Wright-Patt eases mask requirements
By London Bishop - lbishop@aimmediamidwest.com
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE Personnel at Wright Patterson Air Force Base who are fully vaccinated are no longer required to wear masks, according to a situation update by base leadership last week.
In a Facebook live town hall on May 19, installation commander Col. Patrick Miller laid out Wright-Patterson’s revised mask policy, stating that fully vaccinated personnel – meaning two weeks have passed since their last dose – are no longer required to wear a mask indoors or outdoors on the installation, effective immediately.
Installation personnel are not entirely out of the woods yet, however. Miller addressed the recent announcements regarding the state of Ohio health orders, emphasizing that Ohio and Wright-Patterson are two different entities.
Whitehall Community Park memorial bench salutes North American Aviation, Rockwell International workers
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The granite park bench, festooned with images of historic aircraft built at the Columbus division of North American Aviation and, later, North American Rockwell and Rockwell International, was dedicated May 15 at Whitehall Community Park.
About 100 people gathered at the park at 402 N. Hamilton Road to reminisce and honor the contributions the aviation companies made to the industry and central Ohio.
The park, for example, once was known as North American Recreation Park, built by the aviation company for its employees and funded in part by revenue collected in the facility’s vending machines.
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio Five Eastern Orthodox chaplains from the Serbian armed forces visited 88th Air Base Wing chaplains at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base on May 11 during their weeklong tour through the state with the Ohio National,