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RQ-1 Predator firing Hellfire MissleStaff Sgt. Jermain Smith, a medical technician from the 74th Medical Operations Squadron, left, helps other medics move an unidentified soldier from Operation Iraqi Freedom.The F/A-22 Raptor is being developed at Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio..


Wright- Patterson AFB, Ohio

  • is one of the largest and most important bases in the United States Air Force.

  • is the birthplace, home, and future of aerospace.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • is home to the foremost aeronautical and aerospace research organization in the Air Force, the Air Force Research Laboratory.

  • 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.

  • 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.

F-117 deployed to the Middle East in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.People are our only resource -- everything else is tools.B2 Refueling


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