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โ€ขApple Computer Inc
โ€ขBAE Systems
โ€ขBattelle
โ€ขBooz Allen Hamilton, Inc.
โ€ขCACI Inc
โ€ขCanon USA Inc
โ€ขCDO Technologies
โ€ขComputer Sciences Corporation (CSC)
โ€ขCrowne Plaza
โ€ขDayton Development Coalition
โ€ขDayton Marriott
โ€ขDell, Inc.
โ€ขDigital Controls Corporation
โ€ขEvanhoe & Associates, Inc.
โ€ขFluke Networks
โ€ขFortinet Inc
โ€ขGeneral Dynamics Information Technology
โ€ขGeneral Electric
โ€ขGoodrich Corporation
โ€ขGraybar Electric
โ€ขHilton Garden Inn
โ€ขHitachi Data Systems
โ€ขHJ Ford
โ€ขHoliday Inn Dayton Mall
โ€ขIntergraph Corp
โ€ขITT Electronic Systems
โ€ขKendall Printing
โ€ขKettering Health Network
โ€ขLockheed Martin Corp
โ€ขLumeta Corp
โ€ขMiller Valentine Group
โ€ขMound Laser & Photonics Ctr
โ€ขNorthrop Grumman Corp
โ€ขPESystems
โ€ขPratt & Whitney
โ€ขQuantech Services
โ€ขRaytheon Company
โ€ขRobbins-Gioia LLC
โ€ขRockwell Collins
โ€ขSawdey Solution Services
โ€ขSegue Technologies
โ€ขSerco
โ€ขSumaria
โ€ขSurfcontrol
โ€ขTeradata, Government Systems
โ€ขThe Boeing Company
โ€ขThe Greentree Group
โ€ขViasat
โ€ขWhite-Allen Jaguar
โ€ขWright-Patt Credit Union Inc
โ€ขWyle

We are one week away from the 2026 Wright-Patterson Air Force Ball.  We look forward to seeing all those attending this ...
09/05/2026

We are one week away from the 2026 Wright-Patterson Air Force Ball. We look forward to seeing all those attending this year and getting to celebrate the 79th anniversary of the Unites States Air Force.

This event would not be happening without the assistance of the great partners shown below.

๐™Š๐™‹๐™€๐™๐˜ผ๐™๐™„๐™Š๐™‰ ๐™ƒ๐™Š๐™‰๐™Š๐™๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™ก๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™’๐™š๐™ก๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐˜พ๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™—๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃOn behalf of Colonel Douglas Perry Jr., Commander, 445th...
06/29/2025

๐™Š๐™‹๐™€๐™๐˜ผ๐™๐™„๐™Š๐™‰ ๐™ƒ๐™Š๐™‰๐™Š๐™
๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™ก๐™ž๐™œ๐™๐™ฉ ๐™’๐™š๐™ก๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐™ƒ๐™ค๐™ข๐™š ๐˜พ๐™š๐™ก๐™š๐™—๐™ง๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ

On behalf of Colonel Douglas Perry Jr., Commander, 445th Airlift Wing, we request you โ€˜save-the-dateโ€™ for the upcoming OPERATION HONOR events.

๐™Ž๐™˜๐™๐™š๐™™๐™ช๐™ก๐™š ๐™ค๐™› ๐™€๐™ซ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™จ:
๐˜๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ 19 โ€“ ๐˜•๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜—๐˜–๐˜ž/๐˜”๐˜๐˜ˆ ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜‹๐˜ข๐˜บ
1100: C-17 โ€œSpirit of the Hanoi Taxiโ€ Unveiling with Guest Speaker Maj Gen (R) Edward Mechenbier (Location: Wright-Patterson AFB)

๐˜š๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆr 20
1730: OPERATION HONOR VIP and Veteran Dinner Party Hosted by Dayton Development Coalition (DDC) & JobsOhio
Location: National Museum of the United States Air Force (NMUSAF)

๐˜š๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜š๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ 21
0630: Final Honor Flight departs via the Spirit of the Hanoi Taxi
and Spirit of Fairborn C-17s
1800: OPERATION HONOR Welcome Home Celebration
Featuring: Lee Greenwood and Ricky Lee
2000: Spirit of the Hanoi Taxi and Spirit of Fairborn C-17s Return
Final Honor Dayton Veterans
Location: Wright-Patterson AFB

More formal invites and ticket information will be posted at a later date!

