• 88th Air Base Wing announces 2024 annual award winners

    The 88th Air Base Wing celebrated its top performers during the annual excellence awards ceremony on Feb. 21 at the Wright-Patt Club, where Airmen, Guardians and civilians were recognized for their achievements in 2024.The Hollywood-inspired ceremony featured each group within the wing representing

  • Engineering a Legacy: Amir Mott’s Trailblazing Journey in the Air Force

    “Don’t focus on getting promoted,” said Dr. William U. Borger, former Senior Executive Service member at AFRL. “Instead, focus on being the best at what you do for the Air Force, and everything else will follow.”This advice, shared with 24-year-old Amir Mott over lunch, would go on to shape his

  • Junior Force Council hosts Leadership Symposium

    The Junior Force Council held their annual Leadership Symposium at the Wright-Patt Club on Sept. 12, 2024. The event had 200 employees register for the symposium: half of those being first year employees at Wright-Patt.Chief Master Sergeant Tessa Fontaine, 88th Air Base Wing Command Chief, was the

  • Graduation ceremony honors ALS Class 24-F

     Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio—The Chief Master Sgt. Grace A. Peterson Airman Leadership School honored 25 graduating Airmen at a ceremony August 29, 2024, in the Wright-Patt Club.The guest speaker, class mentor Chief Master Sgt. Eva Friend, 88th Medical Group senior enlisted leader, told

  • Summer civilian all call creates connections for new hires

    Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio – The Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Junior Force Council hosted a “Summer Trainee All Call” for new civilian employees to foster professional and personal connections across the base on August 15, 2024, at Bass Lake Lodge. The all-call was open to civilian

  • Wright-Patt Airmen selected for promotion

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Air Force announced its newest staff sergeant selects on August 8, 90 senior airmen attached to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base were on the list. To celebrate, 88th Air Base Wing leadership hosted a promotion ceremony on August 9 at the Wright-Patt

  • 445th Airlift Wing welcomes new wing commander

    The 445th Airlift Wing held an assumption of command ceremony at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio June 1, 2024. The wing welcomed its new wing commander, Col. Douglas Perry, Jr. Prior to his arrival to the wing, Colonel Perry served as the commander of the 434th Operations Group, Grissom Air

  • Col. Dustin Richards: Q&A with new 88th Air Base Wing commander

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Col. Dustin Richards took command of the 88th Air Base Wing and installation April 9.Richards, a career civil engineer, arrives at Wright-Patterson AFB from Air Force headquarters in Washington, where he was senior military assistant in the Office of the

  • Ceremony honors ALS Class 24-C graduates

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Chief Master Sgt. Grace A. Peterson Airman Leadership School Class 24-C honored 30 graduates in a ceremony March 28 at the Wright-Patt Club.Chief Master Sgt. Jason Brown, paralegal function manager for Air Force Materiel Command, guest speaker and class