FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio ~ 11 DEC 2012

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[Kathy in Alaska]

 

 

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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!

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Sand...((HUGS))...at what elevation do you reside?

Can I send you a snow shovel?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Mayor, for today’s sustenance for body and soul.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Nana Hope, for today's Pledge…((HUGS)). Thanks, AfghanMan and Penguin Girl, for your service to America.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Shhhhhhh....be ready at 6pm Pacific time tomorrow night.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, HJ...how goes it? Are you keeping busy?

Coming or going for Christmas?

[Kathy in Alaska]

WOW! There sure is a lot of history there. Thanks for the link.

[Kathy in Alaska]

So many fantastic military museums....Wright-Patterson would be great.

[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.

((HUGS))Good morning, Ladies. Thanks for this morning's thread, Lauren. How's it going?

[j_guru]

"If I had my choice to spend a day at Wright-Pat or the Smithsonian Air and Space, I’d take Wright-Pat."

You had better plan on spending more than one day if you really want to take it in, however if you just want to see the exhibits, then you may be able to get to them all in a single day. Just don't plan on reading any of the historical information at each exhibit. it really does take two days (or more) to take it all in.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good morning, ML...((HUGS))...you and Linda have a good day.

Good lessons!

[Kathy in Alaska]

[j_guru]

I know that the AFM is the subject here, but to take in the full experience, you also have to visit Carillon Park which is the home of the Wright B Flyer as well as a Metric Ton of other history.
http://www.daytonhistory.org/index.php

[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]

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

Family coming for Christmas?

[Kathy in Alaska]

God bless and keep safe our troops worldwide.

Good night.

Statler Brothers ~ How Great Thou Art

[SteveAustin]

The Smithsonian Air and Space Museum out at Dulles airport (40 miles outside DC) is also excellent. Far better than what I remember to be at the location in downtown DC.

At the Dulles location they have the Enola Gay and a number of WWI and WWII planes of significant historical value. Definitely worth the trip. It is free but parking will cost you $15 a car.

Again though, if I could only go to one, I’d choose Wright-Pat.

[E.G.C.]

Tuesday Morning Coffee Bump.

Yep, my brother and his family arrived Saturday. They went up to the city to visit my sister and her family on Sunday and then came back down yesterday.

They're staying today and then heading back to Texas tomorrow.

I took my mower up to the lawnmower place yesterday for annual maintenance. They're looking at the propeller to see how much it would cost to repair it.

Good sleeping weather. It got down into the upper teens last night.

[Tainan]

I grew up out in the country under one of the flight paths that led to Wright-Pat. The flew and tested some weird looking a/c during the 50s & 60s. I saw a lot of really freaky stuff in the night sky during my time.

Also...PROJECT BLUEBOOK (a coverup) was based out of Wright-Pat. When Area 51 was sanitized ALL of the "questionable" material from Rosswell was moved to a very large, and secured, hangar at W-P.

Many rumors that the UFO craft is/are there.

[beachn4fun]

Are you ready for the Tuesday

Road Trip?

Good morning, Everyone.

Good morning to our

military, our allies, and their families

Thank you, Lauren, for preparing the Canteen for today’s activities.

DC Metroland Weather

~ Today...A few sprinkles possible early.
Cloudy skies early,
followed by partial clearing.
High 53F. Winds NNW at 10 to 15 mph.

~ Tonight...Mostly cloudy skies.
Low 36F. Winds N at 5 to 10 mph.

Woke up to a cold, rainy morning.
I believe I told youz guyz out west
not to send the cold. Didn't I?
Don't mind the rain but unlike Ma I don't like the cold.

Well, I'm hoping to be around more today.
Got the reports done and only need to update one more.
But, if I suddenly disappear (which seems to be the norm)
you'll know I got pulled away by work.

Please stay.

Grab a cup of joe or tasty tea.

The FR Canteen is ALWAYS

Come on in and sit for a while.
There's always plenty of coffee, tea,
pancakes,
conversation,
silliness,
and plain old BS

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ASHBY, DONALD ROBERTS SR
1/19/1967
"KIA" Body not recovered
South Vietnam/over water

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