Posted April 9, 200520 yr From the Dayton Daily News web site: $50M WPAFB project bolsters intelligence site Gathers, analyzes foreign aerospace technology data By Timothy R. Gaffney Dayton Daily News WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE | Already the Air Force's largest high-security intelligence site, the National Air and Space Intelligence Center is about to see a major expansion, a top national intelligence official said here Friday. A construction project scheduled to start in July will expand the 540,000-square-foot NASIC complex by another 155,000 square feet, and the two-story structure will be built to support two more levels if necessary, said Navy Vice Adm. Lowell Jacoby, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency... www.daytondailynews.com
April 9, 200520 yr Well, it's been kicked around. Rumsfeld and the Pentagon want to close down a lot of bases like we did from about 1988-1995. While WPAFB hasn't been one mentioned specifically as being targeted, nobody really knows for sure which ones will be closed until visits to all current installations are made. Candidates for closure will be released and approved by Bush in September. That's why such investment is a promising sign, and I can't really see WPAFB being shut down at all.
April 10, 200520 yr Actually the initial BRAC list will be released in May. As for new construction, that doesn't gaurantee a thing. There was a sigifigant amount of new construction at McCellan AFB in California back during the 1980s (including a nuclear reactor/aircraft inspection/x-ray facility), and that installation was closed via one of the BRAC tranches during the 1990s. Rather than closure hopefully WPAFB will be a reciever base. NASIC, or its predecessor unit, was how WPAFB got connected to UFOs & aliens & "Rosewell"..how the "hangar 18" urban legend got started.
May 13, 200520 yr From the 5/13/05 Dayton Daily News: Wright-Pat has $298M wish list Airfield, infrastructure improvements take up most of requests through 2011 By Timothy R. Gaffney Dayton Daily News WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE | More than $298 million in construction projects are on Wright-Patterson's wish list for the next six years, a base engineer said Thursday. The base has $58.9 million pending in the fiscal year 2006 budget, and its five-year plan for 2007 to 2011 includes 17 projects worth $239.3 million, said Jerry Shofner, a base civil engineer... http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/content/business/daily/0513baseconstruction.html
May 18, 200520 yr From the 5/18/05 Dayton Daily News: Museum eyed as conference site Air Force proposes using popular attraction to host leadership meetings By Timothy R. Gaffney Dayton Daily News WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE | Already a major Ohio tourist attraction, the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force is being considered as an Air Force conference site. The Air Force Materiel Command and base civil engineers are studying a concept for a conference center that includes a 2,000-seat auditorium, smaller meeting facilities and office space, a command spokesman said... Contact Timothy Gaffney at (937) 225-2390. http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/content/business/daily/0518conferencecenter.html
May 20, 200520 yr Ohios largest single-site employer (supposedly) in graphs and numbers.... First, to set the stage, some macro-level graphs from the CSBP, showing the Defense budget since before WWI as a % of GDP, and Defense budget authority since 1947....to compare with the WPAFB employment numbers. One can see the WWI spike and the US being relatively cheap on defense until WWII, then a demobilization, and a spike back up for Korea + Cold War..with spending staying high throughout the Cold War....although it seems cyclical with a range.... WPAFB civilian and military employment. ..it does slightly track with the macro-level graphs..but note the high civilian employment, even early on. This was due to WPAFB being a big depot maintenance activity in the pre-WWII and WII era, then the Cold-War era R&D probably kept civilian employment high after the depot was shut down. Then there was that big drop in the Clinton years...
May 21, 200520 yr These are numbers I remember wondering about in some previous discussion. Thanks for posting these graphs!
