June 13, 200718 yr From the 5/24/07 Fairborn Daily Herald: Strengthening relationships Wright-Patt, surrounding community meet to discuss base activities By MARY BETH LEHMAN Staff Writer WPAFB - A long fence separates Wright-Patterson Air Force Base from the communities around it, but leaders at the base are doing all they can to ensure the fence is not too divisive. "There's been a real effort from leaders at Wright-Patt to better educate and better inform the public about what happens in the fence," said Phil Houston, Greene County Department of Development director... http://www.fairborndailyherald.com/main.asp?SectionID=2&SubSectionID=4&ArticleID=125211&TM=60716.09
June 13, 200718 yr From the 5/25/07 DDN: Senate, House approve bill that includes BRAC funds Decision means jobs and high-profile missions will be headed to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. By By Jessica Wehrman Staff Writer Friday, May 25, 2007 WASHINGTON — The House and Senate on Thursday passed a supplemental funding bill that includes $3.1 billion to implement the 2005 federal base closure and realignment decisions — decisions that would bring a wealth of jobs and high-profile missions to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The bill, which was split into a domestic spending vote and an Iraq war vote, had been controversial because it included a timetable for U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq, and the White House vetoed an initial version of it. Democrats withdrew the timetable, enabling it to pass before Congress began its Memorial Day recess... http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/2007/05/25/ddn052507brac.html
June 13, 200718 yr From the 6/1/07 WPAFB Skywriter: Base officials respond to Riverside city income tax concerns by Capt. Lanourra Phillips 88th ABW Office of the Judge Advocate June 1, 2007 The city of Riverside recently contacted numerous contractors and contractor employees working on Wright-Patterson AFB in Area B regarding the payment of a 1 percent municipal income tax, which the city believes it is entitled to, following a 1994 merger of two political subdivisions. The city of Riverside has been attempting to collect these municipal taxes since 1997. Riverside first approached Wright-Patterson AFB April 28, 1997 in a letter to the then Aeronautical Systems Center commander requesting his assistance with the collection of the municipal taxes... http://www.skywrighter.com/news/2007/0601/1incometax.asp
June 13, 200718 yr From the 6/2/07 DDN: SCLC sharpens focus on Wright-Pat Group accuses base of discriminatory practices, says it will stage protests. By Ryan Justin Fox Staff Writer Saturday, June 02, 2007 JEFFERSON TWP., Montgomery County — Leaders of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference said Friday that the organization will intensify its campaign against perceived discrimination at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Local and national SCLC officials said they will take the fight against alleged employment practices at the base to every federal level while holding traditional nonviolent protests... http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/06/02/ddn060207sclcwpafb.html
June 13, 200718 yr From the 6/3/07 DDN: Wright-Pat prepares to take on new Air Force programs Base relocation legislation is expected to bring about 1,100 jobs to Wright-Pat. By John Nolan Staff Writer Sunday, June 03, 2007 WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE — The first physical signs of the planned relocation of military research programs to Wright-Patterson from other Air Force bases should appear this fall. Base officials expect a contract to be awarded in September for $19 million in infrastructure work to prepare for a massive construction project starting in 2008 that will accommodate programs coming here by 2011. The Army Corps of Engineers plans to advertise for bids on the contract this month on the Federal Business Opportunities Web site (www.fedbizopps.gov). Military officials will review the bids and choose a winner... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2242 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/oh/story/news/business/2007/06/03/ddn060307brac.html
June 13, 200718 yr From the 6/6/07 DDN: Group, Congress to examine Riverside's new tax Coalition concerned with legality, difficulty of city's income tax on WPAFB contractors, employees. By John Nolan Staff Writer Wednesday, June 06, 2007 WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE — The Dayton Development Coalition and members of Congress are discussing whether an income tax that Riverside has begun imposing on some Wright-Patterson Air Force Base contractors and their employees is legal. The coalition is working to encourage government contractors who now serve military bases in Arizona, Texas and other states to move to Wright-Patterson along with aerospace medicine and other research programs that are to be relocated by 2011 under the nation's 2005 base realignment and closure decisions... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2242 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/2007/06/06/ddn060607wpafbtax.html
June 13, 200718 yr Both from the 6/12/07 DDN: Senate approves $2 million to boost jobs at or near Wright-Pat By William Hershey Staff Writer Tuesday, June 12, 2007 COLUMBUS — The Senate today is expected to give unanimous approval to a $52.4 billion, two-year state budget that includes an extra $2 million to help encourage the relocation of jobs to the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base area. The extra money was in an amendment added Tuesday in the Finance Committee before the committee, without dissent, voted to send the budget to the full Senate... Contact this reporter at (614) 224-1608 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/06/12/ddn061207senateweb.html DeWine wants to ban Riverside's tax on civilian base workers The Fairborn Republican plans to attach legislation to the state budget. By William Hershey Staff Writer Tuesday, June 12, 2007 COLUMBUS — — State Rep. Kevin DeWine, R-Fairborn, said Monday he is drafting legislation that would effectively ban the municipal income tax the city of Riverside is imposing on some civilian employees who work at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. "I want to make sure all employees, whether in uniform or civilian or contractors, are treated equally on the base as it relates to application of municipal income tax," DeWine said... http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/06/12/ddn061207tax.html
