Top 5 stateside Air Force Bases, according to Air Force Times
1) Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (tie)
1) Scott Air Force Base, Illinois (tie)
3) Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas
4) Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska
5) Luke Air Force Base, Arizona
Editor’s note: This story from 2014 is popular again. Always good to remind people about good things going on in our area.
Here’s something to make the airmen at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base cheer.
The Dayton-area military installation tied Scott Air Force Base in Illinois as Air Force Times' best Air Force base in the country.
The Military Times Group and Gannett Government Media publication considered school quality, local economy, crime rates to traffic, climate, on-base amenities and other factors for its evaluation of 68 stateside bases and their surrounding communities.
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Here is part of what Air Force Times’ wrote about Wright-Patt:
“The average monthly rent for a two-bedroom apartment in Dayton is $641, according to RentJungle.com. An airman basic without dependents would receive $864 in BAH each month, and a colonel with dependents would receive $1,950 a month.
“Airmen who are interested in their service’s history can visit the National Museum of the United States Air Force for free. The museum in June broke ground on an expansion that will eventually house the former Air Force One aircraft aboard which President Johnson was sworn in after President Kennedy’s assassination, as well as a Titan IV space booster rocket, the Lockheed C-130E Hercules, and other aircraft.
Thousands of runners — both military and civilian — run the annual Air Force Marathon at Wright-Patterson each September. The start and finish lines of that race are located at the museum.”
Other awards:
* An Air Force Research Laboratory hypersonic scramjet that reached more than five times the speed of sound was recognized with a significant aerospace award in April 2014 in Washington, D.C. Read story here
* Air Force officials are seeking 2017 nominations for the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year Award. There are three categories for this award: airman, noncommissioned officer and senior NCO. Read story here
What do you think? Is Wright-Patt the nation's best Air Force base?
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