June 28, 200618 yr Any kind of new jobs for Dayton is GREAT news!! More jobs on the way to WPAFB An intelligence unit will be administered out of Springfield and operate from Wright-Pat. By Jessica Wehrman Staff Writer WASHINGTON — The Air Force and the Ohio National Guard announced Tuesday that they will bring what could be hundreds of new intelligence jobs to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base... Contact this reporter at (202) 887-8328 or [email protected] www.daytondailynews.com
June 28, 200618 yr Air Force plans aerospace medicine institute at Wright-Pat By Timothy R. Gaffney Staff Writer DAYTON — Air Force officials on Monday unveiled a proposed Institute of Aerospace Medicine to be built at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The institute would combine the aerospace medical activities already at Wright-Pat with more functions between now and 2011 under the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure law... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2390 or [email protected]. www.daytondailynews.com
July 4, 200618 yr From the 6/28/06 Dayton Daily News: Wright-Pat helping with flexible wing technology By Timothy R. Gaffney Staff Writer WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE — A huge wind tunnel here and a tiny Michigan company are helping Air Force researchers test radical new flight technology. The Air Force Research Laboratory is using its subsonic wind tunnel, the size of a house, to test a wing with a back edge that flexes and twists — instead of using hinged flaps — for maximum efficiency... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2390 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/content/business/daily/062806wing.html
July 4, 200618 yr From the 7/4/06 Dayton Daily News: Wright-Pat-based unit must pare 750 jobs The Materiel Command is to slim down as part of an overall Air Force shuffle. By Timothy R. Gaffney Staff Writer WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE | The Air Force Materiel Command is preparing to trim 750 civilian positions across the organization next year as part of a broader Air Force downsizing initiative, a spokesman said Monday. The civilian job reductions are mandated in the proposed Air Force budget for fiscal year 2007, which starts Oct. 1, AFMC Spokesman David Levingston said. The impact on individual AFMC bases "has not yet been determined," Levingston said. Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2390 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/localnews/daily/070406afmc.html
September 16, 200618 yr From the 9/14/06 DDN: Wright-Pat deal means hundreds of IT jobs Air Force effort to replace computer systems at base a boon to area's information technology work force. By Timothy R. Gaffney Staff Writer Thursday, September 14, 2006 DAYTON — Last week's $628 million contract to Computer Sciences Corp. is just part of the huge database modernization effort at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, senior managers said Wednesday. And a job-staffing professional said the work should generate hundreds of local information technology jobs in the next few years... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2390 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/2006/09/13/ddn091406itupdate.html
September 16, 200618 yr Both from the 9/15/06 DDN: Coalition says plan would create 3,000 jobs A local group applies for a $60 million grant to create a 'megacenter' linked to work in Wright-Pat's future. By Timothy R. Gaffney Staff Writer Friday, September 15, 2006 A business and university team led by the Dayton Development Coalition has applied for a $60 million state grant to create a research and commercialization "megacenter" tied to the military aerospace medical work coming to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The nonprofit business-development group claims the proposed Ohio Edge Medicine Center would create 3,000 jobs and "attract or grow" 40 businesses in the next 10 years... Grant competition... http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/oh/story/news/local/2006/09/15/ddn091506megacenter.html 'Megacenter' would show fruit of Wright-Pat's win Medical research work is being consolidated here as part of the base-closing process. By Timothy R. Gaffney Staff Writer Friday, September 15, 2006 The Dayton Development Coalition's bid for a state-funded research and commercialization "megacenter" would capitalize on the region's win in last year's military base-closing process, a coalition said Monday. "This is the culmination of our strategy to grow the region around the capabilities" being relocated to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Coalition Spokesman Evan Scott said... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2390 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/oh/story/news/local/2006/09/15/091506megacenterinside.html
September 21, 200618 yr From the 9/20/06 DDN: Base work could swell population by 3,800 As Wright-Pat takes in work from other sites, workers and their families will move to region. By Timothy R. Gaffney Staff Writer Wednesday, September 20, 2006 RIVERSIDE — Up to 3,800 government workers and family members could swell the populations of local communities as military work in other states relocates to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, its commander said Tuesday. Wright-Pat expects to gain 700 military and 550 civilian positions by this time in 2011 as the Air Force implements the Base Realignment and Closure Act of 2005, Col. Colleen Ryan said. She expects the jobs to begin moving here in 2008. But the total population change will be much larger when family members are counted, she said... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2390 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/oh/story/news/business/2006/09/19/ddn092006bracupdate.html
September 23, 200618 yr Great, just what Dayton needs, more suburban conservatives. Jeff I work for the defense industry near Wright Patt, we aren't all conservatives. This is great news for Dayton.
