New Year Kick Off

The January luncheon kicked off the New Year with the installation of its officers and a state of the base presentation by the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base commander. Col. Cassie B. Barlow, USAF, is the 88th Air Base Wing and Installation commander, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. She commands one of the largest air base wings in the Air Force with more than 5,000 Air Force military, civilian and contractor employees. The wing provides support and services to one of the largest, most diverse and most organizationally complex bases in the Air Force including a major acquisition center, research and development laboratories, a major command headquarters, an airlift wing and the world's largest military air museum. The base is home to more than 27,000 employees and is the largest single site employer in the state of Ohio.