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VOL. 2, NO. 23 | FRIDAY, December 22, 2023

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Happy Holidays, from Team Wright-Patt!

Leaders serve holiday cheer
Leaders serve holiday cheer
Leaders serve holiday cheer
Leaders serve holiday cheer
Leaders serve holiday cheer

88 ABW Holiday Greetings

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88th ABW Holiday Greeting

88th Air Base Wing
U.S. Air Force Colonel Chris Meeker, 88th Air Base Wing and Installation Commander, and base leadership offer their best wishes to everyone during the holiday season at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force video by Dylan Kaericher, Chris Decker, Austin Smith, and Jeffery Harris)
WPAFB Tree Lighting Event
WPAFB Tree Lighting Event
WPAFB Tree Lighting Event
WPAFB Tree Lighting Event
WPAFB Tree Lighting Event
WPAFB Tree Lighting Event

Tree Lighting Ceremony

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2023 Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony

88th Air Base Wing
The 88th Force Support Squadron hosts the 2023 Christmas Tree Lighting on Dec. 7, 2023 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. (U.S. Air Force Video by Dylan Kaericher and Second Camera Airman James Johnson)
Santa convoy through base housing
Santa convoy through base housing
Santa Convoy through base housing

120th First Flight Anniversary

120th First Flight Anniversary
120th First Flight Anniversary
120th First Flight Anniversary
120th First Flight Anniversary
120th First Flight Anniversary
120th First Flight Anniversary
120th First Flight Anniversary
Team Wright-Patt and the National Park Service host a ceremony commemorating the first flight of a powered airplane at Wright Brothers Memorial. (U.S. Air Force photos by Daniel Peterson)

2023 Memories

Gina Ortiz Jones, undersecretary of the Air Force, meets with aeromedical evacuation and staging Airmen from the 445th Airlift Wing on Jan. 9 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. 230109-F-YM631-1122.JPG
88 SFS interact with Dayton Dragons fans Dayton Dragons American Celebration Night
Aircraft on the left with an Airmen transporting equipment toward the aircraft. 220928-F-YM631-2124.jpg
A woman in working uniform is framed through the circular opening of a CT machine. 88 DTS does it out of sight and beneath the surface
Master Sgt. Christopher Hill, the 88th Communications Squadron’s Information Assurance Section chief, gives instructions about the clearing-barrel procedure to Airmen during a training event Aug. 2, 2023, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. 88th Communications Squadron
Wright-Patt firefighters conduct a safety brief prior to training. Plan, prepare, respond: The 788th Civil Engineer Squadron keeps Wright-Patt safe in times of peril
Master Sgt. Tiffany Porterfield, Sexual Assault Prevention and Response volunteer victim advocate, speaks with an Airman at the Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month booth during the USO’s blood drive event April 25 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. 230425-F-YM631-1011.JPG
Airmen dressed in their operational camouflage pattern uniforms dive into the pool as part of German Armed Forces Proficiency Badge testing Feb. 1 at Dodge Fitness Center on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. 230209-F-YM631-1004.jpg
Military Working Dog Kkaun listens to his handler before the start of the K-9 Veterans Day Ruck on March 10, 2023, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. This year’s march helped raise donations for a nonprofit organization to go toward those affected by the train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. K-9 Veterans Day Ruck
Webb stands outside the chapel. From firing range to chapel, enlisted leader upholds service across careers
Airmen push a Humvee Defenders honored for service during National Police Week
Louis Vance, 88th Mission Support Group deputy director, receives a pin from Vietnam War and Air Force veteran Charles Wyman during the National Vietnam War Veterans Day ceremony March 29, 2023, in the Main Exchange on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The Army & Air Force Exchange Service hosted the 50th anniversary commemoration, presenting free lapel pins in honor of all Vietnam-era veterans. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Elizabeth Figueroa) National Vietnam War Veterans Day ceremony
Airman saluting in uniform, wearing a medal. More than 50 Wright-Patt staff sergeants selected for promotion
WPCU was recognized for providing exemplary financial and quality-of-life services Wright-Patt Credit Union receives award
Chief Master Sgt. Morales meets with DEP recruits Dayton Dragons American Celebration Night

88 ABW Strategic Plan 2023

Community and Base Events

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88 ABW Public Affairs Editorial Staff 

Col. Christopher Meeker 88 ABW Commander
Bob Purtiman Chief, WPAFB Installation Public Affairs
88ABWPAVisualInfo@us.af.mil Command Information Chief
88ABW.skywrighter@us.af.mil Skywrighter Liaison
Megan Mudersbach Website Manager

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