June 15, 200717 yr From the 6/15/07 DDN: Some civilian workers to lose jobs at WPAFB By Thomas Gnau Staff Writer Friday, June 15, 2007 Wright-Patterson Air Force Base announced Friday that reduction-in-force notices have been issued to 96 civilian employees. The letters issued include 33 notices of separation, 21 notices of change to a lower grade or band and 42 reassignment notices, the base said. The effective date for the notices is Oct. 1... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2390 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/oh/story/news/business/2007/06/15/ddn061507baseweb.html
June 27, 200717 yr From the 6/26/07 DDN: DeWine seeks ban on Riverside's Wright-Pat tax By William Hershey and John Nolan Staff Writers Tuesday, June 26, 2007 COLUMBUS — A provision that would effectively ban the city of Riverside from imposing its 1.5 percent municipal income tax on civilian employees at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base who are not Riverside residents is now part of the proposed state budget... Contact this reporter at (614) 224-1608 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/06/26/ddn062607riversideweb.html
June 28, 200717 yr All from the 6/27/07 DDN: WPAFB tax ban added to budget Riverside's income tax on civilian employees at Wright-Pat facing ban. By William Hershey and John Nolan Staff Writers Wednesday, June 27, 2007 A provision that would effectively ban the city of Riverside from imposing its 1.5 percent municipal income tax on civilian employees at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base who are not Riverside residents is now part of the proposed state budget... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2242 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/2007/06/27/ddn062707riverside.html Riverside asks Strickland to continue Wright-Pat tax By John Nolan Staff Writer Wednesday, June 27, 2007 RIVERSIDE — The city is asking Gov. Ted Strickland to allow Riverside to continue imposing its income tax on civilian employees at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, despite a lawmaker's legislative attempt to end the tax... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2242 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/localnews/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/06/27/ddn062707riversideweb.html Provision aimed at Riverside tax could hit elsewhere Like Riverside, Whitehall imposes an income tax on civilian employees at a military base. By John Nolan and William Hershey Staff Writers Wednesday, June 27, 2007 State Rep. Kevin DeWine of Fairborn said Tuesday that wording he added to the state budget was intended to block the income tax that Riverside began imposing this spring on civilian employees at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2242 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/2007/06/27/ddn062707riversidebiz.html
July 2, 200717 yr From the 7/1/07 DDN: Riverside tax on Wright-Pat to end Strickland approved state budget and provision to end the income tax imposed on base's civilian employees. By John Nolan Staff Writer Sunday, July 01, 2007 RIVERSIDE — Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland on Saturday approved a new state budget with a Republican-inserted provision that apparently will end an income tax Riverside began imposing this spring on civilian employees at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base... http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/06/30/ddn070107riverside.html
July 4, 200717 yr From the 7/2/07 DDN: Riverside may sue to keep tax on Wright-Pat workers By John Nolan Staff Writer Monday, July 02, 2007 RIVERSIDE — Riverside will consider a lawsuit among its possible responses to a state budget provision designed to effectively end the income tax the city began imposing this spring on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base employees, the city manager said Monday... Contact this reporter at (937) 225-2242 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/business/2007/07/02/ddn070207riversideweb.html
July 6, 200717 yr From the 7/6/07 DDN: SCLC takes Wright-Pat fight to Congress Organization alleges systemic discrimination at WPAFB. Plans prayer action rally for Saturday. By Ryan Justin Fox Staff Writer Friday, July 06, 2007 The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is still trying to take its fight against alleged systemic discrimination at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to Congress as it plans another prayer action rally Saturday outside the base... http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/07/06/ddn070607sclc.html
July 9, 200717 yr From the 7/8/07 DDN: Civil rights group holds rally at Wright-Pat SCLC members and some workers claim that there is racial discrimination going on at the base. By Christopher Magan Staff Writer Sunday, July 08, 2007 Southern Christian Leadership Conference members announced Saturday they plan to step up efforts against alleged racial discrimination at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base with a march this fall... Contact the reporter at (937) 225-2342 or [email protected]. http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/07/08/ddn070807sclc.html
