News Search

  • 442nd CES performs training at RAF Mildenhall

    The reservists will work in two-to-three man teams to accomplish nearly a dozen tasks in support of the active-duty CES here. Approximately 50 members of the 442nd Civil Engineers Squadron returned here July 1 after completing two weeks of annual training in RAF Mildenhall, England.The 442nd CES

  • 442nd Medical Squadron gets hands-on in Hawaii

    During the 442nd Fighter Wing's June 2012 deployment to Hawaii, members of the 442nd Medical Squadron had several opportunities to get valuable training -- one of which included medically assisting Army dependents. Maj. Jill Blake, 442nd MDS medical adminsitration flight commander, and Senior Master

  • Honoring the fallen: Reservists work in mortuary affairs

    Decades after the Vietnam and Korea conflicts, the mortal remains of our fallen military members continue to be recovered from battlefields across Asia.Members of the 442nd Services Flight recently deployed here for training and two of those services members, Airman 1st Class Cierra Lawson and

  • HRDC Summer Events

    The following is a list of Human Resources Development Council events taking place this summer. All Airmen are eligible to participate. The League of United Latin American Citizens Convention and Exposition is June 25-30, at the Disney's Coronado Springs Resort, Orlando. HRDC will visit the

  • 442nd Reservists promoted in June

    The following reservists from the 442nd Fighter Wing are promoted as of June 1, 2012:Chief Master Sgt. Dennis Lyon, 442nd Maintenance GroupMaster Sgt. Christopher Ballard, 917th Maintenance SquadronMaster Sgt. Jacob Flink, 476th Maintenance SquadronMaster Sgt. Brianna Geffre, 442nd Force Support

  • Mission success in 2012: Halfway there

    Well team, we're halfway through 2012, and the 442nd Fighter Wing has already excelled in mission accomplishment from combat operations to safely bringing our people back home. Supporting Deployments is the wing's top priority for 2012, and that includes our combat deployments as well as the

  • Wing serves WASPs at Sweetwater homecoming

    Think back to a time when women were very limited in the career choices they had much less being able to fly airplanes during war time. There was such a time, until World War II when women were being recruited to serve as pilots to fly military aircraft from September 1942 until December 1944. They

  • 'Arrow heads' around the world

    The Kansas City Chiefs are no longer the only organization who uses the KC arrowhead as an emblem of pride. Add an A-10 to the already-famous red and yellow arrowhead, and you've got the most recognizable logo for the 442nd FW at Whiteman. This summer the wing is taking the pride of the 442nd FW

  • Whiteman members eligible for Returning Heroes Act

    With the deployment tempo here, many are eligible for Missouri's Returning Heroes Act. Public institutions of higher education who receive a part of their funding from the state are participants in this program. The Missouri Returning Heroes Education Act caps tuition charged to combat veterans to