To become a sponsor or just donate to this very special event, please access the Air & Space Forces Association, Wright Memorial Chapter website supporting OPERATION HONOR via this link (https://www.afadaytonwright.org/events/operation-honor-spirit-of-the-hanoi-taxi-honor-flight).

Please share within your professional and personal networks!

Thank you!

๐—”๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐ŸฑThe Air Force canceled its premiere acquisition seminar and col...
03/12/2025

๐—”๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—–๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ

The Air Force canceled its premiere acquisition seminar and collaborative meeting with industry for 2025 to comply with Trump administration efficiency directives, the Air Force Materiel Commandโ€™s Life Cycle Management Center said March 11. The Life Cycle Industry Days 2025 event was to be held the Convention Center in Dayton, Ohio, July 28 and 29.

For more details, please go to:

AFA Link - https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-cancels-life-cycle-industry-conference-for-2025/

Dayton Business Journal Link * - https://www.bizjournals.com/dayton/news/2025/03/12/air-force-event-dayton-canceled.html

Dayton Daily News Link * - https://www.daytondailynews.com/local/report-air-force-cancels-2025-life-cycle-industry-days/PXFJUVOH2NAPDN3BS5YZ3FBXOU/

* May require a subscription to access

๐—”๐—™๐—” ๐—ช๐— ๐—– ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐ŸฑAFA WMC Chapter President Jake Porter publishes a 202...
02/26/2025

๐—”๐—™๐—” ๐—ช๐— ๐—– ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ

AFA WMC Chapter President Jake Porter publishes a 2024 Year-In-Review newsletter and shares his thoughts on 2025. This is a great read on your AFA WMC-in-Action!

Please click here to access the article:https://www.afadaytonwright.org/uploads/Pictures/AFA-WMC-2024-in-Review-Final.pdf

Thanks to all members and sponsors for your support of the Air & Space Forces, their mission, workforce, families, and veterans!

๐™Ž๐™€๐˜พ๐˜ฟ๐™€๐™ ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™œ๐™จ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ˆ๐™ช๐™จ๐™  ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐˜พ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐˜ฟ๐™ค๐˜ฟDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth says that he believes Elon Musk and his so-called g...
02/12/2025

๐™Ž๐™€๐˜พ๐˜ฟ๐™€๐™ ๐™ƒ๐™š๐™œ๐™จ๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™„๐™ฃ๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ˆ๐™ช๐™จ๐™  ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐˜พ๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐˜ฟ๐™ค๐˜ฟ

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says that he believes Elon Musk and his so-called government efficiency team can find "billions of dollars" in savings within the military and he is hopeful that the billionaire will come to the Department of Defense.
"We welcome DOGE to the Pentagon, and I hope to welcome Elon to the Pentagon very soon," Hegseth said Tuesday in Germany, raising concerns that Musk's ongoing and potentially illegal effort to slash and burn the federal government is now taking aim at the country's largest agency and the armed services.

For the full article, please go to this link: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/02/11/we-welcome-doge-hegseth-says-musk-can-find-billions-of-dollars-pentagon-cuts.html?ESRC=eb_250212.nl&utm_medium=email&utm_source=eb&utm_campaign=20250212

๐——๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ, ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—–๐——๐—˜๐—™ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday ple...
02/10/2025

๐——๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ, ๐˜€๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—–๐——๐—˜๐—™ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ด๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday pledged to demonstrate to China that the United States will continue supporting its allies in the Indo-Pacific region.

The U.S., however, is not going to create unnecessary conflict with Beijing, Hegseth said in a question-and-answer session during a town hall with Defense Department personnel.

