• Wright-Patterson remembers Holocaust

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Over 80 years has passed since the persecution and murder of European Jews by the Nazi Germans during the Holocaust. Time has moved forward, but Wright-Patterson observes Holocaust Remembrance Day every year to honor those who were either directly affected or

  • Civil Engineer School celebrates a 75-year milestone

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- In March 1948, the newly established Air Force Institute of Technology’s Air Installations Special Staff School, known today as the Civil Engineer School, held its first class of 31 students ranging in rank from first lieutenant to lieutenant

  • 20-year-old carpenter lives best life in 88th Civil Engineering

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – What were you doing at 20 years old? Going to college? Trying to make ends meet? Still living with your parents? Most people at that age would probably answer “yes” to one of those questions, but not Jake Fletcher.“This job has me set for the rest of my life,”

  • 88 ABW/IP Hosts Annual Classified Clean-Out Day

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The 88th Air Base Wing Information Protection office will be hosting a classified clean-out day on Friday, March 10 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Central Destruction Facility at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The CDF is located at 2445 Monohan Way, Building

  • Military working dog retires after over eight years of service

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – A retirement ceremony for Morgen, a military working dog with more than eight years of service, was held Feb. 24 at the 88th Security Forces facility on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The retirement was followed by his adoption by former handler Staff

  • AFIT workshops support digital transformation journey

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Air Force Institute of Technology’s School of Systems and Logistics is offering a Current Topics in Digital Acquisition and Digital Materiel Management Workshop (WKSP 0732).The workshop is designed to provide continuing and on-demand education to support

  • Tricare fee increases for 2023 revealed

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio--- Some military families will see a rise in their health care costs come January, even as they’re stretching their dollars to cover higher prices for food, fuel and other necessities.Generally, if you’ve been paying out-of-pocket for Tricare in 2022, you’ll pay