• Wright-Patt congratulates their 2025 master sergeant selects

    The Air Force has announced its newest master sergeant selects — and the list includes 59 names from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.Unit leaders and the base community gathered June 12 to celebrate the selectees at a release party held at the Wright-Patt Club.U.S Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Michael

  • Richardson receives highest enlisted honor

    Gen. Duke Z. Richardson, commander, Air Force Materiel Command, was formally inducted into the Order of the Sword during a ceremony June 24 at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

  • 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