September 23, 200618 yr Monte you are a special case..a member of the defense community who really appreciates cities. I wish more are like you, because that would mean more people moving into Dayton proper and restoring old houses or moving into downtown lofts or housing, and patronizing events and places in the city. It seems the local defense community is pretty relentlessy suburban or wanting to live in small towns or mini-farms. Sure, their actual job is probably something very cutting edge and high-tech, but the ethos is sort of small town/rural, or thats the lifestyle they aspire to, or their preferred environment. I go to a lot of things in town, not just going to see bands, but things like Cityfolk and peforming arts events from the Ballet, Opera, etc. In the program one can see who the donors are..the buisnesses as well as individuals. There are precious view with rank after their name, and the base never shows up as a corporate or government donor. I figure it is pretty much the same with the civilan and contractor workforce. This is a contrast with places like Lexis-Nexis or NCR, where they are corporate sponsors, and in the case of Lexis-Nexis the workers there are asked to volunteer to work that Cityfolk Festival.
November 28, 200618 yr From the 11/9/06 DDN: Air Force base preparing for the biggest building boom in memory By Timothy R. Gaffney Staff Writer Thursday, November 09, 2006 One year since they became law, the recommendations of the Defense Base Realignment and Closure Commission have yet to be widely felt in the Dayton region... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2390 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/2006/11/08/ddn110906brac.html
November 28, 200618 yr From the 11/15/06 Dayton Business Journal: Wright-Patt may get $900K for new complex Dayton Business Journal - November 15, 2006 Wright-Patterson Air Force Base stands in line to receive $900,000 in federal funds for the plan and design of an information technology complex. The money is part of a military construction and veterans affairs bill that was unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate... E-mail [email protected]. Call 222-6900. http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2006/11/13/daily14.html?surround=lfn
December 5, 200618 yr Local officials fight to keep BRAC jobs Dayton Business Journal - 5:12 PM EST Monday by Yvonne Teems DBJ Staff Reporter Government leaders are trying to fend off out-of-town efforts to prevent jobs from coming to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base as a result of the Base Realignment and Closure process. U.S. Reps. Mike Turner, R-Centerville, John Boehner, R-West Chester, and Dave Hobson, R-Springfield, sent a letter to U.S. Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne to voice their concern about efforts in San Antonio, Texas, and Mesa, Ariz., to keep almost 1,700 jobs slated to come to the Dayton area... E-mail [email protected]. Call 222-6900. www.dayton.bizjournals.com
December 26, 200618 yr From the 12/15/06 DDN: Air Force breaks ground on systems engineering center By Timothy R. Gaffney Staff Writer Friday, December 15, 2006 WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE — Air Force Institute of Technology officials Thursday broke ground on a facility intended to help the Air Force advance the art of designing complex weapon systems. The 50,000-square-foot building will house classroom and lab space and the Center for Systems Engineering... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2390 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/2006/12/15/ddn121506afit.html
December 26, 200618 yr Both from the 12/18/06 DDN: Area may land slew of talent in BRAC deal By Timothy R. Gaffney Staff Writer Monday, December 18, 2006 WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE — Some 700 military and 550 civilian positions are heading this way as the Air Force realigns missions under the Base Realignment and Closure Act of 2005, base officials say..... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2390 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/2006/12/17/ddn121806brac.html Area resources prompt scientists to move here Three among the many who followed jobs transferred under military realignment. By Timothy R. Gaffney Staff Writer Monday, December 18, 2006 WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE — Three scientists who have decided to relocate to the Dayton region to follow their jobs say the scientific resources here and community efforts to ease their move helped make up their minds... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2390 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/2006/12/17/ddn121806bracinside.html
December 26, 200618 yr "In past BRACs, only a small percentage of people have actually moved" when their jobs were relocated, said James Leftwich, the Dayton Development Coalition's vice president for aerospace, defense and technology. I found this interesting...I wonder if they are referring to all level of jobs (for example, I wouldn't be surprised if a secretary or a position like that chose not to relocate) Nonetheless, it does sound like good news that some of the high level researchers are choosing to relocate.
