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  • Eleven 442 FW officers selected for 0-5

    "It is with great pleasure that I announce 11 of our majors were selected for promotion to lieutenant colonel for the 2014 calendar year," Col. Hubert "NATO" Hegtvedt, 3442d Fighter Wing Commander, said today.The following individuals were selected for promotion:* Delena James Chappell, 476 AMDF*

  • Have a great Labor Day weekend

    I hope you have a fantastic Labor Day weekend. Enjoy time with family and friends as we celebrate the symbolic end of summer and the beginning of football season! Also, please remember our fellow 442d members who are deployed--outstanding Citizen-Airmen, defending our freedom half way around the

  • USAF Chief: Expect Further Integration of Guard/Reserve, Active

    The US Air Force's top uniformed official expects to see the lines between the active, guard and reserve components continue to come down as the service looks for ways to operate effectively under limited budgets."If we can become more efficient as an Air Force without losing operational capability,

  • In our Air Force, compassionate leadership is mandatory

    Turn on the news, or log into Facebook, and there's a myriad of stories dedicated to the late Robin Williams. While the news is shocking, what should shock us more is that this act is not relegated only to celebrities. Our Air Force is plagued by suicide. It is real. It is happening, and it must

  • Deployed Reservists talk war and baseball with congresswoman

    It was almost midnight Tuesday, August 19, in Bagram when a room full of deployed Airman from the 442d Fighter Wing took a phone call from Missouri Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler. Lt. Col. Bryan Stone, 303d Air Expeditionary Fighter Squadron Commander, casually mentioned, at the start of the

  • Losing one of our own: Memorial Mass for 442 FW Airman announced

    A Memorial Mass for Senior Airman Juan Pablo Martinez, 31, of Tyler Texas, is scheduled for 10:00 a.m., Friday, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Tyler. Martinez passed away on Sturday, August 9 at his home. A memorial visitation will be held 1-hor prior to the Memorial Mass at the

  • Warthogs soar over Afghanistan

    U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft assigned to the 303rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, fly over Eastern Afghanistan and are refueld by a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 340th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron out of Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar July 10, 2014 The

  • Hagel Praised Robin Williams as 'True Friend' of our Troops

    Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel saluted actor and comedian Robin Williams, who'd passed away yesterday at age 63, for his steadfast support of U.S. troops and veterans over the years.In a statement issued yesterday, Hagel noted that Williams had toured with the USO to entertain overseas-deployed U.S.

  • Citizen Airman aided in her drive for excellence

    Sixty miles is a long way to walk.Senior Airman Thelma Smith had few other options to make the trip from her parents' home in Gandview Mo., to Whiteman Air Force Base for her weekend commitments with the Air Force Reserve. That changed on Friday, August 8.A recent divorce and a car with serious

  • August issue of Citizen Airman is online

    The August issue of Citizen Airman is available on the web at http://www.citamn.afrc.af.mil/. The cover story focuses on the upcoming inactivation of the 4th Combat Camera Squadron at March Air Reserve Base, California. A companion story covers the inactivation of the Readiness Management Group at