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    $6.5M in prizes at stake in drone challenge at Air Force Museum this summer
    Congressman Mike Turner speaks to delegates following the NATO Parliamentary Assembly Monday, May 26, 2025. BRYANT BILLING / STAFF
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    Turner, California lawmaker push back against Trump tariffs
    Bill Masseth, an air traffic controller at Springfield Beckley Municipal Airport, at work in the airport’s traffic control tower in 2013. FILE
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    Ohio resolution backs state’s place in aviation’s future
    An outgrant license is signed Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026 for work leading to what advocates hope will be a new STEM Talent Development Complex near the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Standing are (left) Joe Sciabica, who leaders the Employers Workforce Coalition, and retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dick Reynolds, co-founder of Air Camp. Seated are (left) Col. Dustin Richards, 88th Air Base Wing commander and Vince Russo, Air Camp co-founder. THOMAS GNAU/STAFF
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    Plans underway for new $38M STEM center on WPAFB
    YFQ-44 aircraft are parked on the flightline at a California test location for the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft program. Air Force photo
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    The Air Force has selected the brain for its Ohio-built autonomous fighter
    An aerial view of the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Air Force photo by Jim Copes.
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    Wright-Patterson AFB land to be set aside for $38M STEM center
    Micro drones like these will race through an indoor course in the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force this weekend. CONTRIBUTED
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    Tiny, fast and fun: Micro drone racing returns to Air Force Museum
    An F-15E Strike Eagle with the 4th Fighter Wing approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 121st Air Refueling Wing to be refueled over the skies of North Carolina, Jan. 21, 2026. Air National Guard photo by Airman Samir Harris
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    Local contractor expects to lose 61 employees after ‘potential’ F-15 contract loss
    Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth unveils the U.S. Space Command sign with Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink, and Space Force and Army leadership in Huntsville Ala. in December 2025. Photo by Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Alexander Kubitza
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    WSU to work with U.S. Space Command
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    $10B: AFRL at Wright-Patt offers huge new research contract vehicle
    Participants in a Sinclair Community College ground school at Springfield-Beckley Municipal Airport take a "ride" on a simulator meant to impart the experience of flying a Beta Technologies electric plane on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. THOMAS GNAU/STAFF
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    Sinclair flight simulator preparing pilots for future of electric aircraft flight
    A view from the top of a C-17 Globemaster, assigned to the 445th Airlift Wing, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, at the Experimental Aircraft Association AirVenture airshow in Oshkosh, Wis., July 19, 2024. Air Force photo by Daniel Peterson.
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    Wright Patt’s AFMC spent nearly $1.3B with Dayton-area businesses last year
    Father and son, both named Joseph Adamo. The older Mr. Adamo, left, celebrates his 100th birthday Feb. 11. His son is 65. The elder Adamo lives at the 10 Wilmington Place retirement community in Dayton, where this photo was taken Feb. 2, 2026. THOMAS GNAU/STAFF
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    After Dark: Bombers & Brews happened at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025. Hosted by the Air Force Museum Foundation, the ticketed after-hours 21 and up ticketed event featured food, games, trivia, caricature artist, cash bar, live music by 5 and beer samples from Fifth Street Brewpub, Heavier Than Air Brewing Co. and Warped Wing Brewing Company. Attendees had up close and personal encounters with the Memphis Belle (look-in), EC-121D Constellation (open aircraft), Boeing B-1B Lancer (open aircraft) and the Convair B-58 Hustler (look-in). TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER
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    Air Force Museum opens today as funding is restored
    The headquarters of the National Air and Space Intelligence Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. FILE
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    Nevada firm hired for NASIC work at Wright-Patterson
    Lt. Gen. Linda S. Hurry, now commander of Air Force Materiel Command, arrived at 96th Logistics Readiness Squadron materiel management flight, Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., May 2, 2024. Air Force photo by Michelle Gigante
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    Hurry confirmed as commander of AFMC at Wright-Patterson
    The National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC) on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in May 2024. FILE
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    Air Force ends in-person hearings for ‘Special Access Program’ appeals
    Toni Vanden Bos, head of special collections and archives at Wright State University, shows off part of the university's massive collection of artifacts related to the Wright brothers on Friday, Jan. 30, 2026 at the university's Dunbar Library. THOMAS GNAU/STAFF
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    Wright State proposes millions to preserve Wright brothers history
    In this 2017 file photo, Dave Malek performed a safety check on a drone before flight-testing for the Air Force Research Lab at Springfield Beckley Municipal Airport. Bill Lackey/Staff
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    Husted, Turner urge FAA to keep Ohio in flying car spotlight
    Mile Two co-founder and CEO Jeff Graley, center, cuts the ribbon with friends and colleagues at his company's new Springfield Street offices Thursday Jan. 29 in Riverside. THOMAS GNAU/STAFF
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    ‘Incredible space, incredible people.’ Check out Mile Two’s new offices
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    Yet another federal government shutdown looms, possible impacting defense funding...
    Progress on the "Arsenal-1" complex Anduril is building in Pickaway County near Columbus. The objective is a site for the production of thousands of weapons, including drones, creating 4,000 jobs by 2035. Contributed
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    Anduril, one year later: Raising Arsenal-1 in Ohio, with 50 workers so far
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AeroVironment and CAL Analytics have launched a pending-FAA approval "Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS)" airspace management facility in Springfield that allows military and civilian drones to safely operate in shared airspace. Contributed.
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    Springfield gets new beyond-visual-line-of-sight drone research facility
    88th Air Base Wing photo by Christopher Warner.
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    How Wright-Patterson AFB is digging out from Sunday’s record snowfall
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