Wright-Patterson Club Or Wright-Patt Club Or WPAFB Officers Club Wedding

WPAFB Wedding Photos

For me, in Dayton Ohio, photography rarely means photographing Wright-Patterson Air Force Base.  For the most part, WPAFB is inaccessible to civilians who don’t work there.  The three exceptions for this Dayton photographer are Hope Hotel, Wright-Patt Club, and Bass Lake, all wedding venues in Dayton, Ohio.  For this classy wedding, the Officers Club / Officers’ Club / Wright-Patt Club was the wedding and reception venue.

Wright-Patterson Club Reception

This Air Force club, when I was a kid, was referred to as the Officers’ Club.  My dad’s dad used to take me there as a kid.  It is cool to return there to photograph Dayton weddings at this venue which is special to me.  This place offers a huge banquet hall that seats several hundred comfortably.  There is plenty of free parking and great panoramic views of the flight line and swimming pool.  If you can check out this reception site, do it.  It is a nice place for a wedding.

Something funny happened at this Wright-Patterson Club reception. The venue warned the DJ to not use fake fog for the dance floor. Well, he used it anyway and it set off the fire alarms. The entire building had to be evacuated including the event that was happening on the ground floor. We all stood in the parking lot as fire trucks arrived. Everyone knew what was going on, so the mood was great. No one was hurt and the party resumed.

Weddings here do not have an Air Force theme. Sure, there are air force things around, but it is not in your face. Guests do have to show I.D. to get on base, so plan for extra time arriving. It takes a little time to get to the building, so make sure to leave time to drive. The speed limit on base is 25mph.