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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base

Dayton, United States

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Dayton · OH · United States

Position

39.826°, -84.048° · 823 ft elev.

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Historic U.S. Air Force base and aviation research hub.

Opened

1917

Location

Dayton, United States

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation located near Dayton, Ohio. It serves as the headquarters of Air Force Materiel Command and is one of the largest and most diverse bases in the Air Force, with a workforce exceeding 30,000 military, civilian, and contractor personnel. The base has deep historical ties to aviation pioneers Orville and Wilbur Wright, who conducted early flight experiments on the land that now forms part of the installation. It hosts the National Museum of the United States Air Force, the world's largest and oldest military aviation museum, which is open to the public.

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Wright-Patterson AFB has no commercial passenger terminals; it is a military installation with access restricted to authorized personnel.

Getting to & from

The base is accessible by road via Interstate 675 and U.S. Route 40, located approximately 10 miles northeast of downtown Dayton.

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No commercial airlines operate at Wright-Patterson AFB, as it is an active military base.

Notable facts

›Headquarters of Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC).
›Home to the National Museum of the United States Air Force, the world's largest military aviation museum.
›Named in honor of aviation pioneers Wilbur and Orville Wright and Lt. Frank Patterson.
›Hosts the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), a leading defense research organization.
›The installation covers approximately 8,145 acres across two adjacent areas, Areas A and B.

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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) is a United States Air Force base and census-designated place just east of Dayton, Ohio, in Greene and Montgomery counties. It includes both Wright and Patterson Fields, which were originally Wilbur Wright Field and Fairfield Aviation General Supply Depot. Patterson Field is about 16 kilometres (10 mi) northeast of Dayton; Wright Field is about 8.0 kilometres (5 mi) northeast of Dayton.

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