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  • Lt. Gen. John Bradley, left, commander of Air Force Reserve Command and chief of the Air Force Reserve, listens to Senior Airman Michael Sanders Jr. and Master Sgt. Chandra Sutton Aug. 29, 2006, at the airlift passenger terminal, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The general will visit Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., May 5 to present the Meritorious Unit Award to reservists from the 442nd Fighter Wing who were deployed to Afghanistan last summer. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brian Ferguson)

    AFRC commander to present award May 5

    Air Force reservists from the 442nd Fighter Wing here will be recognized Saturday for their contribution to Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan by the chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command.Lt. Gen. John A. Bradley, will formally present the Air Force Meritorious Unit Award to more than 300 Citizen Airmen

  • More tips for fitness test success

    Some of the Citizen Airmen of the 442nd Fighter Wing who scored 100 percent on their Air Force fitness tests offered their advice on how to score well. - Master Sgt. Michael B. Bannon, 442nd Maintenance Squadron Avionics Flight shop-chief: "People should try not to focus on the total 100 score. They should put more focus on the 70 points that they
  • Senior Master Sgt. Mark Mock, a reservist from the 442nd Maintenance Squadron, jogs at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., to stay in shape. He, along with 17 other Citizen Airmen from the 442nd Fighter Wing, has scored a perfect score on the Air Force fitness test. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. William Huntington)

    How 442nd reservists scored 100 on AF fit test

    Everyone has moments of revelation in their lives. These epiphanies sometimes come from other people, but sometimes they come from within the person themselves. That's what happened to two 442nd Fighter Wing members regarding their health, and their realizations have led them to membership in an elite group of 18 Citizen Airmen in the wing who have
  • Tech. Sgt. Roderic Ventresca, left, and Staff Sgt. Mitch Rice, load 30-mm bullets into an A-10 Thunderbolt II at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, June 14, 2006. The Air Force reservists are two of the more than 300 Citizen Airmen from the 442nd Fighter Wing who are eligible to wear the Air Force Meritorious Unit Award for being part of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing supporting Operation Enduring Freedom in 2006. Members of the 442nd are based at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. (US Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)

    Reservists receive AF Meritorious Unit Award

    The 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, the wing Air Force reservists from the 442nd Fighter Wing were assigned to while serving in Operation Enduring Freedom, has been awarded the Meritorious Unit Award for its performance in Afghanistan. The award recognizes Air Force active-duty, Reserve and Air National Guard units for exceptionally meritorious
  • An A-10 from the 442nd Fighter Wing lands uneventfully at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., March 21, 2007. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)

    Knowledge of procedures serves pilot well during one-engine landing

    Wilbur Wright, who, along with his brother Orville, invented the modern-day airplane, once said, "It is possible to fly without motors, but not without knowledge and skill." In military flying, skill, and especially knowledge, are coveted attributes and both enable pilots to react properly when things don't go as planned. Air Force Reserve A-10

  • 442nd welcomes 10th Air Force SAV team

    The 442nd Fighter Wing will be a hive of activity during the April UTA as the 10th Air Force Staff Assistance Visit team continues to pore over the Wing's records and practices in preparation for the upcoming Unit Compliance Inspection. The UCI, scheduled for July 31 to Aug. 5, will inspect the wing's processes to ensure compliance with Air Force
  • Two U.S. P-51 Mustangs conduct a low strafing pass over the Arizona desert at what is now the Barry M. Goldwater Range. (Courtesy photo)

    Ghosts of past roam range where pilots fly today

    The colorful history of the Barry M. Goldwater Range as an Air Force training asset dates back long before its namesake, the late Arizona U.S. Senator, rose to prominence. While pilots and A-10s from the 442nd Fighter Wing were some of the latest Airmen to train on the range in February and March, it has been in use for more than 60 years. In
  • Erupting like a small volcano, a 500-pound Mark-82 bomb dropped by an Air Force Reserve Command A-10 Thunderbolt II from the 303rd Fighter Squadron, hits it target at High Explosive Hill on the Barry M. Goldwater Range, Ariz. The Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., reservists from the 442nd Fighter Wing were using the range for live ordnance training while temporarily based at Arizona's Davis-Monthan A.F.B. near Tucson. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bill Huntington)

    Goldwater Range balances mission, environment

    With the advantages the military enjoys from such a mammoth training facility like the Barry M. Goldwater Range here, come some unique environmental considerations for its operation. According to Aaron Alvidrez, wildlife biologist for environmental science management at the range, "the goal is to create a training environment, while at the same
  • Staff Sgt. Stephen Spurgeon, 442nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, drives a jammer with a 500-pound bomb for loading on an A-10 at Davis Monthan AFB, Ariz., during the wing's "Patriot Rattlesnake" deployment. Reservists from the 442nd deployed to Arizona from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., to practice employing live munitions on the Barry M. Goldwater Range. (US Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bill Huntington)

    Fighter wing deploys to wild, wild west

    From the ground, the Barry M. Goldwater Range looks like you've been transported to the set of a 1960's Clint Eastwood spaghetti western. The air is dry enough to taste and the ground barely sprouts an occasional cactus. The mind can only envision what creepy kinds of scorpions slither along these barren sands near Gila Bend, Ariz. Home for
  • An A-10 from the Air Force Reserve's 442nd Fighter Wing lands at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo, March 21, 2007, after a training sortie to Cannon Range in central Missouri. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)

    Coming home

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