March 6, 200718 yr New system could bring jobs to WPAFB March 3, 2007 | DAYTON DAILY NEWS DAYTON — The Air Force said Friday it has received clearance from Washington to allow Computer Sciences Corp. to proceed with a $627.8 million contract to provide a logistics information system. The Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson was notified that the General Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress, had denied a protest by IBM Corp. which challenged the contract's award last September to rival Computer Sciences Corp., AFMC spokesman Ron Fry said. . http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/2007/03/02/ddn030307wpafb.html
March 26, 200718 yr From the 1/17/07 DDN: Air Force base preps for new jobs, budget cuts By John Nolan Staff Writer Wednesday, January 17, 2007 WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE — Budget pressures and preparing for the future will each have an impact this year at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Col. Colleen M. Ryan, who as commander of the 88th Air Base Wing gets the colloquial title of Wright-Patterson's "mayor," gave reporters an overview on Wednesday of what to look for at the base in 2007: Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2242 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/01/17/ddn011707wpafboutlookweb.html
March 26, 200718 yr From the 1/19/07 Skywrighter: Combat arms facility at Wright-Patterson only one of its kind by Mike Wallace Skywrighter staff January 19, 2007 When marksmen come to Wright-Patterson’s combat arms section, Bldg. 296, Area A, in February to compete for 25 Excellence-in-Competition medals, they’ll find a unique, state–of-the-art facility. The indoor range there has 21 stations from which competitors will use M-16A2 rifles to fire from unsupported standing, kneeling, sitting and prone positions during timed rounds at reduced silhouette targets 25 meters away. The competition will include one-and-a-half hours in the classroom and two hours on the range as well as several heats, with the results available after the last one... For more information about the rifle competition, call Sgt. Rice at DSN 787-2309/7388 or (937)257-2309/7388. http://www.skywrighter.com/news/2007/0119/8combatarms.asp
March 26, 200718 yr All from the 1/28/07 DDN: GRAPHIC: Projects coming to Wright-Patt Wright-Pat to make room for more posts By John Nolan Staff Writer Sunday, January 28, 2007 WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE — Base officials are getting ready to start an ambitious construction program to house incoming aerospace medicine and other research programs. Planning and design videoconferences for the construction at Wright-Patterson are already under way. Initial bids are to be advertised in April or May. Congress could appropriate construction money by October, which would clear the way for work to start... http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/2007/01/27/ddn012807brac1a.html Building a better air force base The consolidation and realignment orders are complete. Now the challenge is to construct the labs, dorms and other buildings in time for a 2011 deadline. By John Nolan Staff Writer Sunday, January 28, 2007 WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE — The commander of the unit that operates this sprawling base has the tricky job of coordinating 15 construction projects to house the research programs being moved into Wright-Patterson within five years... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2242 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/2007/01/27/ddn012807bracbiz.html
March 26, 200718 yr From the 1/31/07 DDN: Wright-Pat's $19 million hinges on bill Congress considering a cut in BRAC funds that would pay for construction at base. By John Nolan Staff Writer Wednesday, January 31, 2007 A budget tug-of-war between congressional Democrats and the Bush administration could affect $19 million requested to prepare for construction at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to house research programs scheduled to relocate there within five years. It is part of catch-up funding Congress must appropriate soon, for the fiscal year that began last Oct. 1, to keep most of the government from shutting down when interim spending authority expires on Feb. 15. The House could take up the measure today, with the Senate to consider it soon afterward... http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/2007/01/30/ddn013107bracfront.html
March 26, 200718 yr From the 2/7/07 Fairborn Daily Herald: BRAC budget up in the air RAINEY HOWARTH Staff Writer Air Force representatives said Tuesday it's too early to tell how possible BRAC cuts for fiscal year 2007 and a proposed budget of $8.2 billion for 2008 will affect planned expansion at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The U.S. House of Representatives passed a $463.5 billion spending bill Jan. 31 that includes $3.3 billion less than President Bush had originally asked for BRAC... The Associated Press and WDTN Channel 2 contributed to this report. http://www.fairborndailyherald.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=123899&TM=46782.82
