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Wright-Patterson Air Strength Base
Near Dayton, Ohio in the The states
A Boeing C-17 Globemaster III of the 445th Airlift Wing based at Wright-Patterson AFB.

A Boeing C-17A Globemaster III of the 445th Airlift Fly based at Wright-Patterson AFB.
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Wright-Patterson AFB is located in Ohio

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Wright-Patterson AFB is located in the United States

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Coordinates 39°49′23″N 084°02′58″W  /  39.82306°North 84.04944°W  / 39.82306; -84.04944  (Wright-Patterson AFB) Coordinates: 39°49′23″N 084°02′58″W  /  39.82306°Due north 84.04944°W  / 39.82306; -84.04944  (Wright-Patterson AFB)
Blazon Us Air Strength Base
Site information
Owner Department of Defense
Operator US Air Force
Controlled by Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)
Condition Operational
Website world wide web.wpafb.af.mil
Site history
Built 1917 (1917)
In utilize 1917 – present
Events
  • Dayton Agreement (1995)
  • US Air Force Marathon (1997 – present)
Garrison information
Current
commander		 Colonel Patrick G. Miller
Garrison 88th Air Base Wing (Host)
Airfield information
Identifiers IATA: FFO, ICAO: KFFO, FAA Hat: FFO, WMO: 745700
Elevation 250.8 metres (823 ft) AMSL
Runways
Direction Length and surface
5L/23R three,840.4 metres (12,600 ft) Porous European Mix
5R/23L 2,133.6 metres (7,000 ft) Asphalt
Source: Federal Aviation Assistants[1]

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base of operations (WPAFB) (IATA: FFO, ICAO: KFFO, FAA LID: FFO) is a The states Air Force base and census-designated place just east of Dayton, Ohio, in Greene and Montgomery counties. Information technology includes both Wright and Patterson Fields, which were originally Wilbur Wright Field and Fairfield Aviation General Supply Depot. Patterson Field is approximately 16 kilometres (10 mi) northeast of Dayton; Wright Field is approximately viii.0 kilometres (five mi) northeast of Dayton.

The host unit of measurement at Wright-Patterson AFB is the 88th Air Base Wing (88 ABW), assigned to the Air Force Life Cycle Direction Center and Air Force Materiel Control. The 88 ABW operates the airfield, maintains all infrastructure and provides security, communications, medical, legal, personnel, contracting, finance, transportation, air traffic command, weather forecasting, public affairs, recreation and chaplain services for more than than lx associate units.

The base of operations's origins brainstorm with the institution of Wilbur Wright Field on 22 May and McCook Field in November 1917, both established by the Aviation Section, U.Due south. Point Corps as World War I installations. McCook was used as a testing field and for aviation experiments. Wright was used as a flight field (renamed Patterson Field in 1931); Fairfield Aviation Full general Supply Depot; armorers' school, and a temporary storage depot. McCook's functions were transferred to Wright Field when information technology was closed in Oct 1927.[two] Wright-Patterson AFB was established in 1948 as a merger of Patterson and Wright Fields.

In 1995, negotiations to end the Bosnian War were held at the base, resulting in the Dayton Agreement that ended the war.

The 88th Air Base Wing is commanded by Col. Patrick Miller.[3] Its Command Principal Master Sergeant is Principal Master Sergeant Steve Arbona.[4] The base of operations had a total of 27,406 military, civilian and contract employees in 2010.[5] The Greene County portion of the base is a demography-designated place (CDP), with a resident population of one,821 at the 2010 demography.[half-dozen]

History [edit]

Wilbur Wright Field and Fairfield Air Depot, c. 1920

Prehistoric Indian mounds of the Adena civilisation at Wright-Patterson are along P Street and, at the Wright Brothers Memorial, a hilltop mound group.[7]

Aircraft operations on land now function of Wright-Patterson Air Strength Base began in 1904–1905 when Wilbur and Orville Wright used an 84-acre (340,000 k2) plot of Huffman Prairie[viii] for experimental test flights with the Wright Flyer III. Their flight exhibition company and the Wright Company School of Aviation returned 1910–1916 to apply the flying field.[9]

Globe State of war I transfers of country that afterward became WPAFB include 2,075-acre (8.xl kmii) (including the Huffman Prairie Flying Field) forth the Mad River leased to the Army by the Miami Conservancy District, the adjacent 40 acres (160,000 1000two) purchased by the Army from the District for the Fairfield Aviation General Supply Depot, and a 254-acre (1.03 km2) circuitous for McCook Field merely north of downtown Dayton betwixt Keowee Street and the Great Miami River. In 1918, Wilbur Wright Field agreed to let McCook Field use hangar and shop space every bit well every bit its enlisted mechanics to get together and maintain airplanes and engines nether the management of Main of Air Service Mason Patrick.[10]

