WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, July 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: By Capt. Rachel Ingram, 445th Airlift Wing Public Affairs At 0530 the lights come on, illuminating rows of bunk beds lining both walls of the barracks on Camp Dawson, West Virginia. From the bays emerge 35 motivated Defenders from the 445th Security Forces Squadron, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. They are spending the week on an Army National Guard post surrounded by 8,000 acres of remot  more

ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, July 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs The economic impact of Arnold Air Force Base across the state of Tennessee was $864.3 million for the 2021 fiscal year. Arnold AFB impacted the local areas through payroll, secondary jobs created through local spending, and other expenditures for supplies, utilities, fuel and services and the spin-off impact of those purchases. The base employed a mixture  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, July 8 -- Air Force Institute of Technology issued the following news: Faculty from the Air Force Institute of Technology's School of Systems and Logistics consulted on a study on the feasibility of reducing the AC-130J Gunship aircrew from nine to seven. Currently, a nine-person crew operates the aircraft including two pilots, one combat systems officer, one weapon system operator, one sensor operator and four special mission aviators. Air Force leaders were intere  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, July 8 (TNSper) -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news: By Brian Dietrick, 88th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Col. Christopher Meeker relieved Col. Patrick Miller as 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander during a change of command ceremony July 7 at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Lt. Gen. Shaun Morris, Air Force Life Cycle Management Center commander, presided over the ceremony, where Meeker became the 40t  more