For the full DefenseNews article, click here: https://www.defensenews.com/air/2025/02/08/deterring-china-slashing-waste-top-pentagon-priorities-hegseth-says/

๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™›๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™š ๐™Ž๐™š๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™Š๐™ง๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐˜ผ๐™ž๐™ง ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™˜๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™‹๐™–๐™ช๐™จ๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™ก๐™ก ๐™๐™š๐™ค๐™ง๐™œ ๐™‹๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed the Department of ...
02/10/2025

๐˜ฟ๐™š๐™›๐™š๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™š ๐™Ž๐™š๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™Š๐™ง๐™™๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐˜ผ๐™ž๐™ง ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™˜๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™‹๐™–๐™ช๐™จ๐™š ๐˜ผ๐™ก๐™ก ๐™๐™š๐™ค๐™ง๐™œ ๐™‹๐™ก๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth directed the Department of the Air Force to pause all planning related to its โ€œRe-Optimization for Great Power Competitionโ€ effortโ€”a move that leaves a sweeping plan to transform the Air Force and Space Force in limbo.

How quickly the pause may be lifted is also uncertain but could take months. President Donald Trump has nominated Troy E. Meink for Air Force Secretary and Matthew Lohmeier for Undersecretary, but both men still have to undergo confirmation hearings before the Senate Armed Services Committee and be approved by the full Senate.

For more on the story, please go to this link: https://www.airandspaceforces.com/air-force-pauses-reorg-planning/

01/17/2025

๐˜ผ๐™๐™๐™‡ ๐™„๐™จ ๐™‡๐™ค๐™ค๐™ ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™– ๐™‚๐™–๐™ข๐™š-๐˜พ๐™๐™–๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™‡๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™š๐™ง ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐˜ฟ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™– ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐˜ผ๐™„!

AFRL CIO Alex Bonnell just posted a job opportunity for a AFRL Chief Knowledge, Data & AI Officer - a new pioneer role in Government.

Ideallyโ€ฆthe person selected for this position would be from the Dayton, OH area, but this critical position is open to any HIGHLY QUALIFIED professional remote with lots of travel to Dayton, DC and other AFRL locations.

So, if you (or someone you know) wants to transform AFRL as the AFRL Chief Knowledge Officer, driving Advance Air Force and Space Force missions by accelerating our relationship with knowledge at speed and scale, then...view the โ€˜officialโ€™ job announcement by clicking here ( https://lnkd.in/eJsYcuvr)

To see Ms. Bonnellโ€™s original post โ€“ click here. (https://www.linkedin.com/posts/activity-7285701259846680578-T7wW?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop)

Note: A big plus for this job is working closely with Ms. Alexis Bonnell...a great leader and changed-oriented professional who's making a positive difference in the Air & Space Forces!

Alexis Bonnell Air Force Research Laboratory DoD Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office

๐˜ฝ๐™๐™€๐˜ผ๐™†๐™„๐™‰๐™‚ ๐™‰๐™€๐™’๐™Ž: ๐™๐™ง๐™ช๐™ข๐™ฅ ๐™๐™ค ๐™‰๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐˜ฟ๐™ง. ๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฎ ๐™ˆ๐™š๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™  ๐™–๐™จ ๐™‰๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฉ ๐˜ผ๐™ž๐™ง ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™˜๐™š ๐™Ž๐™š๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฎPresident-elect Donald Trump will nominate Dr...
01/16/2025

๐˜ฝ๐™๐™€๐˜ผ๐™†๐™„๐™‰๐™‚ ๐™‰๐™€๐™’๐™Ž: ๐™๐™ง๐™ช๐™ข๐™ฅ ๐™๐™ค ๐™‰๐™ค๐™ข๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐˜ฟ๐™ง. ๐™๐™ง๐™ค๐™ฎ ๐™ˆ๐™š๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™  ๐™–๐™จ ๐™‰๐™š๐™ญ๐™ฉ ๐˜ผ๐™ž๐™ง ๐™๐™ค๐™ง๐™˜๐™š ๐™Ž๐™š๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ง๐™ฎ

President-elect Donald Trump will nominate Dr. Troy E. Meink to become the next Secretary of the Air Force, he announced Jan. 16.

Dr. Meink currently serves as principal deputy director of the National Reconnaissance Office, the secretive spy satellite agency, and has served in the Air Force as both an officer and civilian.

For more details, please access this link:(https://www.airandspaceforces.com/trump-nro-meink-air-force-secretary/)

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