March 26, 200718 yr From the 2/10/07 Fairborn Daily Herald: Marine reserve unit to make Wright-Patt home RAINEY HOWARTH Staff Writer FAIRBORN - A marine reserve unit is scheduled to make its new home at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base if construction plans go forward in 2008. Aging buildings and goals to protect anti-terrorism forces by locating reserve centers on military installations are sending the Military Police Company C, Headquarters and Service Battalion, 4th Marine Logistics Group, Marine Forces Reserve, to Fairborn from Dayton, according to military officials... http://www.fairborndailyherald.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=123938&TM=45943.34
March 26, 200718 yr From the 2/23/07 Skywrighter: BRAC reshaping local communities by Derek Kaufman 88th ABW Public Affairs February 23, 2007 At Wright-Patterson AFB and across the nation, the military’s transformation because of base realignment and closure changes are reshaping communities. The economic impact of BRAC decisions can be profound, which is why military leaders, government officials and business leaders are frequently gathering to discuss mission changes and looking for opportunities to develop strategies to prepare for what is coming and going... http://www.skywrighter.com/news/2007/0223/1BRAC.asp
March 26, 200718 yr From the 3/1/07 Fairborn Daily Herald: Wright-Patt to add even bigger supercomputer RAINEY HOWARTH Staff Writer FAIRBORN - The 9,216-processor core of a new supercomputer heading to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base will give the military, and the local community, power for future innovation. The Aeronautical Systems Center Major Shared Resource Center High Performance Computing Center is one of just four national DoD computational sites. In May, they will get their fourth supercomputer, an SGI Altix 4700. The new system is nearly double the combined power of the older computers... http://www.fairborndailyherald.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=124162&TM=63186.88
March 26, 200718 yr From the 3/9/07 DDN: Democrats to propose $3.1B in BRAC funding Money will be used to carry out military restructuring mandate, which includes new programs for WPAFB. By John Nolan Staff Writer Friday, March 09, 2007 Democrats in the U.S. House said Thursday that they will propose $3.1 billion in funding to carry out military restructuring mandated by the Base Realignment and Closure process of 2005, under which Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is to receive new programs in coming years. The $3.1 billion could include $19 million that Wright-Patterson officials are counting on receiving this year to do infrastructure work... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2242 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/2007/03/08/ddn030907brac.html
March 26, 200718 yr From the 3/19/07 Dayton Business Journal: Hope Hotel to undergo $1M renovation by end of year Dayton Business Journal - March 16, 2007 by Tim Tresslar DBJ Senior Reporter A $1 million makeover of the Hope Hotel and Conference Center is expected to begin in April. Plans call for the project to include changes to the guest rooms, the lobby, the ballroom and the conference center, said Gaela Witter-Jones, director of sales... E-mail [email protected]. Call 222-6900, ext. 119. http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2007/03/19/story2.html
March 26, 200718 yr Both from the 3/24/07 DDN: Wynne: Wright Pat can expect BRAC jobs By Thomas Gnau Staff Writer Saturday, March 24, 2007 KETTERING — BRAC jobs are on the way. That was Air Force Secretary Michael Wynne's expectation Friday: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base will get the organizations and employees the most recent base-closing process proposed sending its way. "We have until 2011 to accomplish it all," Wynne said after visiting the newly opened Air Force Claims Service Center at the Kettering Business Park... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2390 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/2007/03/24/ddn032407wynne.html Air Force office bringing 100 jobs to Kettering Single location handles active service members' property claims, which once required 89 offices around the world. By Thomas Gnau Staff Writer Saturday, March 24, 2007 KETTERING — An Air Force office designed to speed claims of damaged or lost property means 100 new jobs at the Kettering Business Park. Property claims once took some 60 days to resolve, Air Force officials say. Those same claims are now expected to be wrapped up in fewer than 10 days, thanks to the Air Force Claims Service Center the secretary of the Air Force and other officials celebrated Friday... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2390 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/2007/03/24/ddn032407airclaims.html
April 5, 200718 yr From the 4/4/07 DDN: Sherrod Brown encouraging about base funding In speech to Dayton Chamber members, senator reassures business leaders that money for BRAC programs will be OK'd. By Lisa A. Bernard Staff Writer Wednesday, April 04, 2007 DAYTON — U.S. Sen. Sherrod Brown on Tuesday reassured a group of Dayton business leaders that funding considered critical for carrying out infrastructure projects at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is "going to happen." Brown was the keynote speaker Tuesday morning at a breakfast sponsored by the Dayton Area Chamber of Commerce... Contact the reporter at (937) 225-7317 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/2007/04/03/ddn040407brownchamber.html