Later on World War I, 347 German shipping were brought to the United States—some were incorporated into the Regular army Aeronautical Museum[11] (in 1923 the Engineering Sectionalization at McCook Field "first nerveless technical artifacts for preservation"). The preparation school[ specify ] at Wilbur Wright Field was discontinued. Wilbur Wright Field and the depot merged afterwards World State of war I to form the Fairfield Air Depot. The Patterson family formed the Dayton Air Service Committee, Inc which held a campaign that raised $425,000 in 2 days and purchased 4,520.47 acres (18.2937 km2) northeast of Dayton, including Wilbur Wright Field and the Huffman Prairie Flying Field.[12]

In 1924, the Committee presented the deeds to president Calvin Coolidge for the construction of a new aviation engineering middle. The entire acreage (including the Fairfield Air Depot) was designated Wright Field,[ commendation needed ] which had units such equally the Headquarters, 5th Partition Air Service (redesignated fifth Sectionalisation Aviation in 1928),[thirteen] and its 88th Ascertainment Squadron and seventh Photo Department.[12] New facilities were congenital 1925–27 on the portion of Wright Field due west of Huffman Dam to firm all of the McCook Field functions being relocated.

Aeronautical achievements/developments
1919-09-18 "World altitude record (unofficial) of 28,899 ft. set by Maj. R. W. Schroeder (Bristol-300 Hispano) at Dayton, Ohio."[14] : 344
1919-10-04 Maj. R. W. Schroeder and Lt. Chiliad. E. Elfrey at Dayton ready an "official world 2-human altitude record of 31,821 ft." in a Lepere airplane with a supercharged Liberty 400 engine.[14] : 346
1921-02-12 "Offset section of American "model" Airways route from Washington, D. C. to Dayton, Ohio, inaugurated."[fourteen] : 348
1922-06-12 "24,206 ft. parachute jump made past Capt. A. Westward. Stevens from a Martin bomber piloted by Lt. 50. Wade, at Dayton, Ohio."[14] : 348
1923-04-16,17 "Non-refueled globe duration and distance records gear up by Lts. J. A. Macready and O. G. Kelly (Fokker T2-Liberty 375) at Dayton, Ohio, Duration 36:04:34. Altitude: 2516.55 miles."[14] : 349
1923-08-22 "Initial flight of Barling bomber (6 Liberty 400 engines), largest plane fabricated in U. S., at [Wilbur] Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. Pilot, Lt. H. R. Harris."[xiv] : 349
1924-10-two,3,four "Air race winners at [Wilbur] Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio include: Liberty Engine Builders Trophy, Lt. D. G. Duke (DH4B-Liberty 400), speed 130.34 mph over 180-mile course; John L. Mitchell Trophy, Lt. C. Bettis (Curtiss PW8—D12HC Curtiss 460), speed 175.41 mph over 200 km course; Pulitzer Trophy Race, Lt. H. H. Mills (Verville Sperry—D12AHC Curtiss 520), speed 216.55 mph over 200 km course."[xiv] : 350
1927-x-12 "Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, formally dedicated, and the Materiel Sectionalization moves from McCook Field to the new site. The John 50. Mitchell Trophy Race won by Lt. I. A. Woodring, 1st Pursuit Group, during the ceremonies. Speed: 158.968 mph."[14] : 352
1928-03-ten $900,000 was authorized for completing the Wright Field experimental laboratory.[14] : 352
1928-06-16 Wright Field testing of "superchargers designed to give body of water level pressure at xxx,000 ft." and liquid oxygen breathing system.[xiv] : 352
1933-05-20 "Beginning grade of "musical instrument landing" fliers demonstrate expertness at Wright Field".[fourteen] : 353

Wright and Patterson fields [edit]

Wright Field was "formally dedicated" on 12 October 1927 when "the Materiel Division moved from McCook Field to the new site"[14] : 352 At the fourth dimension of the dedication expenditures of approximately $five million had been involved in the new facility after 18 months piece of work, with the total amount expected to ascent to betwixt $7 and $viii meg.[fifteen] The ceremonies included the John L. Mitchell Bays Race (won by Lt. I. A. Woodring of the 1st Pursuit Grouping—Speed: 158.968 mph)[14] : 352 and Orville Wright raising the flag over the new engineering center.[ specify ]

On one July 1931, the portion of Wright Field e of Huffman Dam (country known today every bit Areas A and C of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base which included the Fairfield Air Depot and the Huffman Prairie Flying Field) was redesignated "Patterson Field" in honor of Lieutenant Frank Stuart Patterson. Lt. Patterson was the son of Frank J. Patterson, co-founder of National Cash Register.

