» Wright-Patterson employees asked to report to work,

Base won’t know extent of shutdown until today.

The National Museum of the Air Force closed Saturday and other local federal governmental institutions and services will be shut down today if Republicans and Democrats have failed to reach a deal to fund governmental operations.

People who work at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base are being asked to report to work today, but it’s unclear how many may be sent home.

WPAFB Public Affairs Director Marie Vanover said Sunday base officials won’t know until today the extent the shutdown will have on base employees and services.

“We will undergo an orderly shutdown. Those who are not exempt from the furlough will be sent home,” Vanover said.

Vanover said Sunday the base had not yet been advised of “the parameters” that will determine who stays and who goes home.

When the last shutdown struck in 2013, both furloughed workers and those who stayed on the job were reimbursed.

The Child Development Center was scheduled to be open today, Vanover said.

Col. Alden Hilton, commander of the Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine, which marked its 100th anniversary Friday, said essential classes to train aeromedical flight personnel would continue without interruption.

Hundreds of Air Force reservists scheduled for a monthly drill with the 445th Airlift Wing were expected to proceed because it was previously funded, said Lt. Col. Cynthia Harris, a unit spokeswoman.

Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is the largest single-site employer in Ohio with an estimated 27,000 military and civilian personnel.

Wright-Patterson officials will report updates on the plan on its website wpafb. af.mil. The public may also get information by calling Wright-Patterson’s public affairs line, (937) 522-3252.