WikimediaWhich brings me to the subject of Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, the biggest single-site employer in Ohio and the nerve center of Air Force innovation. But it is what the Air Force does at Wright-Patt that makes the base an engine of growth for the Dayton area, accounting directly and indirectly for about 14% of the regional economy. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is the home of the Air Force Materiel Command, the sprawling organization that buys all of the Air Force's aircraft, missiles, and other warfighting equipment. For example, the Air Force Research Laboratory collocated with the Materiel Command at Wright-Patt controls the Air Force's entire science and technology budget, and five of its eight technical directorates are at the base. So a good deal of research on air vehicles, propulsion concepts, airborne sensors and advanced materials is performed in the Dayton area.

Source: Forbes April 18, 2018 15:18 UTC