Breaking ground
442nd Fighter Wing commander, Col. Steve Arthur, second from left, leads the groundbreaking for a new operations building for the wing's 303rd Fighter Squadron. Assisting Colonel Arthur were, from left, Bob Hagedorn, chief of staff for U.S. Congressman Ike Skelton; Steve Iverson, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers project manager; Col. John Robinson, 509th Bomb Wing vice commander; Lt. Col. Mark Ernewein, 303rd Fighter Squadron commander; and Mitch Pinkham, ECI Construction,Mason and Hangar. The 442nd FW is an Air Force Reserve A-10 Thunderbolt II unit at Whiteman AFB, Mo. (US Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bill Huntington)