WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Feb. 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news: A conversation with Winston Ferguson's eighth-grade daughter led to an entire school's observance of Black History Month being upgraded. Ferguson, section chief of systems and integration at the Air Force Security Assistance Center on Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, was moved to approach the leadership at Dayton Regional STEM School at the suggestion of his daughter, Giovanna.  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Feb. 11 -- The U.S. Air Force (88th Air Base Wing) issued the following news: The Office of the Secretary of Defense issued a memorandum Feb. 4 that updates mask-use policy on military installations or while performing official duties off the installation. The Defense Department memo is effective immediately and follows a Jan. 20 presidential executive order, "Protecting the Federal Workforce and Requiring Mask-Wearing," which provides updated guidance on the use of  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Feb. 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news: The Tax Center will begin providing income tax-preparation services to eligible members of the Wright-Patterson Air Force Base community on Feb. 16. The center will be open through April 15 but function only in a drop-off capacity due to COVID-19 pandemic concerns. It will be open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and closed on federal holidays and Air Force Materiel C  more

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio, Feb. 11 -- The U.S. Air Force Wright-Patterson Air Force Base issued the following news: The Air Force has a long, colorful and storied history - and Steve Byington has the good fortune to help carry it safely into the future. He gets to do that as the 88th Civil Engineer Group's cultural resources manager, a job he's held since August at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. He has an important mission, and it's one he deeply enjoys. He does the work "so we understand   more