn at Huffman Prairie, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Huffman Prairie, the site where the Wright Brothers developed the first practical airplane, is currently the largest tract of native tall-grass prairie in the state of Ohio and its ecosystem benefits from fire. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Where Flight Took Off, Fire Now Soars: Huffman Prairie's Prescribed Burn
Fifty acres of tall prairie grass goes up in flames March 2, 2025, during a prescribed burn on Huffman Prairie, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. In addition to being the location where the Wright Brothers learned how to control flight, Huffman Prairie is the largest native tall-grass prairie in the state of Ohio. Fire helps its ecosystem by hindering invasive species and woody plants. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Where Flight Took Off, Fire Now Soars: Huffman Prairie's Prescribed Burn
Capt. Blake Emmert, Wright-Patterson Fire Department, uses a drip torch to start a prescribed fire March 2, 2025, at Huffman Prairie, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Other firefighters followed behind him with a water hose to stop the fire from going in the wrong direction and endangering the replica of the Wright Brothers’ 1905 hanger that is on the site. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Where Flight Took Off, Fire Now Soars: Huffman Prairie's Prescribed Burn
A firefighter stamps out burning embers March 2, 2025, at the border of a prescribed burn at Huffman Prairie, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Huffman Prairie, the site where the Wright Brothers developed the first practical airplane, is currently the largest tract of native tall-grass prairie in the state of Ohio and its ecosystem benefits from fire. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Where Flight Took Off, Fire Now Soars: Huffman Prairie's Prescribed Burn
Fifty acres of tall prairie grass goes up in flames March 2, 2025, during a prescribed burn on Huffman Prairie, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Members of the Air Force Wildland Fire Branch Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakeland Wildland Support Module joined with the Wright-Patterson Fire Department and the 88th Civil Engineer Group’s Natural Resources Program to safely burn the tract of land whose ecosystem benefits from fire. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Where Flight Took Off, Fire Now Soars: Huffman Prairie's Prescribed Burn
Firefighter Brayden Peake, left, and Assistant Chief Bryan Weeks, both with the Wright-Patterson Fire Department, patrol the border of a 50-acre prescribed burn, March 3, 2025, at Huffman Prairie, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Members of the Air Force Wildland Fire Branch Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakeland Wildland Support Module joined with the Wright-Patterson Fire Department and the 88th Civil Engineer Group Natural Resources Program office to safely burn the tract of land whose ecosystem benefits from fire. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Wright-Patt Chaplain & USO Team Up for Talent Showcase
Staff Sgt. Robby Day performs the Beatle’s classic “Let it Be” Feb. 27, 2025, during the Wright-Patt's Got Talent competition at the base USO, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Day went on to be declared the over-all winner of the event. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Wright-Patt Chaplain & USO Team Up for Talent Showcase
Capt. Michael Breznau, 88th Air Base Wing chaplain, serves as master of ceremonies for Wright-Patt's Got Talent Feb. 27, 2025, at the USO, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Ten singers competed for the title and received feedback from the judges. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Wright-Patt Chaplain & USO Team Up for Talent Showcase
Falita LaRock gives feedback and encouragement to a contestant in the Wright-Patt's Got Talent competition Feb. 27, 2025, with fellow judge, Staff Sgt. Marik Chrisman, U.S. Air Force Band of Flight, at the USO, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Other judges included U.S. Air Force Col. Dustin Richards, 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, Chief Master Sgt. Tessa Fontaine, 88 ABW command chief and Aaron Hill, Wright-Patterson AFB Protestant Chapel music director. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Wright-Patt Chaplain & USO Team Up for Talent Showcase
Wright-Patt's Got Talent competitors, judges and emcee pose at the end of the event Feb. 27, 2025, on the stage of the USO, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The talent show, cohosted by the 88th Air Base Wing Chapel Office and the USO, to inspire creativity, build camaraderie, and fortify resilience among Team Wright-Patt’s Airmen, Guardians and family members. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
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Walter Jones, Air Force Institute of Technology director and chancellor, cuts the ribbon at AFIT’s new chapel on Feb. 20, 2025, on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Joining him, from left, are Gil Harvey, 88th Air Base Wing Sexual Assault Prevention and Response program manager; Col. Joshua Payne, 88 ABW chaplain; Lt. Col. Laserian Nwoga, 88 ABW deputy chaplain; Col. Christopher Rondeau, Air University Detachment 1 commander and AFIT director of staff; and Heidi Ries, AFIT provost and chief academic officer. The chapel was renovated to serve as a multi-faith space, allowing individuals from all religious denominations to gather and worship as part of the Chaplain Corps religious accommodation efforts. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Band of Flight gives holiday concert.
Staff Sgt. Marik Chisman, U.S. Air Force Band of Flight vocalist, performs Dec. 18, 2024, during the band’s annual Holiday Concert in the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Ohio. Hundreds of community member came out to hear holiday classics and there was an appearance by Santa Claus. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Gen. Richardson takes part in holiday concert
Gen. Duke Z. Richardson, commander, Air Force Materiel Command, and his spouse, Dede, read the classic poem “The Night Before Christmas” to children as part of the Air Force Band of Flight’s holiday concert Dec. 18, 2024, at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. During a break in the music, the children in the audience gathered to listen to the Richardsons take turns reading the story. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Gen. Richardson takes part in holiday concert
Gen. Duke Z. Richardson, commander, Air Force Materiel Command, and his spouse, Dede, read the classic poem “The Night Before Christmas” to children as part of the Air Force Band of Flight’s holiday concert Dec. 18, 2024, at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. During a break in the music, the children in the audience gathered to listen to the Richardsons take turns reading the story. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Gen. Richardson takes part in holiday concert
Gen. Duke Z. Richardson, commander, Air Force Materiel Command, reads the classic poem “The Night Before Christmas” to children as part of the Air Force Band of Flight’s holiday concert Dec. 18, 2024, at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. During a break in the music, the children in the audience gathered to listen to Richardson and his wife, Dede, take turns reading from the story. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
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Victor Bailey, 88th Force Support Squadron Military and Family Readiness Center, helps Kathleen Baker pick out clothes and toys for her children as her son, Maddock, 3, checks out another toy Dec. 16, 2024, at Wright-Patterson Air Force, Ohio. More than 200 Wright-Patt community children received toys and coats at the event put on at the chapel community center. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
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Kathleen Baker tries a coat on her son Breslin, 5, at the 88th Force Support Squadron’s Military and Family Readiness Center Resource Fair and Toy Drop, Dec. 16, 2024, at Wright-Patterson Air Force, Ohio. The MFRC staff and volunteers passed out gift bags while 31 base and community support agencies stood by to answer questions about available services. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)