Nov. 8, 2023 Wright-Patt man completes hike of Appalachian Trail This past summer, the Air Force retiree and longtime 88th Civil Engineer Squadron member made a final push through the arduous “100-mile wilderness” to wrap up his nearly 2,200-mile hike from Amicalola Falls and Springer Mountain, Georgia, to the stony heights of Katahdin, Maine’s highest peak.