• Collaboration matches unique candidates with jobs on Wright-Patt

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - During the month of April, Air Force Materiel Command partnered with Wright State University to launch the Autism at Work Initiative for recent college graduates who are diagnosed on the autism spectrum.This initiative is a year-long internship program that is

  • Baltimore C-STARS partnership prepares Airmen for battlefield medicine

    Civilian partnerships are a vital readiness resource for the Air Force Medical Service, refreshing medics on trauma skills and taking lessons learned to deliver life-saving trauma care downrange.The Center for the Sustainment of Trauma and Readiness Skills program in Baltimore, Maryland, prepares

  • Ryan and Friends bring the laughs to Wright-Patt

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Comedian and ventriloquist entertainer, Ryan Bomgardner, brought his Ryan and Friends show to the base theater, June 7, 2018.The self-proclaimed star of the show Jeffrey made an appearance. He’s a staged 8-year old puppettered dummy, who has a witty outlook on

  • WW II vet memorialized in Germantown

    GERMANTOWN, Ohio – A lifetime resident of the city, and a World War II veteran was memorialized April 16, when South Walnut Street was renamed the honorary Herschel L. Smith Street. Smith lived on South Walnut Street for most of his life.The decision to rename the street was based on the many

  • Chapel group fully embraces 2nd core value: Service before self

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – When Harvey bore down on the Houston, Texas, area as a category 4 hurricane, then stalled for several days in late August 2017 it dropped records amount of rain, ultimately leading it to be the second most costly storm in U.S. history only behind Hurricane

  • AFRL Commander’s Challenge set for final test

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio –  The 2017 Air Force Research Laboratory Commander’s Challenge is in full swing with teams from four Air Force bases readying to compete in the final test of their solutions Feb. 26 through March 2 at the U.S. Army Redstone Test Center near Huntsville,

  • Air Force Marathon named to Daily Burn “15 Best Fall Marathons”

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - The Air Force Marathon has been named one of “The 15 Best Fall Marathons in the U.S.” by the popular fitness website, Daily Burn. The site lists a relatively flat course, flyovers and historical aviation sites as reasons for the honor. The marathon has made it

  • Base, Park celebrate 114th anniversary of First Powered Flight

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – A commemoration of the 114th Anniversary of the First Powered Flight is scheduled at the Wright Brothers Memorial for Dec. 15 at 10 a.m. on Wright Memorial Hill near Area B. Col. Bradley M. McDonald, 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, will provide

  • Have a security clearance? Know the rules on Unauthorized Disclosure

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Many jobs in the Air Force require a security clearance, whether military or civilian, and it’s critical that clearance holders understand the rules pertaining to unauthorized disclosure of classified and controlled unclassified information to protect

  • AFCEC to host Air Force Encroachment Management Symposium

    The Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Regional Development Planning Branch hosts the annual Air Force Encroachment Management, or AFEM, training event Aug. 1-3, at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.    The symposium provides encroachment management stakeholders with the knowledge and skills necessary to