ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Oklahoma, June 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Altus Air Force Base (97th Air Mobility Wing) issued the following news: By Senior Airman Miyah Gray, 97th Air Mobility Wing Public Affairs Mark Patterson, 97th Comptroller Squadron budget analyst, will be retiring after forty-two years of combined service in the Army, Coast Guard, and civil service. Patterson began his military journey with the Army in 1978 with the desire to learn a trade and gain stability. He says his father, a  more