Soon earlier the end of WW1, 1Lt Patterson and observer 2Lt LeRoy Swan, both of the 137th Aero Squadron, were killed at Wright Field in the crash of their de Havilland DH.4 afterward its wings collapsed during a dive while firing at footing targets with a new synchronized-through–the–propeller machine gun.[16] Patterson's grave and memorial curvation is at Woodland Cemetery and Aborateum in Dayton, Ohio.[17]

World War II [edit]

A National Park Service marker showing the historical growth of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

The area's World War 2 Army Air Fields had employment increase from approximately 3,700 in December 1939 to over 50,000 at the war's height.[xviii] Wright Field grew from approximately 30 buildings to a two,064-acre (8.35 km2) facility with some 300 buildings and the Air Corps' first modernistic paved runways. The original role of the field became saturated with office and laboratory buildings and test facilities. The Hilltop expanse was acquired from private landowners in 1943–1944 to provide troop housing and services.

The portion of Patterson Field from Huffman Dam through the Brick Quarters (including the command headquarters in Building 10262) at the south end of Patterson Field along Road 4 was administratively reassigned from Patterson Field to Wright Field. To avoid confusing the two areas of Wright Field, the s cease of the onetime Patterson Field portion was designated "Area A", the original Wright Field became "Area B", and the n end of Patterson Field, including the flying field, "Area C."

In February 1940 at Wright Field, the Army Air Corps established the Technical Information Branch (Technical Data Department in July 1941, Technical Information Laboratory in 1942). After Air Corps Ferrying Command was established on 29 May 1941, on 21 June an installation point of the command opened at Patterson Field.[19] : 144 The Flying Test Grooming unit of measurement of Air Technical Command was established at Wright Field on 9 September 1944 (moved to Patterson Field in 1946, Edwards AFB on 4 February 1951).

Two densely populated housing and service areas beyond Highway 444, Woods City and Skyway Park, were geographically separated from the key cadre of Patterson Field and developed almost self-sufficient community status. (Forest City was caused in 1924 as role of the original donation of land to the government but was used primarily as just a radio range until World War Ii. Skyway Park was acquired in 1943.) They supported the vast numbers of recruits who enlisted and were trained at the two fields as well as thousands of noncombatant laborers, particularly single women recruited to work at the depot. Skyway Park was demolished after the state of war. Wood Metropolis was eventually transformed[ when? ] into Kittyhawk Center, the base's modern commercial and recreation middle.

In the autumn of 1942, the first twelve "Air Force" officers to receive ATI[ specify ] field drove preparation were assigned to Wright Field for training in the technical aspects of "crash" intelligence (RAF Squadron Leader Colley identified how to obtain information from equipment mark plates and squadron markings.[ citation needed ] In July 1944 during the Robot Blitz, Wright Field fired a reconstructed High german pulse-jet engine[xx] (an unabridged Five-1 flying bomb was "reversed engineered" [sic] by eight September at Republic Aviation.)[21]

The first German and Japanese shipping arrived in 1943, and captured equipment before long filled half-dozen buildings, a big outdoor storage surface area, and role of a flight-line hangar for Technical Data Lab study (TDL airtight its Army Aeronautical Museum). The Globe War Two Operation Brawny returned 86 German aircraft to Wright Field for report, e.g., the Messerschmitt 262 jet fighter, while the mail-war Operation Paperclip brought German scientists and technicians to Wright Field, e.k., Ernst R. Thou. Eckert (most of the scientists eventually went to work in the various Wright Field labs.)[ dubious – hash out ]

UFO studies [edit]

Project Sign (Project Grudge in 1949, Project Blue Book in March 1952) was WPAFB's T-2 Intelligence investigations of unidentified flying objects (UFO) reports that began in July 1947.[ citation needed ] In 1951, the Air Technical Intelligence Centre (ATIC) began analysis of crashed Soviet aircraft from the Korean war.[22] In March 1952, ATIC established an Aerial Phenomena Group to study reported UFO sightings, including those in Washington, DC, in 1952. Past 1969 the Foreign Technology Sectionalization (FTD) and its predecessor organizations had studied 12,618 reported sightings: 701 remained unexplained when the Air Forcefulness closed its UFO investigations, and a 1968 report concluded that "there seems to be no reason to aspect [the unexplained sightings] to an extraterrestrial source without much more than convincing bear witness."[23]

The FTD sent all of its instance files to the USAF Historical Research Center, which transferred them in 1976 to the National Archives and Records Service in Washington, DC, which became the permanent repository of the Projection Sign/Grudge/Blue Book records. In a 1988 interview, Senator Barry Goldwater claimed he had asked Gen. Curtis LeMay for admission to a secret UFO room at WPAFB and an angry LeMay said, "Not only can't you go into information technology but don't you lot always mention information technology to me again."[23]

