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  • 442d Command Post performs field training at state park

    Two members of the 442d Fighter Wing command post joined two members of the 509th Communication Squadron’s radio maintenance shop for mobile command post training Oct. 6, 2021, at Knob Noster State Park in Knob Noster, Missouri.

  • Haynes assumes command of 442 FSS

    Maj. Ellis Haynes assumed command of the 442d Force Support Squadron from outgoing commander, Lt. Col. Catherine L. Roberts, at a change of command ceremony Oct. 2, 2021, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo.

  • Siems takes command of 442d Operations Support Squadron

    Lt. Col. Scott “Duece” Siems took command of the 442d Operations Support Squadron from Lt. Col. Aaron “Lindy” Linderman October 1, 2021 in a ceremony held in the 5-bay maintenance hangar on Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo.

  • 442 MXG races to success

    The 442d Maintenance Group held a friendly weapons building and loading competition September 11, 2021, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. Four teams of ammo troops each built a GBU-12 laser-guided bomb, MK-82 unguided bomb, and a CATM-9 training missile, then delivered them to one of four

  • Rally in the Rockies 2021: Day 1

    Personnel conducted a high altitude, low opening jump during Rally in the Rockies 2021 exercise, Sept. 13, 2021, Guernsey, Wyo. HALO jumps are typically employed when stealth is necessary to infiltrate enemy territory. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Ashley Walker)

  • FIGHTER PILOT REACHES HISTORIC MILESTONE: 7000 HOURS IN THE A-10C

    Lt. Col. John “Karl” Marks, an Air Force Reserve pilot assigned to the 442d Fighter Wing made history Sept. 1, 2021, as he became the only pilot to reach 7,000 hours in the A-10C Thunderbolt II; in addition to becoming one of the highest-time fighter pilots in the U.S. Air Force.