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  • 442nd Fighter Wing hosts Yellow Ribbon event for security forces spouses

    The 442nd Fighter Wing played host to some honored guests here Sep. 26, providing a look at the unit reserved for distinguished visitors.Spouses and family members of deployed Citizen Airmen from the wing's 442nd Security Forces Squadron received a day of tours, discussions, classes and even lunch

  • Crew chiefs keep 442nd FW A-10s combat ready

    Crew chiefs from the 442nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron perform varied, but routine, maintenance on the 442nd Fighter Wing's 27 A-10 Thunderbolt II attack aircraft.Each of the 442nd FW's A-10s is painted with the name of the plane's assigned crew chiefs.  It's often said that crew chiefs "own the

  • 442nd Fighter Wing conducts final exercise before October's inspection

    Air Force Reservists in the 442nd Fighter Wing conducted their final "dress rehearsal" operational readiness exercise here Sep. 16-20 to prepare for an Air Combat Command operational readiness inspection in October.During the exercise, 442nd Citizen Airmen simulated deploying to a forward operating

  • Whiteman SAPR -- providing Airmen a resource when the unthinkable happens

    The Department of Defense stood up the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office in June 2005 in direct response to an alarming rate of sexual assault reports throughout our military services. The SAPR program has three main goals: 1. To deter sexual assaults through education and training. 2.

  • 442nd FW chaplain looks to higher power for help with inspection

    Imagine going through October's operational readiness inspection with your own personal assistant. The goal for the 442nd Fighter Wing's operational readiness inspection, Oct. 23 to 29, is to fly 98 successful sorties. The 442nd FW Chaplain's Office is looking for people from across the wing to team

  • AFRC Commander: Keep components in sync

    "We are not interested in a tiered readiness level," said the chief of the Air Force Reserve Sept. 15 during the Air Force Association's 2009 Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition held at the National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Md. "We are a seamless partner. We must turn challenges into

  • Commentary: The 442nd FW -- full-time force with part-time Citizen Airmen

    Twenty years ago, the Air Force Reserve served the role of a strategic force held in reserve, ready to take over domestic active-duty Air Force functions in the time of a national crisis. Since the first Gulf War in 1991 however, this paradigm has changed drastically. Today, the Air Force Reserve,

  • With ORI around corner, 442nd FW aims for a 'clean sweep'

    When hearing the words "sweep" and "par" the visual of Tiger Woods putting with a broom might come to mind, but for those working in the 442nd Civil Engineer Squadron during the August Unit Training Assembly, there is a completely different meaning. "Post Attack Reconnaissance teams or PAR teams are