Saturday - September 12, 2026

Tipoffs for Dayton, Ohio (Wright Patterson)

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Observation to Mark 117th Anniversary of Powered Flight
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Dec. 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news: Col. Patrick Miller, 88th Air Base Wing and Wright-Patterson Air Force Base commander, along with members of the Wright brothers' family and a limited number of Dayton Aviation Heritage National Park representatives, are scheduled to join together Dec. 17 at 10:10 a.m. to lay a wreath commemorating the 117th anniversary of practical powered flight. The event, which has become an  more
Surveillance Testing Turns Tables on COVID-19 Detection
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Dec. 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (88th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is maintaining its fight against COVID-19 with the Air Force vice chief of staff-directed implementation of Tier-4 surveillance testing, geared toward the detection and isolation of coronavirus. Tier-4 surveillance testing was to be executed at a rate of 10 percent of the installation's population per week. Risk-informed decis  more
Wright-Patterson AFB: Collection of Deferred Social Security Tax Begins January 1
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Dec. 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news: The tax collector is coming early in 2021. Paychecks of both military and civilian personnel at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and throughout executive branch agencies will be smaller starting Jan. 1 through April. In an effort to provide temporary relief during the COVID-19 pandemic, the 6.2% Social Security payroll tax (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance, or OASDI)   more