DaytonDefense welcomes Colonel Dustin Richards!
Colonel Dustin C. Richards is the Commander of the 88th Air Base Wing at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. The 88th Air Base Wing is the largest air base wing in the Air Force with more than 5,000 officers and enlisted Airmen, Air Force civilians and contractor employees. The wing provides support and services to the largest, most diverse, and most organizationally complex base in the Air Force which hosts 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 30,000 military, government civilian, and contractor employees and associate units.
Colonel Richards is a 2001 graduate of Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. He has served in numerous Wings, Numbered Air Force, Air Staff positions, and commanded a Mission Support Group and three Civil Engineer Squadrons. He has deployed four times in support of Operations SOUTHERN WATCH, IRAQI FREEDOM, NEW DAWN, FREEDOM’S SENTINEL, and RESOLUTE SUPPORT. In his previous assignment, he served as the Senior Military Assistant, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Energy, Installations and Environment, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
December 4, 2024
Doors open at 11:00am
Lunch Served at 11:30am
Speaker Remarks from 12:00-1:00pm
IMPORTANT: This event is closed to the media.
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