Due to the National Day of Mourning to honor President James Earl “Jimmy” Carter, Jr., several gates around Wright-Patterson Air Force Base will be closed. According to Wright-Patt, the following ...

“Mission-essential employees should use Gates 12A (AFMC HQ) or 22B (I-675) during the delay hours. Gate 26A (Commercial Gate) will remain open until noon today,” a statement from their post.

Some Wright Patterson Air Force Base gates and offices will be closed Thursday for what is considered a national day of mourning for former President Jimmy Carter, who died Dec. 29 at the age of 100.

Some six inches of snow (and counting) have closed Wright-Patterson Air Force Base to non-mission-essential personnel Monday, the base said. Monday evening, the 88th Air Base Wing said the base would ...