Technical base [edit]

The Army Air Forces Technical Base (Air Force Technical Base of operations earlier being designated a USAF base) was formed on xv December 1945, under Brig Gen Joseph T. Morris, during the Earth War 2 drawdown by merging Wright Field, Patterson Field, Dayton Army Air Field, and—acquired by Wright Field for 1942 glider testing—Clinton Regular army Air Field.[19] : 141 The Jamestown Radar Addendum became a leased installation of the Technical Base in 1946, and the "custodial units at Dayton and Clinton County AAFlds were discontinued in 1946".[24]

An 8000-human foot physical track with 1000-foot runoffs at each end was built 1946–1947 in Surface area C to accommodate very heavy bombers, initially referred to locally as the "B-36 runway". The 1947 All-Altitude Speed Grade at Vandalia became a detached installation of the Technical Base of operations. After the USAF was created in September 1947, Morris' base headquarters was redesignated Headquarters, Air Force Technical Base of operations, on 15 December 1947.[24]

The WPAFB northern department in 2000

USAF base [edit]

Wright-Patterson Air Forcefulness Base was redesignated from the Air Force Technical Base on 13 Jan 1948[24]—the former Wright Field Areas A and B remained,[ citation needed ] while Patterson Field became "Area C" and Skyway Park became "Area D" of the installation. In 1951 all locally based flying activities were moved to the Surface area B flying line. The 1948 All-Distance Speed Course, later on the Missile Tracking Addendum, at Sulphur Grove, Ohio became a detached installation of Wright-Patt.[24]

Headquarters, Air Engineering science Development Division, was at WPAFB from one January 1950 to 14 Nov 1950, followed past the Air Research and Development Command from 16 November 1950 to 24 June 1951 (began movement to Baltimore[ where? ] on eleven May 1951).[24] By 1952 the WPAFB headquarters of the Wright Air Development Centre (WADC) included a Plans and Operations Department (WOO) and Divisions for Helmsmanship (WCN), Flight Exam (WCT), Enquiry (WCR), Weapons Components (WCE), Weapons Systems (WCS).[25] On 15 February, WADC medical examinations "for the final pick of the Mercury astronauts were started"[26] at the Aerospace Medical Laboratory[27] (Wright-Patt test pilots Neil Armstrong and Ed White became NASA astronauts.)[28]

From vi March 1950 to 1 December 1951, Clinton Canton Air Strength Base was assigned as a sub-base of WPAFB,[24] and from 1950 to 1955, Wright-Patt had ii Cardinal Air Defence force fighter-interceptor squadrons (1 from 1955 to 1960).

Cold State of war expansions [edit]

In 1954, 188 hectares (465 acres) of land adjacent to the Mad River at the northeast boundary of the base, about the former location of the village of Osborn, were purchased for a Strategic Air Control dispersal site. Area D structures were demolished in 1957 (donated to the land in 1963 for Wright State Academy). In Feb 1958 the Wright Field (Area B) runways were closed to all jet traffic (1959 Surface area C operations included 139,276 takeoffs and landings, Area B had 44,699.) The West Ramp complex was built betwixt August 1958 and July 1960.[29]

The 4043rd Strategic Wing began KC-135 Stratotanker operations in Feb 1960 and B-52 Stratofortress operations in June 1960.[xxx] On one July 1963, the wing was re-designated the 17th Bombardment Fly (Heavy) and continued its mission under this unit until seven July 1975, when the terminal of its 11 B-52s was transferred to Beale Air Strength Base, California. From 1957–1962, WADC's Hurricane Supersonic Research Site in Utah was a discrete installation of Wright-Patt.[24]

The NORAD Manual Air Defense Command Center for 58th Air Division interceptors was at Wright-Patterson AFB by 1958,[31] and Brookfield Air Force Station near the Pennsylvania state line became operational as an April 1952 – January 1963 sub-base of WPAFB.[24] The 1954–79 "Wright-Patterson Communications Facility #4" was at Yellowish Springs, Ohio (which also had the 1965–77 Celestial Guidance Inquiry Site.)[24]