August 31, 200717 yr Air Force to move program's HQ from base to Illinois BY JOHN NOLAN | DAYTON DAILY NEWS August 30, 2007 WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE — The new Global Logistics Support Center, which has been temporarily based at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, will locate its headquarters at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., officials said Thursday. The center is to serve as the Air Force's supply chain manager. It will support an effort to integrate supply-chain processes into a single end-to-end enterprise in which the movement of spare parts, aircraft engines and avionics equipment can be tracked. That will support shipment of parts to bases that need them quickly, the Air Force said... www.daytondailynews.com
September 6, 200717 yr Wright-Pat supercomputer tackles complex research BY JAMES HANNAH | ASSOCIATED PRESS September 6, 2007 PHOTO: Lloyd Slonaker, a computer engineer at the Major Shared Resource Center of the Aeronatical Systems Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, checks one of the 72 nodes of the new SGI Altix 4700 high performance computer. SKIP PETERSON/Associated Press DAYTON - The Defense Department's newest, most powerful supercomputer is crunching numbers at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, helping military researchers design new weapons systems and more quickly solve problems on the battlefield... www.kypost.com
September 10, 200717 yr Air Force adds new computing might BY JAMES HANNAH | THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DAYTON - The Defense Department's newest, most powerful supercomputer is crunching numbers at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, helping military researchers design new weapons systems and more quickly solve problems on the battlefield... http://news.nky.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/AB/20070910/NEWS01/709100385
November 8, 200717 yr House approves $229M for Wright-Pat Bill also includes funding for Air National Guard base, facility for abused children, Clark State's Greene campus. By Jessica Wehrman Staff Writer Wednesday, November 07, 2007 WASHINGTON — The House late Tuesday passed the final version of a military construction funding bill that included $8 billion to implement base realignment and closure moves. Of that, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is expected to receive $229.88 million for various missions, and Springfield's Air National Guard Base will receive $25.5 million for an Armed Forces Reserve Center on base. The bill was lumped together with funding for federal Labor and Health and Human Services programs. Among the earmarks requested by Reps. David Hobson, R-Springfield, and Mike Turner, R-Centerville, were: http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/hp/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/11/07/ddn110707milconweb.html
November 20, 200717 yr Defense spending bill contains $230M for BRAC By John Nolan Staff Writer Monday, November 19, 2007 DAYTON — A U.S. House-Senate conference committee has agreed on a defense spending bill that includes $230 million for a major construction program in 2008 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, U.S. Rep. Mike Turner said Monday... http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/homepage/content/oh/story/news/local/2007/11/19/sns111907bracweb.html
December 14, 200717 yr Intelligence center at Wright-Pat expanding December 13, 2007 | ASSOCIATED PRESS DAYTON - A federal intelligence center that analyzes classified information from spy satellites is getting an expansion that will increase its abilities and give it one of the largest top-secret auditoriums outside the Washington, D.C., area, officials say. [glow=yellow,2,300]The $67 million addition to the National Air & Space Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base will be ready by spring.[/glow] The addition will expand the center's data processing capability and enable it to host agency conferences... www.kypost.com
January 31, 200817 yr $230M of construction headed to Wright-Patt January 30, 2008 | DAYTON BUSINESS JOURNAL DAYTON - The $230 million pledged to fund military construction projects at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has been signed into law. The funding has been specifically earmarked for the base in President George Bush's budget and is included in the pending 2008 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill, according to U.S. Rep. Mike Turner, R-Centerville. President Bush's signature on Monday of the Defense Authorization Bill signed the appropriations bill into law... http://dayton.bizjournals.com/dayton/stories/2008/01/28/daily19.html
February 23, 200817 yr I must hand it to the Republicans for keeping Wright Patt well-funded. Just when I was getting all respect for you :-P lol, j/k of course!
February 23, 200817 yr Just when I was getting all respect for you In the case of one Republican, Mike Turner, after he earmarks programs for local defense congractors he gets big campaign contributions from them. Or is it the other way around? The Defense Community and Mike Turner .
November 8, 200816 yr Oldest Air Force plane headed for museum http://www.daytondailynews.com/n/content/oh/story/news/local/2008/11/07/ddn110708oldplaneweb.html The oldest active airplane used by the U.S. Air Force is taking its final flight from a western New York base to retirement in Ohio. Calspan Corp.'s Total In-Flight Simulator — known as TIFS — has been around since 1955. The plane been used the past 40 years in the development of bombers, supersonic transports and other aircraft...
July 14, 200915 yr General: Air Force has appetite for technology By John Nolan, Staff Writer 10:29 AM Tuesday, July 14, 2009 DAYTON — Businesses wishing to serve the government got plenty to think about from the Air Force and NASA as the United States Air, Trade and Technology Expo opened, Tuesday, July 14. More info at: http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/general-air-force-has-appetite-for-technology-204292.html
January 21, 201015 yr The Air Force School of Medicine has moved to WPAFB: http://www.daytondailynews.com/business/250-jobs-may-come-with-aerospace-medicine-school-deal-487280.html?showComments=true
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