Aviation industry has always been big news in Miami Valley

In 1987, fellow reporter Wes Hills and I broke the story about the Air Force's cover-up of a major radiation spill on Wright-Pat. In 1996, I covered an even scarier story when workers unearthed an old dump full of warheads marked as biological weapons. They proved harmless, but the dig exhumed...

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Published inDayton daily news (Dayton, Ohio. 1987)
Main Author Gaffney, Tim
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dayton, Ohio Atlanta Journal Constitution, LLC 01.01.2007
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Jones, Jack
Wright-Pat
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Summary:In 1987, fellow reporter Wes Hills and I broke the story about the Air Force's cover-up of a major radiation spill on Wright-Pat. In 1996, I covered an even scarier story when workers unearthed an old dump full of warheads marked as biological weapons. They proved harmless, but the dig exhumed an old Wright-Pat role in America's germ warfare program. I wondered that myself. [Jack Jones] was my idol. I had grown up in Dayton devouring aviation and space news, and Jack's reports were an period. Many journalists spend their careers aspiring to national or global beats on the big daily papers. I found myself possessing one. The Wright brothers invented modern aviation in their West Dayton bicycle shop, and Dayton people have been pushing back the frontiers of flight ever since. In the labs at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, in local universities and in countless companies scattered across the region, scientists and engineers are shaping the future of flight.
ISSN:0897-0920