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Feb. 1, 2022
System used to develop standard for ensuring safety, confidence and reliability of Air Force body armor plates

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, GUNTER ANNEX, Ala. – Imagine going downrange, away from friends and family, seemingly a million miles from home, when you are tasked for an ‘outside the wire’ mission. Immediately, things go sideways, and your unit is ambushed by an opposing force. Your primary defense from
Jan. 28, 2022
Shoveling snow not without hazards, health risks

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – As winter’s peak approaches, snowfall has ticked up around Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and the Miami Valley region. It can come in waves and often in large amounts at once.Here are a few tips for those who don’t have much snow-shoveling experience and some
Jan. 27, 2022
Hybrid Work Environment is now

Due to the work of a small group of action officers from various directorates across the headquarters, the future is now as AFRC is returning to full capacity through a hybrid work environment, reaching phase four assessment and evaluation over the next 12 months.
Jan. 25, 2022
Snow blankets 445th Airlift Wing

A snow plow works its way down the flight line at the 445th Airlift Wing Jan. 24, 2022, clearing away the snow surrounding the wing’s C-17 Globemaster III aircraft sitting on the ramp after a winter storm brought several inches of snow to the Dayton, Ohio, area.
Jan. 24, 2022
445th, 655th Airmen volunteer at mobile food bank

Fifteen Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 445th Airlift Wing and 655th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, volunteered at a mobile food bank delivery held at Phillips Temple Church, Trotwood, Ohio Jan. 19, 2022. Volunteers collected, sorted,
Jan. 21, 2022
Process changes for visitor passes

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — The Air Force has implemented a new biometric-identification system at multiple bases across the country.The technology “streamlines the visitor pass process and decreases foot traffic” at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s Visitor Center, said Tech. Sgt.
Jan. 21, 2022
DAF authorizes pass for COVID booster

“We strongly encourage all Airmen, Guardians, and DAF federal employees to receive a booster. As COVID-19 cases continue to surge, we need to do everything possible to protect ourselves, our families, and our communities—that means getting a booster,” said Under Secretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz
Jan. 21, 2022
Commander defines, refines rhythm for HPCON Delta

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio – Two weeks after rising COVID rates pushed Wright-Patterson Air Force Base into Health Protection Condition Delta, 88th Air Base Wing officials interpreted new challenges and protocols in their second Facebook Live COVID-19 situation update this year Jan.
Jan. 21, 2022
Time to get into safe winter-driving mindset

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Oh -- The best advice for driving in bad winter weather is to not drive at all, if you can avoid it.If not, don’t go out until the snowplows and salt/sand trucks have had a chance to do their work, and allow yourself extra time to reach your destination.As with any
Jan. 20, 2022
Tuskegee Airman, Air Force legend passes away at 102

Brig. Gen. Charles E. McGee, a Tuskegee Airman and Air Force legend, passed away at his residence in Bethesda, Md., Jan. 16, 2022. He was 102 years old.