The United States Air Force's 88th Air Base Wing is a base support unit located at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The wing has been stationed at Wright-Patterson, known familiarly as 'Wright-Patt', since its activation in 1944 as the 4000th Army Air Forces Base Unit (Command) in 1944, and from 1944 to 1994 undergone six redesignations.
88th Air Base Wing Change of Command 14 July 2008
88th Operations Support Squadron
88th Dental Squadron
88th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) is a United States Air Force base and census-designated place just east of Dayton, Ohio, in Greene and Montgomery counties. It 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 8.0 kilometres (5 mi) northeast of Dayton.
A Boeing C-17A Globemaster III of the 445th Airlift Wing based at Wright-Patterson AFB
Wilbur Wright Field and Fairfield Air Depot, c. 1920
A National Park Service marker showing the historical growth of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
The WPAFB northern section in 2000
