Friday - November 1, 2024
Tipoffs for Dayton, Ohio (Wright Patterson) Newsletter for Sunday September 08, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Air Force Institute of Technology Welcomes New Commander
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Sept. 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news: By Katie Scott, Air Force Institute of Technology Col. Christopher Rondeau assumed command of Air University Detachment 1 at the Air Force Institute of Technology on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, during a ceremony on July 31, 2024. As AFIT's senior military leader, he is responsible for maintaining good order and discipline among approximately 1,800 active-duty faculty  more

BES Software Development Support Tool Successfully Installs Maintenance Update
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: MAXWELL AFB-GUNTER ANNEX, Ala. In July 2024, the Agile Services Office in the Business and Enterprise Systems (BES) Services Division successfully deployed the most up-to date BES Atlassian Toolset (BAT) maintenance patch to their test environment in preparation for an August production release. This patch incorporates updates to all four Atlassian components, which include Jira,  more

IAPS and DFAS Teams Unite for Impressive Collaboration
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Sept. 1 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: MAXWELL AFB-GUNTER ANNEX, Ala. The Integrated Accounts Payable System (IAPS) is a Defense Finance Accounting Service (DFAS)-Columbus-owned Vendor Pay entitlement system that computes and creates vouchers for payment. Operational since 1972, IAPS processes payments for both commercial services and materiel and supply accounts payable; processing vendor payments valued at over $10   more

Mental health and suicide prevention a top priority at Space Systems Command and across the DoD
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: El Segundo, CA The numbers are stark. The latest data released by the Department of Defense's Defense Suicide Prevention Office reported 94 active duty U.S. military personnel deaths suspected or confirmed by Military Services to be suicides during the first quarter of 2024. The numbers among Air and Space Force personnel have risen 41 percent from 2021 to 2023. Suicide preven  more