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  • Always follow water-safety measures

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Fire Department would like to help you stay safe the next time you go out on the water.Swimming and boating can be great ways to beat the heat this summer but are not without dangers. Though preventable in most cases,

  • Airman delivers baby in back seat of vehicle

    Most people pick up a gallon of milk on their way home from work. Tech. Sgt. Giselle Rodriguez delivered a baby.Walking out of Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton on Aug. 4, about to cross Apple Street to the parking garage, a man in a vehicle stopped and asked for help.In the rear seat, Rodriguez saw a

  • Airmen Visit Cincinnati Bengals

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Airmen pose for a photo with Bengals front office staffers Aug. 8 at Paycor Stadium in Cincinnati. The group received a private stadium tour, field access and watched a team workout at the Bengals' nearby practice facility. The defending AFC champions open the

  • Active-shooter exercise tests emergency response

            WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Wright-Patterson Air Force Base conducted an active-shooter exercise Aug. 10 to test the skills of first responders while assessing safety

  • New leaders address Wright-Patt personnel

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – The 88th Air Base Wing’s new leadership team held its first commander’s call Aug. 5. Col. Christopher Meeker, 88 ABW and installation commander, along with Chief Master Sgt. Lloyd Morales, the wing’s command chief, briefly met with Airmen and civilian

  • Riverside projects to alter traffic flow

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Lane closures are expected during a pair of upcoming road projects in Riverside.West Springfield Street from Northcliff Drive to Harshman Road will be under construction beginning Aug. 22. One lane of traffic in each direction will be maintained at all times.

  • Spotlight: Senior Airman Dox Salgado

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Name and rank: Senior Airman Dox SalgadoDuty title: Military justice paralegalUnit of assignment: Staff Judge Advocate Office, 88th Air Base WingWhat do you do at Wright-Patt? I am a military justice paralegal for the 88th Air Base Wing at the Wright-Patterson

  • Oath of office a bond between you, nation

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- For most of us in the Department of Defense, federal service became “real” when we first took an oath to “protect (or support) and defend the Constitution of the United States,” even though many of us may not have fully understood what an oath even was at

  • More than a road: The story behind Wright-Patt’s Kuglics Boulevard

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — Kuglics Boulevard on Area A, which runs from the 88th Security Forces Squadron building to Air Force Materiel Command headquarters, honors Special Agent Matthew Kuglics.Kuglics graduated from Green High School, south of Akron, in 2000 and enlisted in the Air