WPAFB too had an Army Air Defense Command Mail service for nearby Projection Nike surface-to-air missile sites of the Cincinnati-Dayton Defense Area were at Wilmington (CD-27, 39°24′03″N 083°52′54″W  /  39.40083°Due north 83.88167°Westward  / 39.40083; -83.88167 ); Felicity (CD-46, 38°50′37″Due north 084°08′33″W  /  38.84361°North 84.14250°W  / 38.84361; -84.14250 ); Dillsboro (CD-63), and Oxford (CD-78, 39°33′30″North 084°47′31″West  /  39.55833°Due north 84.79194°W  / 39.55833; -84.79194 ). The AADCP activated in the jump of 1960 and moved to Wilmington—with BIRDIE CCCS—by 1965[32] (airtight March 1971). Wilkins Air Force Station was a 1961–8 Air Defense Command station of Wright-Patt, and Gentile Air Strength Station (after the Gentile Defense Electronics Supply Center) was assigned to the base on 1 July 1962.[24]

In December 1975, Avant-garde Range Instrumentation Aircraft transferred to the 4950th Exam Fly at WPAFB. Following the July 1992 merging of WPAFB labs, the base's Wright Laboratory included a Flight Dynamics Directorate.[33] Superfund sites (39 initial areas) of WPAFB were establish to be contaminated with chlorinated volatile organic compounds and benzene compounds (soils and groundwater), and an EPA/USAF Federal Facilities Understanding was signed in 1981 for remediation and continued investigation (the Installation Restoration Program for WPAFB identified 65 areas, including thirteen landfills, 12 earth fill disposal zones, 9 fuel or chemical spill sites, half-dozen coal storage piles, 5 fire-training areas, 4 chemical burial sites, and ii underground storage tanks).[34] In November 1995, the "Dayton Peace Accords" held at WPAFB[35] created the "Agreement for Peace in Bosnia and Herzegovina" signed in Paris on 14 December.

Huffman Prairie designation [edit]

Huffman Prairie was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1990 and named part of the 1992 Dayton Aviation Heritage National Historical Park.[36] The West Ramp facility switched from the 4950th Exam Wing to AFRC's 445th Airlift Wing with C-17 Globemaster III transports.[37] The permanent party work force at WPAFB every bit of 30 September 2005, numbered 5,517 war machine and eight,102 civilian.[38]

Dayton Agreement [edit]

In 1995, Alija Izetbegović, the President of Bosnia and Herzegovina; Franjo Tuđman, the President of Croatia; and Slobodan Milošević, the President of Serbia, arrived at Wright-Patterson AFB to commence negotiations to terminate the Bosnian State of war, an ethnic disharmonize that by 1995 was between the Bosnia and Herzegovina'due south Bosniaks and the Croats (who had put bated their differences) on one side versus Republic of bosnia and herzegovina's Serbs on the other side. American diplomat Richard Holbrooke led the negotiations. Eventually an agreement was made to take Republic of bosnia and herzegovina have ii internal entities, a Bosniak-Croat federation known every bit the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and a Serb territory known as Republika Srpska.

2019–22 coronavirus pandemic [edit]

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the base sent airmen from the 88th Medical Group to Detroit for two months, where they setup a COVID-19 vaccination site in support of the Federal Emergency Management whole-of-authorities COVID response.[39] [forty] The base sent medical Air Force professionals to New York City after airmen from the 445th Airlift Wing were deployed to assistance the urban center's response.[41]

Assignments [edit]

Air Materiel Command, 9 March 1946
Air Force Logistics Command, 1 April 1961
Air Force Materiel Command, 1 July 1992

Units [edit]

In add-on to the control headquarters, major units formerly assigned to Wright-Patterson Air Force Base include:

Museum [edit]

Located adjacent to the base of operations proper is the National Museum of the The states Air Force. The oldest and largest military shipping museum in the globe,[42] it houses such aircraft as the only XB-70 Valkyrie in beingness, an F-117 Nighthawk stealth fighter, and the World War II B-17 bomber, Memphis Belle.

Role and operations [edit]

Equipment is unloaded from a C-17A Globemaster III of the 89th Airlift Squadron based at Wright-Patterson AFB.

Wright-Patterson AFB is "ane of the largest, most diverse, and organizationally complex bases in the Air Strength"[43] with a long history of flight tests spanning from the Wright Brothers into the Space Age.

It is the headquarters of the Air Force Materiel Command, one of the major commands of the Air Forcefulness. "Wright-Patt" (equally the base is colloquially called) is also the location of a major USAF Medical Center (hospital), the Air Force Institute of Applied science, and the National Museum of the U.s.a. Air Force, formerly known as the U.S. Air Force Museum.

The 88th Air Base Wing consists of more 5,000 officers, enlisted Air Force, civilian and contractor employees responsible for 3 primary mission areas: operating the installation; deploying expeditionary Airmen in support of the Global War on Terrorism; and defending the base and its people.

It is also the dwelling base of the 445th Airlift Fly of the Air Force Reserve Command, an Air Mobility Command-gained unit which flies the C-17 Globemaster heavy airlifter. Wright-Patterson is likewise the headquarters of the Air Force Life Bike Direction Center and the Air Forcefulness Research Laboratory.

