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  • 88 CEG “dominates the dirty work” every day

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Whether its turning wrenches, operating heavy machinery or fighting fires, the 644 employees of the 88th Civil Engineer Group “dominate the dirty work” every day.“644 sounds like a lot, but it’s not to take care of a base of this magnitude,” said Amir Mott, 88

  • Engineering students deliver real-world plan for RAF Feltwell

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – What started as a consultation request turned into faculty from the Air Force Institute of Technology’s Civil Engineer School delivering the first off-site offering of their Comprehensive Planning Course. Traditionally, the course is taught at Wright-Patterson

  • Groundwater-capture trench to aid PFAS response

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio—One line of effort is being set in stone, clay and gravel at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB), where an army of construction workers and machines are digging a 420-foot-long trench toward a way to environmental progress.The project targets the hazardous

  • Security Forces personnel defend local landscape

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio—Some of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s most prominent outdoor employees spent an afternoon investing in the long-term health and beauty of the local ecosystem April 7.Ten members of the 88th Security Forces Squadron planted 180 maples, oaks and shagbark

  • Snow-removal crew plows path forward to mission

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- When flurries start falling and thousands of employees are due to line up at the gates, the 88th Civil Engineer Squadron’s job requires strategy, speed and a lot of shovels.Even before Wright-Patterson Air Force Base meteorologists predict winter weather, the

  • Wright-Patt, ODNR team up on reforestation efforts

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The 88th Civil Engineer Group has partnered with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry to develop and enhance operations across Wright-Patterson AFB.Environmental Branch managers have collaborated with ODNR over the last few years to

  • Wright-Patt supports habitat for new and natural spaces

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – On Earth Day 2021, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base actively celebrates its legacy as a habitat for both runways and waterways, as well as native species and engineered inventions.  Although health precautions kept festivities small this year, the 88th Civil

  • AFICC dashboard to help cleanup custodial costs

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- Air Force Installation Contracting Center is set to launch a new dashboard in the coming weeks that will help installations save money with custodial services.The Custodial Services Dashboard directly supports category management, a federal government-wide