• Volunteers keep historic bomber flying

    Chuck Mangold is a flight safety officer in one of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s system program offices. He is also a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel with 20 years of experience flying C-130s.He has a hobby many would envy. Several weekends a year, he gets to step back in time

  • 2023 Spark Tank open for submissions

    Air Force Materiel Command uniformed and civilian Airmen are invited to submit innovative, game-changing ideas to compete in the 2023 Air Force Spark Tank competition now, with preliminary rounds open from June 1 to August 17, 2022.

  • Start prepping now to cross finish line

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Sweat, tears, medals and a feeling of accomplishment is what awaits those who cross the finish line at the 2022 Air Force Marathon. Before that, the body should be trained to perform.The Air Force Marathon team provides training programs for the full and half

  • WPAFB Airmen win Air Force media awards

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — Two 88th Air Base Wing Public Affairs members and a musician from the Air Force Band of Flight won Air Force-level awards for their work in 2021.The Chief Master Sgt. Douglas W. Morrell Public Affairs Media Awards are a yearly Air Force competition for

  • Spotlight: Master Sgt. Sean Loveland

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OH -- Name and rank: Master Sgt. Sean LovelandUnits of assignment: 88th Inpatient Operations Squadron and 88th Operational Medical Readiness SquadronWhat’s your job like every day? No day is similar to the last, and that makes it exciting. First sergeants live by the

  • Spread the gift of running to those who serve

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Anyone who wishes to give to the military can gift a paid entry fee to any junior active-duty, Reserve and Guard enlisted member for the 26th Annual Air Force Marathon.Gift registrations are available for the half and full marathons. All military members (E-1

  • DAF summer job opportunities for 700-plus qualified students

    Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas (AFNS) -- The Department of the Air Force is giving more than 700 students an opportunity to develop and hone their skills under its flagship summer hire program, which runs May through September.  “The 2022 Summer Hire Employment Program provides students in

  • AFIT, Army collect nuclear forensics data

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- If a radiological-dispersal device, sometimes called a dirty bomb, were to detonate in the United States, Soldiers would deploy alongside the FBI, Air Force Technical Applications Center, and Department of Energy to collect nuclear forensic samples used to