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Wright-Patt workers facing 11-day furloughs starting in early July
Thousands of Wright-Patterson civilian employees won’t spend as much time off the job without pay after the Pentagon dropped the number of furlough days to 11 from 14 on Tuesday. The reduction cut in half the 22 furlough days that 13,000 local civil service workers originally faced earlier this year, ...
Report: Pentagon could save billions by making military retirees pay more
The Pentagon could slash the defense budget by more than $900 billion over a decade without sacrificing significant combat capabilities, according to a Washington think tank. The Stimson Center, which labels itself as a nonpartisan nonprofit, assembled recommendations to slash spending on personnel compensation, the use of manpower and procurement ...
Millions meant for veterans pocketed by suspect ‘charities’
Millions of dollars meant for veterans has been stolen by con men or misspent by charities in recent years, according to Ohio officials who tell the Dayton Daily News they are stepping up enforcement. Recently a sweeping investigation by the Ohio Attorney General of AMVETS found 59 locations around the ...
Base worker enjoys ‘Wheel of Fortune’ winnings
It was an experience she will think of often — especially while taking in the sights of Greece and Saint Croix of the Virgin Islands. Tameka Thomas, a program manager for the Combat Rescue Helicopter program in the Rotary Wing Branch, Special Operations Forces Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, ...
Hypersonic jet hits over 3,300 mph, started at Wright-Patt
An unmanned experimental aircraft, that traces its genesis to the Air Force Research Laboratory at Wright-Patterson, has made history by reaching five times the speed of sound during the longest air-breathing, scramjet powered hypersonic flight. On its fourth and final test May 1, the $300 million X-51 Waverider program reached ...
Airmen welcomed home at AF museum
About 300 local airmen were officially welcomed home at the “Heroes Welcoming Heroes” ceremony at the National Museum of the United States Air Force on Thursday night.The ceremony is held twice a year to celebrate the service of local military members and provide a night of fun activities for their ...
Jordan, Turner question security in Benghazi incident
U.S. Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Urbana, a member of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, on Wednesday said that Gregory Hicks, former deputy chief of mission at the U.S. Embassy in Tripoli, Libya, had been treated well and praised for outstanding work for more than two decades only to see ...
Ohioan is center of sexual abuse investigation
The Air Force has removed a Fairfield, Ohio, native who led the service branch’s sexual assault and prevention and response unit after he was charged with groping a woman in a parking lot Sunday morning in Arlington, Va. Lt. Col. Jeffrey R. Krusinski, 41, worked at the Pentagon as chief ...
Wright-Patterson employee furloughs are on hold
Thousands of Wright-Patterson civilian employees remain in a months-long waiting mode, after it was announced Monday that furlough notices were on hold. The base had said 14-day furlough notices could be sent early this week to about 13,000 employees, but that plan is on hold while Secretary of Defense Chuck ...
Wright-Patterson furlough notices on hold
Thousands of Wright-Patterson civilian employees remain in a months-long waiting mode, after it was announced Monday that furlough notices were on hold. The base had said 14-day furlough notices could be sent early this week to about 13,000 employees, but that plan is on hold while Secretary of Defense Chuck ...
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