Wright-Patterson is the host of the almanac U.s.a. Air Force Marathon which occurs the weekend closest to the Air Force's anniversary.

The base conducts neurotechnology research.[44]

Based units [edit]

Flying and notable non-flight units based at Wright-Patterson Air Forcefulness Base of operations.[45] [46]

Units marked GSU are Geographically Separate Units, which although based at Wright-Patterson, are subordinate to a parent unit based at some other location.

United States Air Forcefulness [edit]

Geography [edit]

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base includes Area A (former Patterson Field and Wood Urban center surface area) and Area B (former Wright Field). The USGS Geographic Names Data Arrangement separately designates the military installation, the drome, and the demography-designated place (CDP). The CDP area, entirely in Greene County, primarily in Bath Township and extending south into Beavercreek Township, is x.0 square miles (25.9 km2), with 0.i square miles (0.2 km2) of it (0.lxxx%) being water.[6] The southwest cease of the base, now the National Museum of the United States Air Force, is within the city of Riverside in Montgomery Canton.

Demographics [edit]

In 2010, Wright-Patt had a total of 27,406 military, civilian and contract employees.[5] Every bit of the census[47] of 2000, there were 6,656 people, ane,754 households, and one,704 families residing on the base of operations. The population density was 219.viii/km2 (569.two/sq mi). In that location were 2,096 housing units at an average density of 69.ii/kmtwo (179.ii/sq mi). The racial makeup of the base of operations was 76.xi% White, 15.25% Black or African American, 0.45% Native American, two.30% Asian, 0.12% Pacific Islander, ii.09% from other races, and three.68% from ii or more races. Hispanic or Latino of whatsoever race were 4.45% of the population.

There were one,754 households, out of which 78.i% had children nether the historic period of 18 living with them, 89.0% were married couples living together, half dozen.1% had a female householder with no hubby present, and two.viii% were non-families. two.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and none had someone living lone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.60 and the average family size was 3.64.

On the base the population was spread out, with 42.5% under the historic period of 18, 11.6% from 18 to 24, 41.v% from 25 to 44, 4.2% from 45 to 64, and 0.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 23 years. For every 100 females at that place were 105.2 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, in that location were 104.1 males.

The median income for a household on the base was $43,342, and the median income for a family was $43,092. Males had a median income of $30,888 versus $21,044 for females. The per capita income for the base was $xv,341. About i.vi% of families and 1.eight% of the population were beneath the poverty line, including 2.4% of those nether age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

As of thirty September 2005, Wright-Patterson had base of operations housing amounting to 2,012 unmarried-family unit units, 300 units for unaccompanied enlisted personnel, and 455 company or temporary living units.[38]

Environmental problems [edit]

In May 2016, the Ohio Environmental Protection Bureau ordered a drinking h2o well on the base to exist shut down considering of water contamination with perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS), a persistent chemical used in firefighting foam.[48] Apr 2016 h2o samples from two wells showed 110 parts per trillion of PFOS, which is in a higher place the new EPA lifetime threshold of 70 parts per trillion.[48] In June 2016, the EPA asked the base commander to quickly clean upward the wells to prevent the contaminants from reaching more wells on base and Dayton'southward seven drinking water wells at Huffman Dam.[49] Base officials stated in June 2020 that the on-base basis water tests confirmed that current PFOS contamination is beneath EPA required levels,[l] a claim the City of Dayton disputes.[51]

In popular culture [edit]

Hangar eighteen in Area B is purported to be the repository of a crashed UFO from Roswell, New Mexico and UFO research in general.[52] [53] [54] [55]

Thrash metallic band Megadeth released the vocal "Hangar 18" on their 1990 album Rust in Peace.

In Flavour 2, Episode 8, the History Aqueduct's series Project Bluish Book makes mention of "Hangar eighteen" being a storage facility the Roswell crash UFO and other alien artifacts.[56]

The base was featured in the young developed volume serial The fifth Wave and the 2016 pic of the same name as the base of operations for "The Others".

