• Tours must include 10 or more individuals and are designed for those 8 years and older. Tours with less than 10 people will not be accepted.
• Our tour season runs March 30 through Oct. 30. Aircraft tours are not conducted during the winter months due to the frigid climate. Tours requested outside the season will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis but will generally not be approved.
• Tours are dependent on aircraft availability and will now be held any day of the duty week (Monday - Friday), except for Wright-Patt Days (see below). However, only one tour per week will be approved. The third week of each month (whether it's a full week or not) will not be available due to Wright-Patt Days. 
• Tours will begin no earlier than 9 a.m. and no later than 1 p.m.
• Only one tour per organization/school per year will be accepted.
• Our tour is only for the 445th Airlift Wing and/or C-17 aircraft. If your group would like to include a base tour (or you are only looking for a base tour), please contact the 88th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Office at (937) 522-3252.
• Wright-Patt Tour Days: Base organizations wanting a C-17 tour are welcome to participate in Wright-Patt Days held the third Friday of the month, depending on weather and mission requirements.
  • Wright-Patt Days will have no more than 3 groups per day. Tours are at 9 a.m., 10:30 a.m., and 1 p.m.
  • Wright-Patt Days only include tours of the C-17.
• The POC for each group must complete the online tour request form (see Tour Requests for details). Call (937) 257-5784 for more information.

The following weeks are available to schedule a tour. This list will be updated as tours are requested and soft approved. For requests outside these dates, please see the Tour Policy Section.

Tour dates for the last week of September and all of October will be released in the summer of 2026 once Fiscal Year 2027 drill weekends have been determined.

• A minimum of 30-day’s notice is required for all tours.
• We have moved to a new online request system. Please click the "Interested in a C-17 static aircraft tour?" graphic below or click the following highlighted text to request a tour. Pick Wright-Patterson AFB as the Service Location, and 445th Airlift Wing Public Affairs as the Servicing Team. Choose Tour Request then next. Below are more details on some items required:
  • Project Title - C-17 Tour: Group name
  • Project Need Date - Date of request and time according to policy
  • Most of the groups will answer No for Event Details
  • Organization - Choose Public
  • Grade - CIV unless you fit into one of the other categories
  • Project Purpose - To request a C-17 tour
  • Specific Details - please provide the following
    • Number of people in the group (a minimum of 10 is required)
    • Mode of transportation - base bus, coach bus, school bus, personal vehicles, other (please explain)
    • Alternate dates as back up both in the same week being requested and different weeks
• Tours will not be approved/coordinated until the online request is received.
• Requesting does not confirm your tour date. Once the request is received, Public Affairs will approve it in the system. This will soft hold it until firm approval is granted by maintenance and operations. Once a firm approval is given, PA will reach out to the group Point of Contact to confirm the final approval and itinerary.
• A list of names must be provided to us no later than 7 days before your scheduled tour. If they are not received by that time, the tour will be cancelled. NO EXCEPTIONS!

The following dates and times are available to schedule a Wright-Patt Days for base organizations. This list will be updated as tours are requested and soft approved. The October date is subject to change, pending Fiscal Year 2027 drill weekend dates. No requests outside these dates will be approved.

PHONE: (937) 257-5784

EMAIL: 445aw.pa2@us.af.mil