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  • 'Life ensurance'

    Approximately two years ago life support and survival equipment technicians combined forces to create the aircrew flight equipment shop, part of the 442nd Operations Group. AFE technicians are now responsible for every piece of life-saving equipment pilots use during missions. "Thanks to the merger

  • 442nd Fighter Wing changes command

    During a change-of-command ceremony Dec. 5, Col. Eric S. Overturf assumed command of the 442nd Fighter Wing from Col. Mark L. Clemons.During the ceremony, Maj. Gen. Frank Padilla talked about how this transition resembles a similar change in leadership that took place in the New York Yankees

  • The lowdown: ORI, phase one

    The 442nd Fighter Wing is scheduled to participate in a phase-one, operational-readiness inspection, August 2010. Phase-one inspections are designed to test a unit's capability to deploy within a 72-hour time frame. "In 2003 we had barely any notice to prepare for Iraq," said Senior Master Sgt.

  • Spouses refuel: A-10 pilots' spouses participate in refueling mission

    Fighter pilot spouses, of the 303rd Fighter Squadron, boarded a KC-135R Stratotanker this fall to watch an A-10 Thunderbolt II refueling mission. Thirteen spouses had the opportunity to watch the refueling side-by-side with the boom operator onboard an aircraft operated by the 190th Air Refueling

  • Commentary: Surviving water-survival training

    Aside from my A-10 "certification" on the flight simulator at the Mall of America in Minneapolis, Minn., I don't have much experience piloting aircraft - or surviving in the water after an emergency ejection.As a former student-hire with the 442nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, I worked in the

  • Whiteman Airmen to receive new gas masks

    Whiteman recently received sufficient supply of the new M-50 Joint Service General Purpose (gas) Mask to begin the replacement of the MCU-2 A/P mask to emergency responders. Training at this Air Force Global Strike Command base is already ongoing at the 509th Security Forces Squadron.At this time,

  • Commentary: Smoke alarms: A sound you can live with

    A pot holder too close to a lit burner or a space heater left on overnight could be all it takes to start a fire. In fact, cooking and heating are among the leading causes of home fires in the United States, according to the nonprofit National Fire Protection Association. Once a fire has started in

  • A-10 pilots test skills, share tactics at Hawgsmoke 2010

    BOISE, Idaho -- While they didn't walk away with the Hawgsmoke 2010 trophy, members of the 442nd Fighter Wing's 303rd and 76th Fighter Squadrons did reap plenty of other rewards from the event held at Gowen Air National Guard Base here Oct. 13 to 16."The focus is the competition but there are plenty

  • 442nd Airmen assist with search for missing boy during October UTA

    Reservists from the 442nd Fighter Wing joined local law enforcement and community members Oct. 4 to find a missing child."Sunday, during our morning briefing, active-duty security forces notified us that there was a missing 5-year-old boy with Down syndrome from Knob Noster and were requesting

  • New wing commander named Sept. 30

    The 442nd Fighter Wing here can expect a new commander soon, according to an Air Force Reserve Command senior leader announcement.Col. Eric S. Overturf was named as the incoming commander and will replace Col. Mark L. Clemons during a change of command ceremony expected in December.Colonel Overturf