Notable person [edit]

  • Steve Hertz, baseball game thespian and jitney, born on the base of operations

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  • Resources for this U.S. war machine drome:
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  • Celebrated American Engineering Record documentation, filed under Dayton, Montgomery County, OH:
    • HAER No. OH-79, "Wright-Patterson Air Forcefulness Base, Expanse B", vii photos, iv measured drawings, 51 data pages, 1 photo caption page
    • HAER No. OH-79-A, "Area B, Building 27, Vertical Current of air Tunnel", xiv photos, 4 measured drawings, vi data pages, ane photograph caption folio
    • HAER No. OH-79-B, "Expanse B, Building 19, 5-Human foot Wind Tunnel", sixteen photos, 4 measured drawings, 7 data pages, 1 photo caption page
    • HAER No. OH-79-C, "Area B, Edifice 20A, Propeller Test Complex", xvi photos, 3 measured drawings, iv data pages, 1 photo caption folio
    • HAER No. OH-79-D, "Surface area B, Building 12, Technical Data Building", 15 photos, four measured drawings, six data pages, one photo caption page
    • HAER No. OH-79-E, "Surface area B, Building 31, Aircraft Assembly Hangar", 15 photos, iv measured drawings, 6 data pages, 1 photograph caption page
    • HAER No. OH-79-F, "Area B, Building 65, Static Structural Exam Laboratory", ix photos, 3 measured drawings, 4 data pages, i photo caption page
    • HAER No. OH-79-Grand, "Area B, Building i/ix, Flight Examination Hangars", 3 photos, 2 measured drawings, 3 data pages, 1 photograph explanation page
    • HAER No. OH-79-H, "Area B, Building 4, Modification Hangar & Flight Inquiry Lab", 6 photos, 2 measured drawings, 4 data pages, 1 photo explanation folio
    • HAER No. OH-79-J, "Area B, Building 20, Propeller Laboratory", 8 photos, 3 data pages, one photo explanation page
    • HAER No. OH-79-K, "Area B, Building 32, Original Wright Field Shops", 7 photos, iii information pages, 1 photograph caption page
    • HAER No. OH-79-L, "Area B, Building five, Engineering Shops", two photos, 2 information pages, i photo caption folio
    • HAER No. OH-79-Chiliad, "Area B, Building 6, Signal Corps Special Forces Hangar", 4 photos, one measured drawing, 2 data pages, 1 photo explanation folio
    • HAER No. OH-79-N, "Surface area B, Building seven, Applied science Shops Office", 1 photo, 2 data pages, one photo explanation page
    • HAER No. OH-79-O, "Area B, Edifice 8, Operations & Flight Test Edifice", 9 photos, 2 measured drawings, 2 information pages, 1 photo caption page
    • HAER No. OH-79-P, "Area B, Building 11, Administration Building No. 1", 4 photos, 2 measured drawings, 3 information pages, 1 photo explanation page
    • HAER No. OH-79-Q, "Area B, Edifice 16, Wright Field Laboratory", 4 photos, 1 measured cartoon, 4 data pages, i photo caption folio
    • HAER No. OH-79-R, "Area B, Building 21, Erstwhile Ammunition Building", 1 photo, three data pages, ane photograph caption page
    • HAER No. OH-79-S, "Area B, Building 22, Armament Laboratory & Gun Range", x photos, 3 measured drawings, 5 data pages, 1 photo caption page
    • HAER No. OH-79-T, "Area B, Building 22B, 200-Yard Gun Range Structure", 9 photos, 3 data pages, 1 photo caption page
    • HAER No. OH-79-U, "Surface area B, Building 23, Static Test Laboratory No. 1", 9 photos, 2 measured drawings, 4 data pages, 1 photograph caption page
    • HAER No. OH-79-V, "Area B, Building 38, Maintenance Building No. iii", 2 photos, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page
    • HAER No. OH-79-W, "Area B, Building 51, Foundry-Garage", 11 photos, iv data pages, 1 photograph caption page
    • HAER No. OH-79-X, "Surface area B, Building 55, Centrifuge Building", 1 photograph, two data pages, 1 photo explanation page
    • HAER No. OH-79-Y, "Area B, Edifice 56, Wright Field Warehouse", 2 photos, 3 data pages, 1 photo caption page
    • HAER No. OH-79-Z, "Area B, Building 81/82, Main Gate, Baby-sit House & Rider Station", 7 photos, 2 measured drawings, 2 data pages, 1 photo explanation page
    • HAER No. OH-79-AA, "Area B, Building 821, Radar Test Building", 7 photos, 3 information pages, 1 photo caption page
    • HAER No. OH-79-AB, "Area B, Building 17, Shipping Radio Laboratory", 1 photo, 3 data pages, i photo caption folio
    • HAER No. OH-79-AC, "Area B, Building 28, Aircraft Radio Laboratory", 2 photos, 3 information pages, 1 photograph caption page
