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Fallen Ohio soldiers honored
Sixteen fallen Ohioans, including nine from southwest Ohio, were posthumously honored at the Ohio Statehouse Tuesday for their sacrifices on the battlefield.The 16 were awarded the Ohio Military Medal of Distinction, presented by state legislative leaders to family members who attended. Afterward, the fallen were recognized again during a wreath-laying ...
Hagel orders review of military sex-abuse prevention program
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Friday ordered the military to recertify every person involved in programs designed to prevent and respond to sexual assault, an acknowledgement that assaults have escalated beyond the Pentagon’s control. He said this step is one among many that will be taken to fix the problem ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Air Force reviewing complaint about travel for Wright-Patt general’s husband
The Air Force Inspector General’s Office will review a complaint filed concerning the husband of Air Force Materiel Commander Gen. Janet C. Wolfenbarger accompanying her on a tour of three AFMC bases last week, officials confirmed Thursday. Gen. Wolfenbarger, whose command is headquartered at Wright-Patterson, toured Robins Air Force Base, ...
F-16 set to relocate to Wright-Patt
Toledo-based F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jets are expected to call Wright-Patterson home temporarily this summer while crews repave a runway, part of an $11 million project at Toledo Express Airport, according to military and civilian authorities. The Ohio Air National Guard’s 180th Fighter Wing needs to relocate to a base ...
Wright-Patt does not raise threat level after Boston bombing
A day after the bombings in Boston, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has not raised its security threat level, according to base spokesman Daryl Mayer. Thousands of vehicles travel on and off the base every weekday at Ohio’s largest single site employer. A 2011 population tally showed more than 29,000 military ...
Air Force restores tuition program
The Air Force has restored open enrollment of a popular tuition assistance program thousands of Wright-Patterson active-duty airmen have used to pay for college degrees. The Air Force, faced with a forced cut of more than $10 billion before October because of automatic budget cuts known as sequestration, suspended new ...
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