Thursday - November 28, 2024
Tipoffs for Dayton, Ohio (Wright Patterson) Newsletter for Friday August 09, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Construction begins as Tinker AFB prepares for EV fleet transition
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Aug. 7 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. 72nd Air Base Wing Civil Engineering Directorate Air Quality Program Manager James Brown plugs in a Ford Lightning using a charger installed in 2018. Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma has been selected to participate in a pilot program that will transition its current fleet of GOVs from gasoline to all electric. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Clayton Cummins)   more

Construction begins as Tinker AFB prepares for EV fleet transition
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Aug. 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. 72nd Air Base Wing Civil Engineering Directorate Air Quality Program Manager James Brown plugs in a Ford Lightning using a charger installed in 2018. Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma has been selected to participate in a pilot program that will transition its current fleet of GOVs from gasoline to all electric. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Clayton Cummins)   more

Senate Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs Committee Chairman Brown Issues Statement at Hearing on Advancing National Security
WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, released the following statement from a July 25, 2024, hearing entitled "Advancing National Security through Export Controls, Investment Security, and the Defense Production Act": * * * We face an uncertain world with many geopolitical challenges - from Russia's continued brutal invasion of Ukraine, to ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, to an increasingly aggressive and cap  more