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Miami Valley leaders heading to D.C.
Miami Valley community and business leaders will embark Monday on a two-day visit to Washington, D.C., to meet political, military, aerospace industry and foreign embassy representatives.The Dayton Development Coalition-led trip, expected to host about 120 people from the region, will organize meetings with Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. ...
Air Force half marathon, 5K sold out
All 15,000 running slots for the Air Force Marathon on Sept. 21 could sell out within days after a 5K contest and a half marathon sold out, organizers say. Both of those races reached the limit last week on the number of runners allowed to participate, said Tiffany Johnson, a ...
Wright-Patterson bracing for another round of base closures
Facing massive spending cuts and excess infrastructure, high-ranking Pentagon leaders have urged at least one more round of military base closures, which could start in 2017, the former chairman of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission said Thursday. The Air Force has 500 fewer aircraft and about 20 percent ...
Congress criticizes Defense Dpt. over 11-day furloughs for civilian workers
More than two dozen members of Congress have criticized Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel for pushing ahead on civilian employee furloughs despite the possibility some agencies or departments might be able to avoid mandatory unpaid leave, congressional leaders said. U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Dayton, was one of those who signed ...
Wright State event to focus on Defense budget cuts
A defense forum Thursday at Wright State University will focus on the impact of massive defense spending reductions on military installations and industry, according to organizers.Among those addressing the forum are:* Lt. Gen. C.D. Moore II, commander of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base;* ...
Wright-Patt employees will face 11 furlough days 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 ...
Tuskegee Airmen exhibit, P-51 join air show
A traveling exhibit highlighting the history of the Tuskegee Airmen and a World War II-era Red Tail P-51 Mustang will join the line-up at the Vectren Dayton Air Show. Rise Above, a 30-seat theater with a panoramic screen, documents the history of the Tuskegee Airmen, the first black military pilots ...
NASA picks Dayton group to manage UAV prize contest
NASA has selected a Dayton non-profit organization to manage the only unmanned aerial systems contest in the nation to help make UAVs safe to fly in civilian airspace, the space agency said Friday. Development Projects Inc., the public sector funding arm of the Dayton Development Coalition, will run the two-stage ...
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 ...
Boeing delivers C-17 training center to Wright-Patterson
Air Force C-17 pilots and load masters will be able to train at Wright-Patterson with the addition of a new weapon systems training center, according to Boeing. The center was part of a $44 million contract to build weapon systems trainers at three military bases, Boeing said. The individual cost ...
Dayton congressman goes to White House today to discuss sex abuse in the military
U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Dayton, co-Chair of the Military Sexual Assault Prevention Caucus, met with White House officials today to discuss the issue of sexual assault in the military.Turner was to meet with President Barack Obama’s senior adviser Valerie Jarrett and Tina Tchen, the chief of staff to first lady ...
Air Force officer removed from top sexual prevention office was Ohio native
The Air Force has removed an 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 early Sunday morning in Arlington, Va. Lt. Col. Jeffrey R. Krusinski, 41, who is from Butler County, worked ...
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 ...
Dept. of Defense puts furlough letters on hold
Furlough notices are not expected to be sent today to 13,000 civilian employees at Wright-Patterson, according to base spokesman Daryl Mayer. The notices are on hold until the base receives further information from the Department of Defense, Mayer said. “What we’ve been told is they are on hold until (Defense) ...
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 ...
Doolittle Tokyo Raiders nominated for Congressional Gold Medal
The Doolittle Tokyo Raiders could join the Wright brothers, the Tuskegee Airmen, and the Women Air Force Service Pilots with a rarely awarded Congressional Gold Medal minted in their honor. Lawmakers in the House and the Senate have introduced legislation to award the medal to the four surviving Doolittle Raiders ...
Wright-Patt workers training for disaster
It looked like the real thing but it was all practice on the grounds of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on Thursday. The scenario: A tornado overturned a yellow school bus standing on its side in a museum parking lot. Dozens of people were stretched out on ...
Wright-Patt announces more cuts; furlough notices coming next week
The 88th Air Base Wing at Wright-Patterson will cut 40 percent of its budget, or more than $30 million, between now and the end of the fiscal year, the base commander and officials said Thursday. No jobs will be included as part of the cuts, according to Col. Cassie B. ...
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