    • HAER No. OH-79-AD, "Area B, Building 39, Maintenance Edifice No. 1", 1 photograph, iii data pages, 1 photo caption folio
    • HAER No. OH-79-AE, "Area B, Building 36, Maintenance Building No. two", 1 photo, 2 data pages, one photo explanation folio
    • HAER No. OH-79-AF, "Area B, Building 57, Air Force Supply Warehouse", 1 photo, 2 data pages, 1 photo caption page
    • HAER No. OH-79-AG, "Area B, Building 59, Dynamometer Storage Building", 2 photos, 2 information pages, 1 photo caption page
    • HAER No. OH-79-AH, "Expanse B, Edifice 66, Central Heating Establish", four photos, iii measured drawings, 2 information pages, 1 photo caption page
    • HAER No. OH-79-AI, "Area B, Building 67, Emergency Power Institute", ii photos, ii data pages, ane photo caption page
    • HAER No. OH-79-AJ, "Area B, Building 76, Wright Field Firehouse", i photo, 2 data pages, one photo explanation page
    • HAER No. OH-79-AK, "Area B, Building 86, Main Pump House", one photograph, 2 data pages, one photo caption folio
    • HAER No. OH-79-AL, "Area B, Building 14, Materiel Control Administration Edifice No. 1", 2 photos, iii measured drawings, three data pages, ane photo caption page
    • HAER No. OH-79-AM, "Surface area B, Edifice 15, Materiel Command Administration Building No. ii", 3 photos, 3 data pages, 1 photo caption folio
    • HAER No. OH-79-AN, "Area B, Building 18, Power Constitute Laboratory Complex", 9 photos, 4 information pages, 1 photo explanation page
    • HAER No. OH-79-AP, "Expanse B, Buildings 25 & 24, 10-foot & 20-foot Wind Tunnel Complex", 31 photos, 3 measured drawings, xi data pages, 2 photo caption pages
    • HAER No. OH-79-AQ, "Surface area B, Edifice 29, Aero Medical Laboratory", 2 photos, 4 data pages, i photo caption page
    • HAER No. OH-79-AR, "Expanse B, Building 61, Torque Stands Oil Storage Building", 1 photo, ii data pages, 1 photograph caption page
    • HAER No. OH-79-AS, "Area B, Building 61A,Torque Stand Fuel Pumping Facility", 1 photo, two data pages, 1 photo caption folio
    • HAER No. OH-79-AT, "Area B, Building 62, Ordnance Storage No. 1", 1 photo, two data pages, ane photo caption page
    • HAER No. OH-79-AU, "Surface area B, Building 63, Ordnance Storage No. 2", one photo, 2 data pages, 1 photo explanation page
    • HAER No. OH-79-AV, "Expanse B, Building 64, Shipping Parts Warehouse", 1 photo, 2 data pages, one photo caption page
    • HAER No. OH-79-AW, "Area B, Edifice 70, Fuel & Oil Examination Laboratory", 1 photo, two data pages, 1 photo caption page
    • HAER No. OH-79-AX, "Area B, Building 71, Power Plant Engine Examination Torque Stands", half-dozen photos, 2 data pages, i photograph explanation page
    • HAER No. OH-79-AY, "Area B, Building 71A, Propulsion Research Laboratory", ix photos, 2 data pages, 1 photograph explanation page
    • HAER No. OH-79-AZ, "Area B, Building 71B, Power Found Laboratory", 2 photos, 2 data pages, i photo explanation page
    • HAER No. OH-79-BA, "Surface area B, Building 71D, Propulsion Laboratory, Fuels & Lubricants", 1 photo, 2 data pages, 1 photograph caption page
    • HAER No. OH-79-BB, "Area B, Edifice 30, Acoustic Laboratory", 2 photos, 2 data pages, one photo caption folio
    • HAER No. OH-79-BC, "Area B, Building 26, Supersonic Examination Laboratory", one photograph, 5 data pages, i photo caption page
    • HAER No. OH-79-BD, "Area B, Building 250, Rotor Test Tower", iii photos, 3 data pages, 1 photo explanation page
    • HAER No. OH-103, "Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Brick Officers' Quarters, Area A", 14 photos, 1 measured drawing, 51 data pages, 1 photograph explanation page
    • HAER No. OH-103-A, "Brick Officers' Quarters, Type A, Area A", 8 photos, ane measured drawing, one photo caption page
    • HAER No. OH-103-B, "Brick Officers' Quarters, Blazon B", 14 photos, 3 measured drawings, 2 photo caption pages
    • HAER No. OH-103-C, "Brick Officers' Quarters, Types C & D, Area A", 17 photos, 2 measured drawings, 2 photo caption pages
    • HAER No. OH-103-D, "Brick Officers' Quarters, Types Due east & F, Area A", 19 photos, 2 measured drawings, 2 photo caption pages
    • HAER No. OH-103-E, "Brick Officers' Quarters, Types G & H, Area A", 16 photos, two measured drawings, 2 photo explanation pages
    • HAER No. OH-103-F, "Brick Officers' Quarters, Officers' Social club, Area A", 10 photos, three measured drawings, 1 photo caption page

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