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Staff Sgts. Robert Gibson and Joshua Sweetman, 445th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters, put out an aircraft structural fire during live-fire training, Sept. 9, 2022 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Eight members of the 445th Civil Engineer Squadron fire and emergency services teamed up with the 788th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department for a live-fire training exercise, Sept. 9, 2022.

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  • Licenses from 5 states banned at DOD bases

    Defense Department installations will no longer accept driver's licenses from Minnesota, Illinois, Missouri, New Mexico, and Washington as proof of identity, DOD officials said.Federal policyThe ban, which also includes licenses from American Samoa, is a consequence of the REAL ID Act of 2005.The

  • Tax help available on base

    Military members, retirees, and dependents can begin scheduling appointments for free income tax preparations at the Tax Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base as early as Jan. 25.There will be a short, three-day window for walk-ins who are active-duty members (E-4 and below only) from Jan.

  • A look back at Desert Storm

    Operation Desert Storm was an exceptional example of Total Force integration in support of combat operations with an all-volunteer force.Jan. 16, 2016, marks the 25th anniversary of Desert Storm, the coalition effort to free Kuwait from the grips of an Iraq invasion force. Below are some factoids on

  • Remembering Desert Storm - Where we are today in the Total Force Continuum

    "See all those contrails heading north, Captain?" the salty lieutenant colonel asked me on Jan. 16, 1991. "Yes sir!" I replied flying as a brand new aircraft commander in the C-141B Starlifter.The contrails covered the darkening sky and seemed like hundreds of fingers reaching north into Iraq to

  • Reservist reflects on Desert Storm 25 years later

    "I was sitting in the base theater, watching Cadillac Man, and about 20 minutes before the end of the movie, they turned it off, turned on the house lights, and told us to return to our duty stations. We had to prep aircraft for deployment."Senior Master Sgt. Jim Highland, 445th Military Personnel

  • IRS Form 1095 available on myPay

    All active-duty, Guard, Reserve, retiree and civilian Airmen will need proof of health care coverage when filing their federal tax returns for 2015."This is the first year that Affordable Care Act requires health care validation for filing their taxes and Airmen need this information," said Robert

  • Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday: A day on, not a day off

      As Martin Luther King Jr. Day approaches, many of us are deciding which activities to participate in on our day off, that we forget to reflect on the meaning behind this special celebration. The purpose of the holiday is to empower people to see their role in continuing the legacy of King. This

  • Airmen must keep SGLI, emergency data current

    Several years ago, an Airman at another base passed away and his current spouse was told that his former spouse would receive the entire $400,000 insurance payment because the husband had failed to update his beneficiary form after his most recent marriage. As a legally binding contract, the form

  • JAG Airman is Air Reserve Paralegal of the Year

    Master Sgt. Rebeccah Stammen, 445th Airlift Wing Judge Advocate Office law office superintendent, won the David Westbrook Award for Outstanding Air Reserve Component Paralegal of the Year for 2014.The award recognizes the most outstanding Air Reserve Component paralegal of the year based on

  • Before you fly that new drone: know the rules

    With sales of drones expected to approach 700,000 this season, near-misses with military and commercial aircraft have increased.   Federal Aviation Administration statistics show a surge in "close call with drone" reports by military and civilian pilots: nearly 700 incidents in 2015, roughly triple