FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio ~ 03 DEC 2013

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in Greene and Montgomery counties, eight miles northeast of the central business district of Dayton, Ohio. Part of the base is located along the city limits of Riverside and is also adjacent to Fairborn and Beavercreek.

The base is named after the Wright brothers, who used the Huffman Prairie portion of what became Wright-Patterson as their testing ground, and Frank Stuart Patterson, son and nephew of the co-founders of National Cash Register, who was killed on June 19, 1918, in the crash of his Airco DH.4 at Wilbur Wright Field.

Wright-Patterson AFB is the headquarters of the Air Force Materiel Command, one of the major commands of the Air Force. Wright-Patterson AFB is also the location of a major USAF Medical Center, the Air Force Institute of Technology, and the National Museum of the United States Air Force, formerly known as the U.S. Air Force Museum.

With headquarters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) conducts research, development, test and evaluation, and provides acquisition management services and logistics support necessary to keep Air Force weapon systems ready for war.

AFMC delivers war-winning expeditionary capabilities to the warfighter through development and transition of technology, professional acquisition management, exacting test and evaluation.

It is also the home base of the 445th Airlift Wing of the Air Force Reserve Command, an Air Mobility Command-gained unit which flies the C-5 Galaxy heavy airlifter. Wright-Patterson is also the headquarters of the Aeronautical Systems Center and the Air Force Research Laboratory.

Today, as in the early 1900s, Wright-Patterson is where weapons systems are tested and modified. Missions range from logistics management, research and development, education, flight operations, and many other defense related activities. Wright-Patterson AFB is the home to the Air Force Institute of Technology, an educational institution that supports the Air Force and the Department of Defense.

 It also contains the USAF's high-security National Air & Space Intelligence Center, where in the cold-war era captured Soviet MIGs were brought to what was then known as the Foreign Technology Division for disassembly and testing.

Learn More About Wright-Patterson Air Force Base HERE!

The National Museum of the United States Air Force (formerly the United States Air Force Museum) is the official National Museum of the United States Air Force and is located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, in Riverside just outside of Dayton, Ohio. The NMUSAF is the world's largest and oldest military aviation museum. More than 400 aircraft and missiles are on display, most of them indoors. The museum draws over 1.3 million visitors per year and one of the single most visited tourist attractions in Ohio.

The museum dates back to 1923 when the Engineering Division at Dayton's McCook Field first collected technical artifacts for preservation. In 1927 it moved to then-Wright Field and was housed in a succession of buildings.

In 1954 as the Air Force Museum it was housed in its first permanent facility, Building 89 of the former Patterson Field in Fairborn, which had been an engine overhaul hangar, and many of its aircraft were parked outside and exposed to the weather. It remained there until 1971 when the current facility was first opened. Not including its annex on Wright Field proper, the museum has more than tripled in square footage since its inception in 1971.

Visit The National Museum Of The United States Air Force HERE!

FR CANTEEN MISSION STATEMENT~Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before. 

Please remember: The Canteen is a place to honor and entertain our troops. The Canteen is family friendly. Let's have fun!

We pray for your continued strength, to be strong in the face of adversity.

We pray for your safety, that you will return to your families and friends soon.

We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always

 

 

[laplata]

Yes, thanks. And you and your Mom?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good night, Mayor, and rest well. Thanks for helping honor our troops and thanks, too, for your service to our country.

[mylife]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZzSCI8sEvY

Gnight Gang.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening/morning, Dark...lurking is good, but it’s good to see you.

[OftheOhio]

Boy, what a great read that was. I knew about his engine work, but I didn’t know that Charlie Taylor built the wind tunnel. This is a testament to their skills during the time of a nation of craftsmen. The Wright bicycle shop at the Henry Ford museum has a prop Wilbur hand planed, I had tears in my eyes after entering that shop.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Nice, very nice!!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Just the two of us...our usual friends were fighting sickness. Quiet and nice. Thanks.

[Kathy in Alaska]

That was really cool, my....above it all!!

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good morning to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country.

[pa_dweller]

If time permits, take the tour of the back shops of the museum. That’s where they restore the old stuff to showroom quality. A few years ago they even had one of Saddam’s Migs that had been dug out of the sand.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, E...((HUGS))...have a great Tuesday.

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning/afternoon/evening/night Troops, wherever you are.

Thank you for doing your part to help keep all of us free and safe.

Thanks, unique, for the pastries.

Coffee is always on........

How about a donut?

Cookies?

Veggies?

Snacks?

[Kathy in Alaska]

God bless and keep safe our troops worldwide.

Good night.

Statler Brothers ~ How Great Thou Art

[E.G.C.]

Tuesday Morning Coffee Bump.

Thanks, Kathy. You too.

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[left that other site]

Back to work, yes.

the ones who had the flu last week don’t have the flu this wee, but they are weak due to the flue.

the ones who didn’t have the flue last week have the flue this week, and so my week is weak.

[fuzzylogic]

Greatest museum I’ve ever been to.

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning to everyone at the Canteen. We'll probably tie the record high of 84º here today.

[luvie]

That is soooooo me!
So I took Advil PM last night and crashed!
Feel a bit more rested this morning.
Nice and warm here today, too, Arrow...
...supposed to SNOW on Thursday! Yep!
Of course, you Northlanders
are getting covered up with white stuff!
Stay safe and warm!
All of you Early Birds have a Terrific Tuesday!
((((hugs))))

[Arrowhead1952]

Good morning LUV and (((HUGS))). Yes, cold weather headed here on Thursday. I guess it will be time to cover plants again.