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  • 442d Medical Squadron welcomes new commander

    U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Patrick Barger, right, 442d Medical Squadron Commander, accepts the squadron flag from Brig. Gen. Roger Suro, 442d Fighter Wing Commander, during the change of command ceremony at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., May 4, 2019. Barger began his military career as an enlisted

  • From refugee to Reserve Citizen Airmen

    In a new country, forced into a completely different way of life, could you make the most out of a seemingly bad situation? For Lt. Col. (Dr.) Shahin Etebar, this was a challenge he was willing to accept. “Failure was not an option,” said Etebar, a flight surgeon and the 476th Aerospace Medical

  • 476th Fighter Group deputy commander recalls lessons learned as POW

    “I said goodbye to myself because I thought I was a dead man.”As a young first lieutenant, Lt. Col. Rob “Sweetness” Sweet, never thought he’d have to live a nightmare. But that’s just what happened when Sweet, now the deputy commander of the 476th Fighter Group at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia,

  • Reserve Citizen Airmen, Marines complete Tropic Koa ACE

    More than 270 Reserve Citizen Airmen and active-duty members return from the 442d Fighter Wing led exercise Tropic Koa ACE, a three-week joint readiness training held Feb. 11 - March 2 at Marine Corps Air Station Kaneohe Bay, Marine Corps Base Hawaii. During the three-week exercise, A-10 pilots

  • 442d Fighter Wing commander promotes to brigadier general

    U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Roger Suro, 442d Fighter Wing Commander, addresses the audience during his promotion ceremony at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, March 2, 2019. Suro served 11 years of active duty service before joining the Air Force Reserve in 2000. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior

  • Jan 2019 Pre-UTA Commander's Commentary

    TRANSCRIPT: HI, I AM ROGER SURO AND THIS IS THE JANUARY UTA VIDEO. HAPPY NEW YEAR AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DID IN 2018 TO MAKE THE 442 FIGHTER WING THE AIR FORCE’S GO-TO A-10 WING FOR FULL-SPECTRUM COMBAT OPERATIONS. 2019 WILL BE AN EXCITING YEAR. OUR WING WILL ADVANCE READINESS THROUGH OPERATION

  • Uniform code of military justice changes

    Effective Jan. 1, 2019, the Military Justice Act of 2016 will instate the most reform to the Uniform Code of Military Justice and Manual for Courts-Martial in decades, modernizing dated aspects of the military justice system while also providing transparency.