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  • 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,

  • 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

  • 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

  • Missouri's 'Walkin' Joe' once walked as 442nd Citizen Airman

    The Air Force has produced scores of general officers who have risen through the enlisted ranks to become commissioned officers. Certainly, the 442nd Fighter Wing has enjoyed its own success in commissioning its enlisted Citizen Airmen into the officer corps. However, the wing has the distinction of

  • Wing teams up for total force training

    The lines between active duty and the Air Force Reserve blurred a little more at the 442nd Fighter Wing in February as it partnered with the 81st Fighter Squadron from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, the sameA-10 unit it deployed with 10 months ago. Twenty pilots from the 81st, part of the 52nd

  • Reservist featured in VFW PSA

    A little can say a lot. That's the hope Tom Talbert, communications manager for the Veteran's of Foreign Wars national headquarters in Kansas City, has for three little words said by the 442nd Fighter Wing's Master Sgt. Todd Sieleman. Sergeant Sieleman, the non-commissioned officer in charge of

  • Reservist sets 'bench' mark for AF A-10 canopy repairs

    When the 442nd Maintenance Squadron needs to repair one of the wing's A-10 canopies, they mount the Plexiglas domes on a work bench called a "canopy rigging fixture." The problem is the canopy rigging fixtures they and other Air Force Warthog maintainers have had to use over the years are designed