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  • Cup of courage

    It's not often you get to travel all over the country with one of your heroes. But that's what Master Sgt. Bob Jackson, a munitions craftsman with the 442nd Maintenance Squadron, is getting to do. Well, sort of. Sergeant Jackson's picture is making a national tour, alongside a picture of one of his

  • Services Flight serves MacDill

    The 442nd Services Flight took to the road April 5, as 21 of its members of traveled to MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., to perform annual training there for two weeks. Working with their counterparts in the 6th Services Squadron, the 442nd Services reservists rotated through several Services areas

  • The Warrior Reintegration Series

    Part One: Meeting the need With readiness to deploy for war a hallmark of training in the Air Force, it would seem strange to think that coming home from war could negatively impact that same readiness. However, such is the view of Col. Steve Arthur, 442nd Fighter Wing commander. He sees a growing

  • Security Forces and transportation troops recount desert duty

    Airmen of the 442nd Security Forces Squadron and the 442nd Logistics Readiness Squadron recently returned home after a seven-month deployment to Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The contingent made up of 26 442nd SFS and five 442nd LRS Airmen, arrived at Kirkuk last

  • Health insurance offered for Citizen Airmen

    The majority of traditional reservists may be eligible to purchase health insurance under a new TRICARE Reserve Select (TRS) plan. The plan is similar to TRICARE Standard and Extra, and features open enrollment, increased availability to survivors and no activation requirements, according to a

  • Nebraska medics take to field for training

    The 710th Medical Squadron, one of the 442nd Fighter Wing's two geographically separated units at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., took to the field during its April unit training assembly to hone their deployed-operations skills. The field-training exercise, located at Offutt's base lake, has been