June 13, 200718 yr From the 4/19/07 DDN: Wright-Pat leaders order broad spending cuts By John Nolan Staff Writer Thursday, April 19, 2007 WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE — Base leadership on Thursday imposed a broad array of spending cuts, as the Air Force seeks to cut internal spending by millions of dollars because of costs of the war on terror and modernizing the fleet of Air Force planes... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2242 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/2007/04/19/ddn041907wrightpatcutsweb.html
June 13, 200718 yr From the 4/25/07 DDN: Wright-Pat researchers hope to develop adaptive jet engine Technology would cut costs by allowing planes to cruise long-range without gulping fuel. By Jim DeBrosse Staff Writer Wednesday, April 25, 2007 Wright-Patterson's Air Force Research Laboratory is hoping to birth the next generation of jet engine that can sip fuel at cruising speeds over long distances yet pack the power for quick takeoffs, better maneuverability and high-speed pursuit... http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/04/25/ddn042507advent.html
June 13, 200718 yr From the 4/28/07 DDN: House budget includes $5M for Wright-Pat area But GOP proposal eliminates $2.5 million Strickland budgeted for improvements at Dayton airport. By William Hershey Staff Writer Saturday, April 28, 2007 COLUMBUS — — The House Republican version of the proposed two-year state budget includes $5 million to help create jobs on and around Wright-Patterson Air Force Base that wasn't included in Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland's budget. However, the House GOP budget eliminates $2.5 million that was in Strickland's budget for improvements at Dayton International Airport. House Republicans rolled out details of their $52.1 billion budget Friday... http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/04/27/ddn042807budget.html
June 13, 200718 yr From the 5/1/07 DDN: Wright-Pat's impact at $3.3 billion Base officials say the total includes $1.2 billion in payroll for military and civilian employees for fiscal 2006. By John Nolan Staff writer Tuesday, May 01, 2007 WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE — Wright-Patterson Air Force Base says it had an economic impact of $3.3 billion last year, including payroll, payments to contractors, and indirect jobs off base that the Air Force attributes to the base's presence. That total included $1.2 billion in payroll, nearly $1.4 billion in payments to contractors and for materials and supplies, and $747.2 million in indirect jobs including businesses, hotels, real estate professionals and others whose livelihoods are supported by the base's presence... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2242 or jnolan@DaytonDaily News.com. http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/2007/04/30/ddn050107wpafbimpact.html
June 13, 200718 yr From the 5/6/07 DDN: Small, local businesses get big contracts with Air Force lab Last year, more than 50 percent of Air Force Research Laboratory contracts involved small business. For local firms, that equals deals worth $158.9 million. By John Nolan Staff Writer Sunday, May 06, 2007 WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE — During 45 years of existence as a government contractor, Universal Technology Corp. has grown from two employees to 200. Its annual revenues reached $44 million last year, more than triple the $14 million of a decade earlier. The Beavercreek-based company provides engineering, research and analysis services to the Air Force Research Laboratory, primarily at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base but also at the Kirtland base in New Mexico and the Peterson base at Colorado Springs, Colo... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2242 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/2007/05/04/ddn050607afsmallbiz.html
June 13, 200718 yr From the 5/14/07 Dayton Business Journal: Base readies for BRAC projects, construction Wright-Patt to gain about 1,100 positions Dayton Business Journal - May 11, 2007 by Joe Cogliano II DBJ Contributor The effort to reorganize national defense will pump some big bucks into construction projects in the region during the next few years. Locally, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has a slew of projects coming down the pike, including $332 million in construction covering about a million square feet set to start this fall... Joe Cogliano II is a frequent contributor to the Dayton Business Journal. Reach him at [email protected]. http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2007/05/14/focus2.html
June 13, 200718 yr From the 5/17/07 DDN: Leaders, educators sculpting work-force plan Area responding to possible openings at Wright-Pat in engineering, physics, medical research, aerospace technology. By John Nolan Staff Writer Thursday, May 17, 2007 The prospect of high-tech research jobs needing to be filled when they relocate to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base between 2009 and 2011 is driving a regional focus on expanding training for people who could fill those positions... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2242 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/2007/05/17/ddn051707newjobs.html
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