The Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Tax Center will be open for limited services during the 2023 season. 

From Feb. 13 to March 17, The Tax Center will offer basic assistance with filing and returns to senior airmen and below in the enlisted ranks as well as first and second lieutenants among officers.  

“We want to make sure that our young Airmen have a resource that allows them to file their taxes on their own--maybe for the first time--so that they understand the process and get in the habit of filing their taxes correctly on time for the future,” said Capt. Michael Eagan, chief of legal assistance as part of the office of the Staff Judge Advocate and officer in charge for the Tax Center.  

In-person appointments are available Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays during regular business hours. Airmen using the center’s services are required to bring all tax documents to the initial intake. 

The Tax Center is located in the Legal Assistance Office on the first floor of Building 10 at 5135 Pearson Road, Area A.  

Please call the Tax Center at 937-904-2181 to make an appointment or for more information. 

The Tax Center can also refer anyone interested to local tax preparers at official IRS centers.   

For more information or to arrange an appointment, contact the Tax Center at 937-257-6150 or email Eagan at michael.eagan.5@us.af.mil. 

In 2022, the team served 45 clients, saving them $32,028 in tax preparation fees. These efforts led to the tax center recovering $113,768 in federal and state refunds for the members of Team Wright-Patt.   

If you’re a civilian or outside the eligible ranks, other resources to assist with filing taxes are:  

https://irs.treasury.gov/freetaxprep/ 

https://www.militaryonesource.mil/financial-legal/taxes/miltax-military-tax-services/ 

The Military Officers Association of America’s Dayton Area Chapter is accepting applications through April 15 for its annual $2,000 merit scholarship. Applicants must be high school seniors in the Dayton area with a parent eligible for MOAA membership. That includes active-duty, Reserve, National Guard and retired service members from any military branch.

The $2,000 scholarship award will be based upon the applicant’s merits as determined by members of the MOAA Dayton Area Chapter’s Scholarship Evaluation Committee. For an application or more information, contact retired Army Lt. Col. Thomas Robisch, the scholarship committee chair, at trobisch63@gmail.com or 757-327-1388.

The National Aviation Hall of Fame is an organization dedicated to celebrating air and space advancements made possible by America’s innovators and visionaries. Chartered by Congress in 1964, the Hall of Fame is a nonprofit organization that honors the men and women who reached skyward and succeeded.

The hall wants to share its message and the life stories of enshrinees in a broad variety of venues and is seeking volunteers to assist in that mission.

NAHF is co-located with the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force. Admission is free and open to the public every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 4:30 p.m., except for federal holidays and Easter.

Volunteers work four-hour shifts as often as they’d like. Perks include enshrinement invitations, merchandise discounts, fellowship, food and quarterly appreciation meals.

For details, contact Meagan Scharrer at mscharrer@nationalaviation.org or call 937-256-0944, ext. 16. NAHF’s website is www.nationalaviation.org.

Active-duty Airmen considering a transition to the Air Force Reserve face requirements and options ahead of making the move.

Whether life circumstances change or active duty simply isn’t a good fit, the Air Force offers two programs that allow members to continue serving part time: Palace Chase and Palace Front. Both are offered to active-duty officers and enlisted members, giving them the opportunity to transfer from active duty to an Air Reserve Component.

For officers, a scroll is required before your date of separation and can take up to nine months to complete. Without it, a break in service will accrue.

For more information or a list of options, contact Master Sgt. Michelle Shutler, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base’s in-service recruiter, at 937-271-9707.

Applications are now available for several scholarships supported by the Society of American Military Engineers Kittyhawk Post.   

The Kittyhawk Post grants scholarships annually to encourage students in the Post’s region (Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky) to pursue careers in fields related to the Society’s mission - engineering, architecture, construction, facilities management and environmental management/science. The program is designed to cover all levels of post-high-school education to include bachelors and graduate degrees. The number and value of scholarships awarded may vary from year to year, thanks in part to donations from many of the posts sustaining (private industry) members. Grants are unrestricted, and they are usually offered in the $1,000 to $2,000 range, as funds allow. 

Scholarships are open to all qualifying local students whose applications are received by the deadline, April 1, 2023. The Post’s Major General Barnes, April Lewis, and sustaining member scholarships are intended to assist current undergraduate students and 2023/24 entering freshmen in fields related to the society’s mission. The Post’s Timothy Curtis scholarship is designed to aid students with at least one year of full-time work experience who are returning to school to pursue a degree in a supported career field or to make a career change into these fields.  

The Society of American Military Engineers leads collaborative efforts to identify and resolve national security infrastructure-related challenges. It is the premier professional association for military, public, private, and academic professionals in the architecture, engineering, construction (A/E/C), facility management and environmental fields, working towards America’s national security. 

For information on these scholarships, application forms, and procedures, go to https://classic.same.org/Get-Connected/Find-a-Post/Kittyhawk/STEM/Scholarships. For questions, contact Ms. Tina Kuroiwa-Bazzan at kittyhawkpost@gmail.com or 347-788-0626. 

Effective immediately, the Wright-Patterson Medical Center front atrium entrance overhang and MRI entrance overhang are designated as no hat/no salute areas. All uniformed personnel will still be required to render appropriate customs and courtesies during the playing of reveille and retreat. Please direct any questions to the 88th Medical Group First Sergeant at 937-257-1481.