It is the headquarters of the Air Force Materiel Command, one of the major commands of the Air Force. Wright-Patterson AFB is "one of the largest, most diverse, and organizationally complex bases in the Air Force" with a long history of flight test spanning from the Wright Brothers into the Space Age. 3.1 Consolidation and previous designations.The Base had a total of 27,406 military, civilian and contract employees that work for the base in 2010. Barlow Its Command Chief Master Sergeant is Chief Master Sergeant John M. The 88th Air Base Wing is commanded by Col. Wright-Patterson AFB was established in 1948 as a merger of Patterson and Wright Fields.
McCook's functions were transferred to Wright Field when it was closed in October 1927. Wright was used as a flying field (renamed Patterson Field in 1931) Fairfield Aviation General Supply Depot armorers’ school, and a temporary storage depot. McCook was used as a testing field and for aviation experiments. The base's origins begin with the establishment of Wilbur Wright Field on 22 May and McCook Field in November 1917, both established by the Army Air Service as World War I installations. The 88 ABW operates the airfield, maintains all infrastructure and provides security, communications, medical, legal, personnel, contracting, finance, transportation, air traffic control, weather forecasting, public affairs, recreation and chaplain services for more than 60 associate units. The host unit at Wright-Patterson AFB is the 88th Air Base Wing (88 ABW), assigned to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center and Air Force Materiel Command. Wright-Patterson AFB is the largest base of the United States Air Force. Patterson Field is located approximately 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Dayton Wright Field is located approximately 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of Dayton. It includes both Wright and Patterson Fields, which were originally Wilbur Wright Field and Fairfield Aviation General Supply Depot. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: FFO, ICAO: KFFO, FAA Location identifier: FFO) is a United States Air Force base in Greene and Montgomery counties in the state of Ohio. Lua error in Module:Location_map at line 510: Unable to find the specified location map definition: "Module:Location map/data/Ohio" does not exist.
Marathon & Flyover every September, Tattoo is the Headquarters for the Air Force Materiel Command and is one of the Largest Air Force Bases in the United States Wright-Patterson Air Force Base or W.P.A.F.B.
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