Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (KFFO) (Fairborn) MAP
Phone: Air Terminal: 937.257.7741 or 257.6235 (Recording)
Base Operations Desk: 937.257.2131
Longest runway:
Note: Military base; closed to civilian traffic except by permission
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is a major center for Air
Force research, development, acquisition, education,
intelligence and logistics.
The Air Force Material Command has its headquarters on the
base. Its Aeronautical Systems Center develops, acquires
and supports new weapon systems.
The Air
Force Research Laboratory develops technology for future
weapon systems. The Air Force Institute of Technology
educates future military leaders. The National Air and
Space Intelligence Center analyzes foreign aerospace
technology and identifies potential threats.
Wright-Patterson is literally as old as powered flight. It
sprang up around Huffman Prairie in Greene County, east of
the City of Dayton, where Wilbur and Orville Wright
perfected their flying machines in 1904 and 1905.
Many of America's air pioneers earned their wings on
Huffman Prairie in the Wright brothers' flying school,
including General Henry H. "Hap" Arnold, founder of the Air
Force.
The 84-acre Huffman Prairie Flying Field, located off the
end of the base runway, is now a National Historic Landmark
and part of the Dayton Aviation Heritage National
Historical Park.
On
FieldMajor Units
Wright-Patt Aero Club
Base Services
Fisher and Nightengale Houses
Wright-Patterson Medical Center
Huffman Prairie Flying Field
National Museum of the United States Air Force
National Aviation Hall of Fame
Wright Memorial
Nearby
RESTAURANTS | HOTELS
Andy Barnhart Memorial Airport (3OH0, private; 7.4 mi. N)
Dayton VA Medical Center (12 mi. SW)
Honor Flight (13 mi. NE)
Links
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