WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, May 8 -- The U.S. Air Force (88th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: Col. Patrick Miller and other 88th Air Base Wing leaders recognized first-quarter award winners during a virtual commander's call April 29. "The 'top four' are humbled to serve with you and for you each and every day," the 88 ABW and installation commander said. "Thanks for what you're doing. Thanks for being part of this team. Next quarter, I can't wait to see who's next." Individual and t  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, May 8 -- The U.S. Air Force (88th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: Gregory Leingang, 88th Air Base Wing vice director, personally administered the oath of office to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base's newest public servants April 26 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force, highlighting the gravity and heritage of civilians in this formal commitment to protect the Constitution. "Article 6 of the Constitution states that an oath is required," Leingang said  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, May 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: Putting new technology or upgrades on the U.S. Air Force bomber fleet faster, is the focus of The Edge, a new innovation cell that the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's Bombers Directorate created late last year. "We were stood up to think differently and 'outside of the box,'" said Randy Hildebrandt, chief of The Edge. "Our goal is to work closely with Air Force Global Strike  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, May 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news: Lt. Col. Dan Watson traded his oak leaf for the silver eagle May 1 within the same gates as his first assignment, joining the tiny 1 percent of active-duty personnel who have achieved a rank of colonel or higher in the Air Force. But Watson, now chief of acquisition law for the Air Force Materiel Command Law Office, attributes his ambitious leadership status on the legal team toda  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, May 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: The 655th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing's 28th Intelligence Squadron based at Hurlburt Field, Florida, is making history for the wing as it is led entirely by women. Under the command of Lt. Col. Elisabeth Applegate, the 28th IS is home to more than 70 Reserve Barracudas, specializing in providing airborne intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operators to special ope  more

HILL AFB, Utah, May 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Hill Air Force Base (75th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: Ogden Air Logistics Center Commander Brig. Gen. McCauley von Hoffman was promoted to major general in a May 7 ceremony at Hill Air Force Base. The second star was pinned on by her husband Mitch and their three daughters Candace, Victoria and Kathleen. The ceremony was presided over by retired major general Kathryn J. Johnson, former director of Logistics, Engineering and Force Protec  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, May 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: The Rapid Sustainment Office is the organization under the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center charged with transforming the operations and sustainment enterprise vital to the world's most advanced Air Force. It makes sense they would look for people with a diversity of experience to include a background in sustaining Air Force systems. Col. Nicole Ruff-Lehman serves as the Milit  more