Dance the night away at the Sept. 6 Wright-Patt Air Force Ball

Registration for museum event is now open
The second annual After Dark - Swing the Night Away returned to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. The museum’s quarterly after-hours 21 and up ticketed event featured food, games, trivia, cash bar, swing dancing and rare artifacts. Attendees had up close and personal encounters with the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bockscar (selfie photo op), Douglas A-20G Havoc Little Joe (cockpit look-in) and Curtiss C-46D Commando (open aircraft). TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

Credit: Tom Gilliam

Credit: Tom Gilliam

The second annual After Dark - Swing the Night Away returned to the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024. The museum’s quarterly after-hours 21 and up ticketed event featured food, games, trivia, cash bar, swing dancing and rare artifacts. Attendees had up close and personal encounters with the Boeing B-29 Superfortress Bockscar (selfie photo op), Douglas A-20G Havoc Little Joe (cockpit look-in) and Curtiss C-46D Commando (open aircraft). TOM GILLIAM / CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHER

Registration for the 2024 Team Wright-Patt Air Force Ball is open now.

Attending the ball is a celebration of the shared legacy, commitment to community and to the men and women who serve at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, said the Wright chapter of the Air and Space Forces Association.

The fun starts at 5:30 p.m. Sept 6, with the program beginning at 6:30 p.m. and the after-party starting at 8 p.m. at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force.

Attire is formal, meaning mess dress or semi-formal for members of the military and tuxedo or suit and tie; evening or cocktail dress for civilians.

For more information or to purchase tickets, visit https://www.afadaytonwright.org/events/team-wright-patt-air-force-ball.

The entrance to the museum is found at gate 28B off Springfield Street in Riverside, east of Harshman Road.

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