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  • A-10 gun facts

    In 1970, when General Electric first produced the GAU -8/A Avenger 30- mm aerial mounted cannon for the U.S. Air Force, who could have imagined the gun and airplane built around it would play such a key role in its air-assault arsenal for so many years to come? This incredible weapon, the heart of

  • Gun represents business end of wing's A-10s

    It might surprise you that the biggest guns in the U.S. aviation arsenal are housed right here with the 442nd Fighter Wing and more specifically on each of the wing's A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft. Those entrusted with keeping these killer-cannons maintained work in the 442nd armament shop. They know

  • Wright Flight soars -- program takes youth to new heights

    Following a tradition established by now-retired Col. Dewayne Burgess, the 442nd Fighter Wing's Human Resources Development Council continues to sponsor the Wright Flight program at area schools. Wright Flight is an aviation-themed youth mentoring program that uses some of manned flight's notable

  • Conversation with AFRC commander

    Lt. Gen. John A. Bradley, chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command, answered a few questions for the 442nd Fighter Wing's magazine, The Mohawk, during his visit to the wing May 5. Mohawk: Currently the Air Force relies on the volunteerism of its Citizen Airmen to

  • Lt. Gen. Bradley visits reservists during May UTA

    At a ceremony May 5, Lt. Gen. John A. Bradley, the top general in the Air Force Reserve, presented the Air Force Meritorious Unit Award to 442nd Fighter Wing members who were deployed from May until mid-September 2006 in Afghanistan as part of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing. The general, who once

  • 442nd reservist garners best in Air Force PA award

    An air reserve technician from the 442nd Fighter Wing was named the 2006 outstanding, wing-level field grade officer in public affairs for the entire Air Force May 8. Maj. David Kurle, the wing's chief of public affairs, was awarded the same honor for Air Force Reserve Command in March. In addition,

  • Maintenance Airmen fight corrosion in belly of the beast

    It's amazing what an Airman can do with a little time and material. When Airmen of the 442nd Fuel Cell shop discovered severe corrosion in a fuel cell on aircraft number 237 in late February, the wing's structure shop was faced with manufacturing and installing a floor in the cell, a repair job that

  • On-line poll asks: Are employers reluctant to hire reservists?

    As reservists and guardsmen across the country continue to fight battles in the Global War on Terror, they might find getting hired for civilian employment could be a battle in and of itself. An unscientific poll, conducted on-line by Workforce Management Magazine at its Web site, www.workforce.com,

  • Anthrax shots mandatory for some wing members

    The Deputy Secretary of Defense recently announced the resumption of the mandatory anthrax vaccine immunization program for selected military members, including members of the 442nd Fighter Wing slated for deployment to certain locations. Airmen with orders to, or currently in, specific high-threat