VOL. 3, NO. 14 | FRIDAY, July 19, 2024

The CenterPoint Energy Dayton Air Show celebrates 50 years of air shows in the birthplace of aviation at Dayton International Airport, Ohio, June 22, 2024. The air show featured a lineup of aerial performers and aircraft ground displays. (U.S. Air Force video by Jeffrey Harris, Dylan Kaericher, and Austin Smith)

Dayton Air Show 2024

88th Air Base Wing

June 22, 2024 | By Jeffery Harris, Dylan Kaericher, Austin Smith

Col. Richards speaks in front of a white media van

(U.S. Air Force photos by Daniel Peterson & R.J. Oriez)

Planes, Tunes & BBQ is happening at the Softball Fields on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Area B, Thursday, July 25, 2024, from 1 – 7 p.m. Join Team Wright-Patt for games, live music, RC plane demonstrations, and a BBQ competition. (Contributed Graphic)

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Men and women pose for a group photo on a baseball field with Dayton Dragons mascots.

WPAFB First Sergeant Council

A man in an orange shirt fist bumps a child.

WPAFB First Sergeant Council

Individuals at a baseball stadium stand during the National Anthem.

WPAFB First Sergeant Council

Individuals wearing orange stand on a baseball field.

WPAFB First Sergeant Council

A group of individuals wearing orange shirts are briefed in a hallway.

WPAFB First Sergeant Council

(U.S. Air Force photos by Ashley Richards)

A red, white, and blue F-16 sits in front of Wright-Patt's base ops tower and hangars with storm clouds above

F-16 Golden Anniversary

A large crowd stretches across the flightline in front of Wright-Patt's base ops flight tower and hangars

F-16 Golden Anniversary

A red, white, and blue F-16 Fighting Falcon flies sideways across a grey sky

F-16 Golden Anniversary

Wright-Patt leadership pose in front of a red, white, and blue F-16 with storm clouds above

F-16 Golden Anniversary

Retired Gen. North gives a speech on stage in front of a grey F-16, crowd of people in foreground

F-16 Golden Anniversary

A red, white, and blue F-16 sits on the flightline in front of Wright-Patt's base ops tower and hangars with storm cloud above

F-16 Golden Anniversary

Retired Gen. North and Brig. Gen. Voorheis pose for a photo while holding a plaque with photos of a red, white, and blue F-16 Fighting Falcon

F-16 Golden Anniversary

A red, white, and blue F-16 flies upwards across a grey sky

F-16 Golden Anniversary

(U.S. Air Force photos by Daniel Peterson)

Four Airmen in dress uniform march carrying the American and the Air Force flag and rifles.

A woman in sunglass and cami uniform sits in the back seat of a black pickup truck waving a flag. A little girl stands in the bed of the truck waving.

A man in sunglasses and camouflaged uniform sits in the backseat of a light-blue Hummer.

A man in sunglasses and camouflaged uniform waves a flag from the front passenger seat of an orange hummer. A woman in sunglasses and an orange shirt sits in the back seat.

(U.S. Air Force photos by R.J. Oriez)

Col. Richards and Maj. Moore pose for a photo while holding the unit guidon

88th Comptroller Squadron

(U.S. Air Force photo by Daniel Peterson)

Maj. Gen. Gregory Gagnon, deputy chief of Space Operations for Intelligence, passes Col. Marcus Starks, incoming National Space Intelligence Center commander, the guidon during a change of command ceremony at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, June 28, 2024. The historic event was the first NSIC change of command ceremony as well as the activation of the unit as a field operating agency reporting directly to headquarters U.S. Space Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Daniel Peterson)

The National Space Intelligence Center

(U.S. Air Force photo by Daniel Peterson)

Brig. Gen. French and Lt. Col. Chang pose for a photo while holding a guidon with blue unit banner.

771st Enterprise Sourcing Squadron

(U.S. Air Force photo by Daniel Peterson)

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VOL. 3, NO. 14 | FRIDAY, July 19, 2024

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2024 CenterPoint Energy Dayton Air Show

Dayton Air Show 2024

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Hometown Heroes Recognition at Dayton Dragons

50th anniversary of the F-16 Fighting Falcon

Team Wright-Patt Joins Fairborn's 4th of July Festivities

New Leadership at Wright-Patt

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