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  • Reservist reenlists after 19-year break in service; sworn in by son

    Nineteen years after separating from the active duty Air Force, Staff Sgt. Scott Long, 476th Maintenance Squadron fuel systems craftsman, enlisted into the Air Force Reserve.Sergeant Long's son, U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Brandon Long, 1-169 Aviation Support Battalion liaison officer, presided over the July

  • Calls from Afghanistan

    For retired Lt. Gen. John Bradley, former commander of the Air Force Reserve Command and the 442nd Fighter Wing, Whiteman AFB, Mo., and his wife, Jan Bradley, a single deployment to Afghanistan was a life-changing event. In December 2007, John Bradley was about to go on his fourth deployment to

  • Civil engineers head to Texas, prepare for deployment

    Approximately 35 reservists from the 442nd Civil Engineers Squadron boarded a C-130 Hercules, July 30 and headed to Fort Bliss, Texas, where they will attend three weeks of combat skills training prior to leaving for Afghanistan. The Citizen Airmen, who have been preparing for the deployment for

  • A military-civilian symmetry

    For someone working two jobs, it can be exasperating to learn to cope with the challenges that develop from competing demands. However, local veteran, Senior Master Sgt. Mike Bax, has successfully subdued such concerns while working at RR Donnelly and serving several tours in the Air Force Reserve.

  • 442nd Medical Squadron: Dashing Warriors

    Approximately seven to 10 members of the 442nd Medical Squadron will compete in the Warrior Dash in Kansas City, Mo. July 30.Warrior Dash is an extreme sports event hosted annually across the United States which consists of a timed run on a 3.1-mile course with 10 different obstacles. A few of these

  • Sweating it out

    With the 442nd Fighter Wing's phase I operational readiness exercise in July and inspection in August, the words wet bulb will be used often, but many Citizen Airmen have never seen this mythological creature or understand its implications.The wet bulb globe is an instrument that measures how long

  • Downrange, up to speed

    Approximately 35 reservists from the 442nd Civil Engineers Squadron are scheduled to deploy to Southwest Asia in August.The Citizen Airmen will support U.S. Army and coalition forward operations.Lt. Col. Mark Davison, commander of the 442nd CES, and Senior Master Sgt. Nathan Hooton, 442nd CES

  • 917th fighter pilots set aviation record

    Four Barksdale-based Air Force Reserve fighter pilots made aviation history by setting a new record for combined hours in the cockpit of the A-10 Thunderbolt II fighter jet, July 15.Col. James Macaulay, Lt. Col. David Deaton, Lt. Col. Marc Olson and Lt. Col. Brady Glick, all assigned to the 47th

  • Gone in 45 seconds

    On May 22, Staff Sgt. Derik Campbell, 442nd Security Forces Squadron, intently stared at the TV in his northern Joplin, Mo. home, when the news coverage displayed a funnel cloud tearing through the heart of his town.With transformers exploding and lightning flashing on the horizon Sergeant Campbell