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Ohio community leaders tour Tinker
TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. -- Jim Hoehn (left), National City Bank president, and Ken Curp, Mayor of Riverside Ohio, took part in Air Force Materiel Command’s Community Leadership Program at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., May 1-3. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Margo Wright)
Kidney donation extends family reach
Jolene Smith donated a kidney five years ago after reading information on an organ donation Web site. Now, the non-appropriated funds analyst with the 88th Comptroller Squadron at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio says she is happy with her decision and claims to have two families: her immediate family and her kidney family. (Spencer P. Lane/U.S. Air Force)
Class teaches defense against sexual assault
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Toni Tebbing, left, with the National Air and Space Intelligence Center, winds up for an elbow blow into the pad held by Karen Douglas at the Sexual Assault Response Coordinator women’s self-defense class April 10. (U.S. Air Force/Spencer P. Lane)
Learning to stop sexual assault
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Karen Katzenbach demonstrates a defensive move against an attacker, Brian Donovan, at the Sexual Assault Response Coordinator women’s self-defense class April 10 in the Wright Field Fitness Center, Area B. Participants got hands-on experience as they performed moves to prevent an assault. (U.S. Air Force/Spencer P. Lane)
Injured soldier gets Air Force physical therapy
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Senior Airman Chris Vaughn, a physical medicine technician at the Wright-Patterson Medical Center, helps Army Spc. Thomas Lewis with leg exercises April 13. Lewis was injured in a vehicle crash in Iraq. (U.S. Air Force/Spencer P. Lane)
Soldier injured in Iraq presented custom-carved cane
HUBER HEIGHTS, Ohio -- Army Spc. Thomas Lewis listens as Bill Wright, president of the Huber Heights Senior Citizens Center, describes the crafting of his eagle-headed cane. (U.S. Air Force/Spencer P. Lane)
Base "Angels" honored for service to community
Life Scout Andrew LaRochelle was one of nine individual and one group Angel Award recipients honored at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base April 17 for their volunteer efforts. Presenting the Angel Award is Col. Albert Zelenak, 88th Mission Support Group commander. LaRochelle raised over $5,000 and organized 40 volunteers for a Build-a-Bear project for children of deploying base servicemembers. (U.S. Air Force/Tom Lewis).
Air Force supports Cincinnati Reds' opening day
A total of 85 members from Wright-Patterson AFB hold the American flag during the singing of the national anthem April 2 at the Cincinnati Reds-Chicago Cubs opening day baseball game. The capacity crowd gave Team Wright-Patt a loud and long ovation when they were introduced. Four F-16 jets from the 178th Fighter Wing of the Air National Guard in Springfield, Ohio performed a flyover during pre-game festivities. (U.S. Air Force/Kristie Blakley)
Air Force Secretary honors AFIT's newest crop of graduates
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO -- Secretary Wynne congratulates 2nd Lt. Bobby Birrer on his graduation from the Air Force Institute of Technology during commencement ceremonies March 22 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Lt. Birrer earned a master of science degree in computer engineering. Wynne is a 1970 graduate of AFIT. Air Force photo by Bill Hancock.
Air Force Secretary honors AFIT's newest crop of graduates
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO -- Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne delivers his commencement address to the March 2007 graduates of the Air Force Institute of Technology at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. Wynne is a 1970 graduate of AFIT. Air Force Photo by Bill Hancock.
Faster, easier filing and payment for personal property claims
The Air Force transformed processing of personal property claims with the March 23 dedication of the new Air Force Claims Service Center in Kettering, Ohio. The single center now provides Air Force people worldwide with on-line claims filing and 24/7 toll-free, live personal assistance via telephone. Cutting the ribbon at the AFCSC from left to right is Zack Gaddy, Director of the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Michael Wynne, Secretary of the Air Force and Maj. Gen. Jack Rives, Air Force Judge Advocate General. Assisting them is Airman First Class Sherri Igartua of the AFCSC. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Steve Moore.
New Air Force Claims Service Center dedicated in Kettering, Ohio
Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne addresses attendees at the dedication for the Air Force Claims Service Center on March 23 in Kettering, Ohio. The center centralizes processing and payment for all personal property claims previously filed at base legal offices worldwide. Airmen and civilian employees can now file loss or damage claims any time on-line, with live assistance available 24/7 toll-free. Air Force photo by Ben Strasser.
Dayton Bombers Air Force Night
WRIGHT-STATE UNIVERSITY, Ohio -- Col. Colleen Ryan, 88th Air Base Wing commander at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, drops the ceremonial puck between Dayton Bomber defenseman Greg Labenski, left, and Wheeling Nailers forward Sean Collins, as Kevin Bovair, Tech. Sgt. Joe Bovair, 88th Security Forces Squadron, Chris Stanley, executive director of Fisher Nightengale Houses Inc., and Costa Papista, president of Dayton Bombers Hockey, watch. Special promotional jerseys Bombers team members wore were auctioned off after the game, raising $9,400 for the Fisher Nightingale Houses. The Bombers sent the crowd home happy with a 4-2 win over the Wheeling Nailers in East Coast Hockey League action. Air Force photo by Spencer P. Lane
Fired up for Fisher House
WRIGHT-STATE UNIVERSITY, Ohio -- Dayton Bombers goalie Terry Denike, No. 35, takes to the ice March 10 during pre-game introductions at the Ervin J. Nutter Center. The special promotional jerseys Denike and the rest of the Bombers wore were auctioned off after the game, raising $9,400 for the Fisher Nightingale Houses. The Bombers sent the crowd home happy with a 4-2 win over the Wheeling Nailers in East Coast Hockey League action. Air Force photo by Spencer P. Lane
Airman saving lives in Iraq
BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Master Sgt. Michelle Bloxson prepares a hypodermic needle to draw antibiotics for an incoming trauma patient in the Air Force theater hospital emergency room here. Sgt. Bloxson is the noncommissioned officer in charge of the pharmacy flight with the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing's 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group. She is deployed from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)
National Prayer luncheon
Lyle Anderson, leads the Cederville College Mens' Glee Club at the National Prayer Luncheon, Wednesday, Feb. 28 at the Wright-Patterson AFB Club and Banquet Center. Air Force photo by Capt. Dywane Jones
EIC rifle competition
Brass ejects from the rifle of Lt. Col. Doug Spaeth with the 88th Aeromedical Squadron as he shoots from the standing possition. Air Force photo by Spencer P. Lane
EIC rifle competition
Master Sgt. John Ryan, a firing-line instructor, counts the score of Lt. Col. Doug Spaeth. Air Force photo by Spencer P. Lane
EIC rifle competition
Capt. Brandon Ledbetter with the 663rd Aeronautical Systems Squadron makes an adjustment to his rilfe's sight before the competition begins. Air Force photo by Spencer P. Lane
Graduate discussion
Dr. Kathleen Kaplan, Program Manager, External Programs & Resources Interface, Air Force Office of Scientific (AFOSR), discusses AFOSR's grant portfolio for graduate and post graduate students with a student attendee at the 44th National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium held April 26-30 in Albuquerque, New Mexico. (Air Force photo by Erin Crawley)