Wright Patterson Air Force Base, OH

Wright Patterson Air Force Base is a facility of the United States Air Force. It is located at 39.798708, -84.083988 in Greene and Montgomery Counties in Ohio. It is 8 Miles northeast of the central business district of Dayton, Ohio. It is named in honor of local aviation pioneers, the Wright Brothers and Lt. Frank Patterson who was killed at Wright Field in 1918 during a flight test.

BASE UNITS

• 88th Security Forces Squadron
• 77th Aeronautical Systems Wing
• 88th Air Base Wing
• Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency#National Air and Space Intelligence Center|National Air and Space Intelligence Center
• 303rd Aeronautical Systems Wing
• 312th Aeronautical Systems Wing
• 326th Aeronautical Systems Wing
• 445th Airlift Wing
• 478th Aeronautical Systems Wing
• 516th Aeronautical Systems Wing
• Aeronautical Systems Center
• Air Force Institute of Technology
• Air Force Research Laboratory

445th Airlift Wing

The 455th Airlift Wing is the only flying wing stationed at Wright-Patterson AFB. It is manned by the United States Air Force Reserves.

The 445th Airlift Wing is composed of

• 445th Operations Group ("Wright-Patterson" Tail Stripe)
  • 89th Airlift Squadron ("Rhinos", 10 C-5A Galaxy aircraft)
  • 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron
  • 445th Airlift Control Flight
  • 445th Operations Support Squadron
• 445th Maintenance Group
• 445th Mission Support Group

Along with separate support units that report directly to the Wing Commander. The present unit strength is approximately 300 officers and 1,850 enlisted troops. Most 445th Airlift Wing members are traditional reservists who serve in the military on a part-time basis, taking time out from their families and civilian jobs to participate a minimum of one weekend a month as well as two-weeks of annual training each year. Augmenting the traditional reserve force is a team of approximately 350 members employed full-time as air reserve technicians in the unit.