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Wright-Patt hosts run, ceremony for National Pow/MIA Recognition Day
Chief Master Sgt. Chris Sutor, National Air and Space Intelligence Center, hands the POW/MIA Flag to an Honor Guard Airman during the POW/MIA Recognition Day wreath-laying ceremony Sept. 17, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The flag was carried by runners on a 6.2-mile course through the base on its way to the ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
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Col. Patrick Miller, 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, makes opening remarks Sept. 17, 2021,, during the POW/MIA Recognition Day wreath-laying ceremony at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The annual event included a former Air Force officer and fighter pilot talking about his experience in North Vietnamese prison camps and a wreath laying. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
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Guy Gruters, a former Air Force officer and fighter pilot, speaks about his experience as a prisoner of war in Vietnam during the POW/MIA Recognition Day wreath-laying ceremony Sept. 17, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. While a captain, Gruters was shot down in December 1967 and spent more than five years as a prisoner of the North Vietnamese. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
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Toni Overholser (left), Miami Valley Military Affairs Association president, and Master Sgt. Dominique Hix, Air Force Sergeants Association Kittyhawk Chapter 751 president, lay wreaths Sept. 17, 2021, at the POW/MIA Memorial on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, during a ceremony marking the annual National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Since 1979, the third Friday in September has been set aside to remember and honor American service members held captive or missing in action. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
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Col. Patrick Miller (right), 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, presents a plaque to Airman 1st Class Michael Mannozzi on Sept. 17, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, honoring him as the 2020 Air Force Male Athlete of the Year. Mannozzi, a racewalker who works in the 88 ABW Chaplain’s Office, is ranked in the top 10 nationally for his sport and also competed in the Olympic trials. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Wright-Patt remembers 9/11
Col. Patrick Miller, 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, delivers remarks during the 9/11 commemoration ceremony Sept. 10, 2021, in front of the main firehouse at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Miller praised heroics of the first responders that day and how they continue to inspire. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Wright-Patt remembers 9/11
Jacob King, 788th Civil Engineer Squadron fire chief, and Lt. Col. Nicole Schatz, 88th Security Forces Squadron commander, place a wreath in front of Fire Station One during commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks Sept. 10, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. King and Schatz symbolized the firefighters and police officers who died in the attack. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Wright-Patt remembers 9/11
Col. Patrick Miller, 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, salutes Sept. 10, 2021, during the playing of taps at the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, ceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Miller gave the keynote address, praising heroics of the first responders that day and how they continue to inspire. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Wright-Patt remembers 9/11
Airman 1st Class James Nufer, Air Force Band of Flight, plays taps Sept. 10, 2021, during the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, ceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. COVID-19 restrictions limited the number of event attendees, but it was later streamed for those who wanted to see it. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Wright-Patt remembers 9/11
Airmen attending the ceremony Sept. 10, 2021, commemorating the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks salute during the playing of taps after a wreath-laying at Fire Station One on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Firefighters, Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight members and base leadership attended the ceremony, which was streamed online for the rest of the Wright-Patt community. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Block party rocks WPAFB’s historic Brick Quarters
Lily, 5, and Skyler, 7, the children of 1st Lt. Brandon and Amber McVey, play amongst the bubbles at a block party Aug. 12, 2021, put on by the 88th Force Support Squadron in the historic Brick Quarters housing area at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The party was the middle in a summer series of three sponsored by 88 FSS for Wright-Patt community members. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Block party rocks WPAFB’s historic Brick Quarters
Lauren Schrank plays cornhole against her husband, 2nd Lt. Alec Schrank, a graduate student at the Air Force Institute of Technology, during a block party Aug. 12, 2021, put on by the 88th Force Support Squadron in the historic Brick Quarters housing area at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The event, free for all Wright-Patt community members, featured live music, games and a food truck. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Block party rocks WPAFB’s historic Brick Quarters
Jeff Stevens, lead singer for Stranger, performs at a block party Aug. 12, 2021, put on by the 88th Force Support Squadron in the historic Brick Quarters housing area at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The band, specializing in music from the 1980s, provided a free concert for attendees. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Block party rocks WPAFB’s historic Brick Quarters
Jeff Stevens, lead singer for Stranger, gets (from left) Amelia Hunter, 9, Ella Arnold, 11, and Hannah Greiner, 10, to accompany him on a song as he and his band perform at a block party Aug. 12, 2021, put on by the 88th Force Support Squadron in the historic Brick Quarters housing area at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. This was the second of three parties this summer, with the last one scheduled for Aug. 26. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Block party rocks WPAFB’s historic Brick Quarters
Melissa Nishikawa dances as her husband, Col. Brett Nishikawa, 711th Human Performance Wing, watches Aug. 12, 2021, at a block party by Turtle Pond in the historic Brick Quarters housing area at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The event, put on by the 88th Force Support Squadron, was the second in a summer series for the Wright-Patt community, with the finale scheduled Aug. 26. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Block party rocks WPAFB’s historic Brick Quarters
Tim Taylor and Michelle Spangler applaud the rock band Stranger at the end of its show Aug. 12, 2021, during a block party put on by the 88th Force Support Squadron in the historic Brick Quarters housing area at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The event, free for all Wright-Patt community members, featured live music, games and a food truck. Taylor is a civilian employee of the National Air and Space Intelligence Center. (U.S. Air Force photo by R.J. Oriez)
Yes, there’s a Munitions Flight at Wright-Patt
Tech. Sgt. Brett Baker, an 88th Operations Support Squadron munitions inspection production supervisor, staples “hazardous material” placards to ammo crates March 3, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The Munitions Flight supports Defense Department units in a five-state area. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ty Greenlees)
Yes, there’s a Munitions Flight at Wright-Patt
Senior Airman Ryan Klingbeil, an 88th Operations Support Squadron storage crew chief, and Staff Sgt. Jacklyn Hill, an 88 OSS munitions inspector, stencil ammo boxes they are packing March 3, 2021, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The Munitions Flight ships, stores, inspects, receipts and accounts for all ammo assets on Wright-Patt. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ty Greenlees)
Yes, there’s a Munitions Flight at Wright-Patt
One of the 88th Operations Support Squadron Munitions Flight explosives-storage igloos is pictured March 3, 2021 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. In 2020, six new facilities replaced six old ones, which increased the unit’s explosive weight-storage capacity by more than 175,000 pounds and reduced the structure footprint by 25 percent. (U.S. Air Force photo by Ty Greenlees)
Homecoming links pilot with ‘next generation’
A B-2 Spirit, flown by Maj. Sarah Kociuba, 393rd Bomb Squadron, leads B-1B Lancer and B-52 Stratofortress aircraft in a formation over Raymond James Stadium during Super Bowl LV in Tampa, Florida, Feb. 7, 2021. Kociuba, a Cleveland native, came to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, on Nov. 15 to talk with students from her old ROTC unit about the transition from cadet to Air Force officer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Scott Warner)