Wright-Patterson AFB
is one of the largest and most important bases in the United States Air Force.
Wright-Patterson AFB is the birthplace, home, and future of aerospace.
Wright-Patterson AFB is managed and maintained by Aeronautical Systems Center, the Air Force organization responsible for developing, acquiring, modernizing and sustaining the world's best aerospace systems.
Wright-Patterson AFB is in many measures the largest, most diverse and organizationally complex base in the Air Force. Missions range from acquisition and logistics management, to research and development, education, flight operations, and many other defense related activities.
Wright-Patterson AFB is home to the foremost aeronautical and aerospace research organization in the Air Force, the Air Force Research Laboratory.
Wright-Patterson AFB has a workforce numbering approximately 22,000 people, making it the fifth largest employer in the state of Ohio and the largest employer at a single location. Nearly 10,000 of these people are civilians.
Wright-Patterson AFB includes the Air Force Institute of Technology which trains thousands of students each year and the Air Force Museum which receives more than 1.2 million visitors a year.
Main
phone numbers: Commercial (937)257-1110
Mailing
address: Wright-Patterson AFB, OH 45433
Population:
6,274 active duty; 11,830 civilians
Housing: 667
officer family units; 1,442 enlisted family housing units;
350 unaccompanied personnel units; 64 mobile home spaces
(937)257-6547
Temporary
lodging: 600 temporary lodging and visitor
units (937)257-3810; campground (937)257-9889
Family
Support Center: (937)257-3592
Schools: None
on base.
Child
Care: Six centers (one under renovation);
approved home care available (937)257-2644
Health
care: 300-bed medical center.
Appointments/Tricare (800)941-4501
Wright-Patterson AFB - Dayton, OH
has a
large size commissary - (937)257-4601,
a large exchange, a mall, and one shoppette (937)879-5730. Recreation
at Wright-Patterson AFB - Dayton, OH
includes arts and crafts, bowling, library, auto hobby,
recreation center, theater, golf, gym, tennis, swimming,
outdoor activities, camping, and stables.
