• Senior leaders applaud accomplishments of new enlisted promotees

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Col. Tom Sherman, 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Stephen Arbona, 88th ABW command chief, co-hosted a ceremony at the Wright-Patt Club, Oct. 31, to acknowledge Team Wright-Patt’s newest enlisted promotees.The ceremony

  • Snow Parade exhibits a show of force against winter elements

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The Wright-Patterson 88th Air Base Wing Civil Engineering Group showcased its winter weather strength on the base flight line October 3, presenting an array of trucks with brushes, shovels, solvents, and other inclement weather cleaners. Ground crews drove

  • High performance sustainable buildings at Wright-Patterson

    October is Energy Action Month, a national campaign led by the Department of Energy, and this year’s theme is “Protect the Power.” There are numerous ways for airmen and installations to protect our critical power and one of them is through sustainable building design practices. Sustainability is

  • Band of Flight gearing up for free concert with country artist Alexis Gomez

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - The United States Air Force Band of Flight is busy rehearsing with country artist Alexis Gomez for an upcoming free concert at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m. Gomez, a graduate of Centerville High School and Wright State

  • Changing the face of war; saving lives – the legacy of Bill Grimes

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – On Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, former Big Safari Director and retired Air Force Col. Bill Grimes passed away. While his was not a household name and Big Safari -- a secretive Air Force acquisition program for specialized special mission aircraft -- is not known for

  • UPE Integration Team Lead visits Wright-Patt; learns of collaboration

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio - Brig. Gen. Edward L. Vaughan, the new Air Force Unexplained Physiological Events Integration Team lead, visited Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Aug. 27 to tour the 711th Human Performance Wing’s Onboard Oxygen Generating System lab and learn how 711HPW is

  • GeoBase moves mapping service, improves security

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s online GeoBase map will move to its new location at https://geobase.wpafb.af.mil/viewer Sept. 17, bringing with it enhanced security and new capabilities.GeoBase is an online map that uses a graphical user interface to allow a

  • VCSAF calls for national effort to effect strategy

    DAYTON, Ohio – Displaying a nostalgic photo of astronauts training at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, in the 1960s, Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Stephen W. Wilson noted that this week marked the 49th anniversary of the lunar landing on July 20, 1969. Wilson told the 600 attendees of