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  • Commentary: Effectively counting sheep

    I have been working the proverbial graveyard shift for 10 years as a security guard, attending college as a full-time student the past 16 months, raising a 12-year-old son and maintaining the demands of an Air Force Reserve career, which has made sleep an absolute luxury. With the clocks springing

  • 442nd Airmen honor World War II WASPs

    In today's Air Force, it isn't uncommon to see a female pilot boarding a fighter or cargo jet, suiting up and taking off - but it wasn't always that way.Five Airmen from the 442nd Fighter Wing traveled to Washington, D.C. to serve as escorts to the Women Airforce Service Pilots and attended the

  • First Sergeant goes beyond call of duty

    In October 2009 the 442nd Fighter Wing added 1st Sgt. Donald Butler to its mission support group staff communications and services flight.Sergeant Butler, a United States Department of Agriculture employee and a pastor in the civilian world, believes his 11 years of active-duty Air Force service

  • Major takes off to new heights

    Within a few years, she became spacey - literally - planning to eventually work for NASA as an astronaut, something she knew she could only do if she joined the Air Force and became a fighter pilot. Today, nearly 20 years later as an active-duty pilot for the 303rd Fighter Squadron, part of the

  • Families and Airmen reunite during YRRP event

    Fourteen members of the 442nd Security Forces Squadron had the opportunity to attend the Yellow Ribbon Reintegration event with their families in Excelsior Springs, Mo. March 5-6.After a six-month deployment in Iraq, a two-day family event at The Elms Resort and Spa was just the remedy."It was

  • A-10 community guides civilian pilot to safe landing

    Thursday began as a typical day for Maj. Steve Nester, 303rd Fighter Squadron A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot. He suited up and boarded his aircraft, doing all the typical checks and preparing for flight. When his wingman had to make a last-minute abort, he didn't think much of it. It wasn't until he was

  • 442nd CES visit Training Certification Center

    Feb. 28 through March 5, the 442nd Civil Engineers Squadron at Whiteman AFB, Mo. went on a temporary duty assignment to the Air Force Reserve Command Expeditionary Combat Support Training Certification Center, at Dobbins Air Reserve Base.This was a special TDY for the 442nd CES because when the

  • 442nd CES firefighters receive national fire academy certifications

    Ten 442nd Airmen headed to Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga. March 1-5 to participate in a variety of supervisory-level incident management training programs.For the 442nd Civil Engineers Squadron Citizen Airmen, the training took place at the Air Force Reserve Command Expeditionary Combat Support

  • 442nd crew chief saves man's life after highway accident

    A twist of fate found Senior Airman Jesse Farris, 442nd Fighter Wing crew chief, saving the life of a crash victim on the side of a hazardous wintry road in February. Airman Farris was on his way to Whiteman Air Force Base from his home in Iowa, to work for the alternate unit training assembly

  • Men's over-30 basketball team takes title 6th time in 8 years

    The 442nd Fighter Wing over-30 men's basketball team won the championship title for the second year in a row Feb. 16.With a season record of 6-7, it looked like the 442nd wasn't going to continue holding the record as the basketball champions."It was tough to not have all the players there all the