| Wright-Patterson Air Force Base | |||||||||
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| Near Dayton, Ohio in United States | |||||||||
 A Boeing C-17A Globemaster III of the 445th Airlift Wing based at Wright-Patterson AFB | |||||||||
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  Wright-Patterson AFB  Wright-Patterson AFB | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 39°49′23″N 084°02′58″W / 39.82306°N 84.04944°W | ||||||||
| Type | US Air Force Base | ||||||||
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| Owner | Department of Defense | ||||||||
| Operator | US Air Force | ||||||||
| Controlled by | Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) | ||||||||
| Condition | Operational | ||||||||
| Website | www | ||||||||
| Site history | |||||||||
| Built | 1917 | ||||||||
| In use | 1917 – present | ||||||||
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| Current commander | Colonel Dustin C. Richards | ||||||||
| Garrison | 88th Air Base Wing (Host) | ||||||||
| Airfield information | |||||||||
| Identifiers | IATA: FFO, ICAO: KFFO, FAA LID: FFO, WMO: 745700 | ||||||||
| Elevation | 250.8 metres (823 ft) AMSL | ||||||||
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| Source: Federal Aviation Administration[1] | |||||||||
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) (IATA: FFO, ICAO: KFFO, FAA LID: FFO) is a United States Air Force base and census-designated place just east of Dayton, Ohio, in Greene and Montgomery counties. It includes both Wright and Patterson Fields, which were originally Wilbur Wright Field and Fairfield Aviation General Supply Depot. Patterson Field is approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) northeast of Dayton; Wright Field is approximately 8.0 kilometres (5 mi) northeast of Dayton.
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. 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 Air Force's National Air Intelligence Center (NAIC) the Space Force's National Space Intelligence Center (NSIC) are also garrisoned there and are the Intelligence Community's primary organizations for strategic air and space threat analysis.
The base's origin begins with the establishment of Wilbur Wright Field on 22 May 1917 and McCook Field in November 1917, both established by the Aviation Section, U.S. Signal Corps as World War I installations. McCook was used as a testing field and for aviation experiments. 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's functions were transferred to Wright Field when it was closed in October 1927.[2] Wright-Patterson AFB was established in 1948 as a merger of Patterson and Wright Fields.
In 1995, negotiations to end the Bosnian War were held at the base, resulting in the Dayton Agreement, ending the war.
The 88th Air Base Wing is commanded by Col. Travis W. Pond on an interim basis due to the removal of Col. Christopher B. Meeker who was relieved due to a loss of confidence in his ability to lead.[3] Its Command Chief Master Sergeant is Chief Master Sergeant Lloyd E. Morales.[4] The base had a total of 27,406 military, civilian and contract employees in 2010.[5] The Greene County portion of the base is a census-designated place (CDP), with a resident population of 1,821 at the 2010 census.[6]
- ^ "Airport Diagram – Wright Patterson AFB (KFFO)" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
- ^ World War I Group, Historical Division, Special Staff, United States Army, Order of Battle of the United States Land Forces in the World War (1917–1919)
- ^ "Installation commander relieved". Air Force Materiel Command. 29 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
- ^ "Biographies: Chief Master Sgt. John M. Mazza". Wpafb.af.mil. 1 June 2012. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
- ^ Cogliano, Joe (14 August 2010). "WPAFB Information". Retrieved 15 August 2010.
- ^ "Geographic Identifiers: 2010 Demographic Profile Data (G001): Wright-Patterson AFB CDP, Ohio". American Factfinder. U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved 18 January 2017.[dead link]