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BETA’s electric aircraft, the ALIA CTOL (Conventional Takeoff and Landing Aircraft). Contributed

Credit: Brian Jenkins

Sinclair Community College bought an electric aircraft and flight simulator for more than...

GE Aerospace says its GE9X engine is the largest and most powerful commercial aircraft engine ever built, designed specifically for the twin-engine Boeing 777X family. GE photo.

Trump trip yields largest order for GE widebody engines in company history

$The Dayton Art Institute offers free admission for active military personnel and their families from May 17-Sept. 1, 2025. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF$

Military members and families can go to Dayton Art Institute for free all summer

Launch day preparations in a Rocket Lab photo.

Reusable rocket called ‘Neutron’ to be test launched for Air Force Research Lab at...

Troy E. Meink appears before the Senate Armed Services Committee for his nomination to be secretary of the Air Force in Washington, D.C., March 27, 2025. (DoD photo by EJ Hersom)

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New U.S. Air Force secretary Meink is no stranger to work with Wright-Patt

U.S. Air National Guard Staff Sgt. Lydia Bennis, right, and Airman 1st Class Leana Ruggles, both 179th Expeditionary Fighter Wing crew chiefs, conduct post flight maintenance and checks during Tarang Shakti 24 at Jodhpur Air Force Station, Rajasthan, India, Sept. 5, 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Natasha Stannard)

Credit: Pacific Air Forces

UD creates longer-lasting chocks to stop airplane wheels and possibly save Air Force...

Peerless Technologies Fairborn offices. Contributed

Credit: AARON

Peerless wins $27M warfare task order

Jiae Kim, left and Kayoung Kim both from South Korea enjoy food at the International Fair held at WPAFB April 26, 2023. The fair is organized by the Wright Patterson International Spouses Group which represents 31 countries from around the globe. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

Credit: JIM NOELKER

It’s National Military Spouse Appreciation Day: This group supports those who come to the...

Cities surrounding Wright Patt responsible for enforcing new drone law

Joby test pilot James “Buddy” Denham flying a fully transitioned Joby aircraft above the company’s facilities in Marina, California. Photo: Joby Aviation

Joby reports $82M loss as Ohio, California manufacturing footprints grow

The planned Convergence Research Center, shown in an artist's image. Dayton Development Coalition

Wright-Patt moving fence line to make way for Synergy lease project

Flags are seen in place for a previous Memorial Day weekend at the Dayton National Cemetery. JIM NOELKER/STAFF

Credit: JIM NOELKER

Memorial Day 2025 events in Dayton and surrounding communities

Secretary of State Warren Christopher, far right, addresses the gathering at the formal signing of the Dayton Agreement of the Bosnia Peace Talks on Nov. 21, 1995. The 21 days of negotiations took place at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Fairborn and the agreement was hammered out by Richard Holbrooke among the three principals, President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Slobodan Miloševic (representing the Bosnian Serb interests due to the absence of Karadžic), President of Croatia Franjo Tudman, and President of Bosnia and Herzegovina Alija Izetbegovic . © 1995 Skip Peterson/Dayton Daily News

Credit: Skip Peterson

‘A risky endeavor.’ How WPAFB set the stage for historic accords 30 years ago

An undated photo of building 400 on the Dayton VA campus. The building was once known as "Miller Cottage," a barracks built to house female veterans. VA photo

Dayton VA prepares for new apartments on West Dayton campus

A U.S. Air Force crew chief assigned to the174th Attack Wing, performs post-flight maintenance on an MQ-9 Reaper on Mar. 10, 2025 at Springfield-Beckley Air National Guard Base in Springfield. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Shane Hughes)

Helicopters and pyrotechnics: Expect noise as 178th trains this weekend

The 3735 Pentagon Blvd. offices of KBR Inc. on April 30, 2025. THOMAS GNAU/STAFF

KBR shows where the Air Force’s future can be digitally engineered

Wright-Patt Today

Reusable rocket called ‘Neutron’ to be test launched for Air Force Research Lab at...

Credit: Defense.gov

New U.S. Air Force secretary Meink is no stranger to work with Wright-Patt

Credit: Skip Peterson

‘A risky endeavor.’ How WPAFB set the stage for historic accords 30 years ago

$A C-17 Globemaster III takes off Wednesday, October 16, 2024 Wright Patterson Air Force Base. With larger companies, the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center spent $895 million last fiscal year, down from nearly $1.3 billion in fiscal 2023. MARSHALL GORBY \STAFF$

Spending from Wright-Patterson shows importance to Ohio, Dayton region