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    Military

    The Affordable Rapid Missile Demonstrator sits staged for flight Jan. 27, 2026. In this Air Force photo, the missile was positioned on a specialized air log cart, used to transport and load the vehicle onto the Transportable Target Launcher. The Air Force says the flight was a "key milestone in increasing the technology readiness level of the Draper liquid rocket engine." Ryan Harty, photographer.
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    Air Force flies supersonic rapid missile, marking new era in weapons development
    Space Operations Command's newest Delta, Space Delta 18, was activated and the National Space Intelligence Center (NSIC) was established during a ceremony at the Nutter Center on June 24, 2022. (U.S. Space Force photo by Senior Airman Jack Gardner)
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    Space Force approves $22.2M for new intelligence complex at Wright-Patterson AFB
    This image provided by the Ohio National Guard shows Capt. Curtis J. Angst. (Ohio National Guard via AP)
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    Tributes continue to pour in for fallen Ohio airmen
    Kathy Watern, when she served as Air Force Life Cycle Management Center’s executive director. Air Force photo.
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    Biggest mission at Wright-Patt names new top civilian executive
    The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office has issued a "silver alert" in the search and investigation into the disappearance of 68-year-old William Neil McCasland, a retired AFRL commander. Facebook image from the Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office
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    Still no sightings of former AFRL commader missing in New Mexico
    This image provided by the Ohio National Guard shows Capt. Curtis J. Angst. (Ohio National Guard via AP)
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    Wilmington pilot with local connection among those killed in KC-135 crash in Iraq
    This image provided by the Ohio National Guard shows Capt. Curtis J. Angst. (Ohio National Guard via AP)
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    Wilmington man killed in military refueling crash in Iraq
    A 445th Airlift Wing C-17 Globemaster cargo plane dubbed the "Spirit of the city of Fairborn." THOMAS GNAU/STAFF
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    Wright-Patt wing recognized the city of Fairborn
    Brian Golem places parts in a cage for TAC Industries in this 2021 photo. FILE
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    Springfield net producer lands $22M Air Force contract
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    DCS expands Beavercreek footprint with acquisition of ARCTOS near Wright-Patt
    Lt. Gen. Donna Shipton, commander of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, speaks with Jerad Barnett, president and chief executive of Synergy and Mills Development, on Thursday March 12, 2026. Synergy broke ground Thursday for its "Stratos" developments on Wright-Patterson. THOMAS GNAU/STAFF WRITER
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    $250M research parks on Wright-Patterson break ground
    This image provided by U.S. Central Command shows the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Thomas Hudner (DDG 116) firing a Tomahawk Land Attack Missile (TLAM) in support of Operation Epic Fury, on Sunday, March 1, 2026. (U.S. Navy via AP)
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    Iran photo from bombed school shows device linked to Dayton company
    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
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    Wright-Patt colonel who helped lead ‘Operation Honor’ was disciplined
    An HH-60W Jolly Green II helicopter lands at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on Sept. 1 for an overnight stay while en route from Moody AFB, Georgia, to Kirtland AFB, New Mexico in 2021.  U.S. AIR FORCE PHOTO/WESLEY FARNSWORTH
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    New Mexico authorities ask for help in search for former AFRL commander
    Second Lt. Hailey Ramos, human factors engineer, wears a motion capture headset as she identifies the direction of sound emitted from a circular array of speakers in the Spatial Hearing Anechoic Research Chamber Lab at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Sept. 11, 2025. Air Force photo/ Richard Eldridge
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    Pentagon declares ‘patent holiday’ to spur commercial use of Wright-Patt technology
    A 2023 file photo of traffic on busy Northwoods Boulevard.
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    ODOT to weigh nearly $55M in Dayton-area road projects
    A C-17 Globemaster III conducts flare testing operations at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., Feb. 13, 2026. Eglin AFB units coordinated flare-testing operations to evaluate and field improved defensive-system capabilities for Air Mobility Command aircraft. (Air Force photo by Master Sgt. J.D. Strong II)
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    How WPAFB extends U.S. air power’s reach in ‘Epic Fury’
    An airmen with the 88th Security Forces Squadron checks an identification card at Gate 15A at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on Feb. 25, 2025. (Air Force photo by Jack Gardner)
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    ‘Trusted traveler’ regimen suspended at Wright-Patterson AFB
    Jobseekers line up outside the Holiday Inn in Fairborn on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, for a one-day Air Force Life Cycle Management Center hiring event. AFLCMC is having an "invitation-only," hiring event for about 1,000 openings at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base through its website. FILE / STAFF
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    This center has 1,000 job openings at WPAFB. Here’s how to apply
    On Wednesday, June 12, 2024 the Dayton VA renamed its Women’s Clinic after Veteran Lieutenant Colonel Charity Adams Earley.  Earley was the first African American female officer in the Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC). She also commanded the first battalion of Black women to serve overseas during WWII. MARSHALL GORBY\STAFF
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    Lawmakers seek to honor Adams Earley, Daytonian and Army pioneer
    The Troy Collins Aerospace production facility. Company photo.
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    Firms win $118M in new military contracts
    Airmen meet and greet people from the defense industry who attended Life Cycle Industry Days at the Dayton Convention Center in 2024. FILE
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    JUST IN: Life Cycle Industry Days will return to Dayton this summer
    Jobseekers wait in line at what was the Fairborn Holiday Inn for the Air Force Life Cycle Management hiring event event March 22, 2023. FILE
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    A key Wright-Patterson Air Force Base mission is hiring. Here’s what to know
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