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  • Base exercises active shooter response

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Wright-Patterson Air Force Base went into full lockdown Aug. 18, and first responders rushed to the scene of a simulated active-shooter scenario in the Kittyhawk area.Emergency “Giant Voice” and other electronic notifications, alerted personnel in Area A to

  • Readiness exercise simulates deployed environment

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Airmen tested their ability to operate in a deployed environment during a Phase II Readiness exercise Aug. 11-12.“The readiness exercise is important to evaluate, measure and report the ability of units to sustain wartime,

  • Installation-wide Active Shooter exercise slated for next Wednesday

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – In a base-wide exercise Aug. 18, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base will go into full lockdown in response to an active-shooter scenario.“At 9 a.m. that morning, officials will initiate an active-shooter exercise in the Kittyhawk portion of Area A at building

  • Force-protection exercise slated for April 7

    Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio -- Personnel at Wright-Patterson AFB will go through their antiterrorism paces April 7, as the base is tested on its response to force-protection condition changes in an installation-wide training exercise.FPCON is a system military installations use to dictate

  • Wright-Patt’s first quarter base-wide exercise begins

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, OHIO -- The first quarter week-long, base-wide exercise for 2019 begins Feb. 4, and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base personnel will once again be called upon to respond to a variety of emergency scenarios.Included in this week’s events is a natural disaster exercise,