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WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE
— Wright-Patterson Air BASE Force Base marks its 100th anniversary Saturday on the field where the Wright brothers soared in box-like planes made of fabric, wire and wood to perfect powered flight.
The Miami Valley military base charts its lineage to the creation of the Army Air Service’s Wilbur Wright Field and McCook Field in 1917 in Dayton.
The Air Force and the National Park Service have teamed up to mark the historic century milestone with the Great Wright Brothers Aero Carnival at Huffman Prairie Flying Field, which today is part of Wright-Patterson.
“We’re hoping that people get a greater appreciation for what the Wrights did and the
significance of Huffman Prairie Flying Field, not just as an historic field for the Wright brothers, but also as the forerunning of what is today Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,” said Robert W. Petersen, a National Park Service ranger and one of the organizers of the celebration.
The annual family-oriented celebration, expanded this year to mark the base’s centennial, has scheduled civilian plane flyovers, parachute jumps, historic aircraft displays, hay rides and a litany of attractions on the historic field, organizers said.