• 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

  • AFNET pushes update to Office 365

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is getting an upgrade to computer desktops.AFNET Enterprise is scheduled to push out a large upgrade to your desktop starting on Aug. 8. This will update Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access and other

  • Spotlight: Mr. Chad Zeretzke

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio --Name and rank: Mr. Chad Zeretzke, NH-03Duty title: Operations compliance flight chiefUnit of assignment: 88th Logistics Readiness SquadronWhat do you do at Wright-Patt? I am a supervisory program analyst with the 88th Air Base Wing. I am responsible for

  • With school starting, make this year a safe experience for all

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Across the Miami Valley, area schools are beginning a new academic year. It is imperative that vehicle operators pay undivided attention to their surroundings.Students waking to and from school or the bus stop may not have pedestrian safety foremost in their