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Making adjustments

WHITEMAN AFB, Mo. -- Tech. Sgt. Leroy Sharbono, a 442nd Maintenance Squadron Aerospace Ground Equipment technician and an Air Force reservist, here, works on an aircraft jack stand, one of the many types of equipment the AGE shop is responsible for maintaining. US Air Force photo / Master Sgt. Bill Huntington

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Making adjustments

Staff Sgt. Clay Hudson, a vehicle mechanic with the 442nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, adjusts a fitting on an air conditioning repair job. The 442nd LRS is a part of the 442nd Fighter Wing, an Air Force Reserve Command A-10, Thunderbolt II, fighter unit based at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. (US Air Force photo/MSgt. Bill Huntington)

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Marriage Enrichment

442nd Fighter Wing reservists and spouses attended a marriage enrichment seminar hosted by the 442nd FW Chaplain team on Feb. 24 and 25, 2012. On the final day of the seminar, the couples were given the oppportunity to renew their vows to one another. The 442nd Fighter Wing is an A-10 Thunderbolt II Air Force Reserve unit at Whiteman AFB, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Wesley Wright)

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Marriage Enrichment

442nd Fighter Wing reservists and spouses attended a marriage enrichment seminar hosted by the 442nd FW Chaplain team on Feb. 24 and 25, 2012. The 442nd Fighter Wing is an A-10 Thunderbolt II Air Force Reserve unit at Whiteman AFB, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Wesley Wright)

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Marshmallow tower

Wearing the red rope, Kevin Meives, a trainee in the 442nd development and training flight, gives his team guidance as they build a marshmallow tower to be judged by instructors on: height, strength, appearance and the story for how it was constructed for a team building exercise during the June 2012 unit training assembly. The 442nd DTF is part of the 442nd Fighter Wing, an A-10 Thunderbolt II Air Force Reserve unit at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Kent Kagarise)

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Mass enlistment of reservists

Lt. Col. Charles French, 442nd Mission Support Group deputy commander, administers the Oath of Enlistment to seven new Air Force Reservists during a mass enlistment ceremony in the 442nd Fighter Wing's conference room Oct. 9. The seven new recruits are the first of Fiscal Year 2010 for the Air Force Reserve recruiting team at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. The Whiteman recruiters will have to recruit more than 183 new reservists in order to exceed their recruiting goal for the sixth straight fiscal year. In Fiscal Year 2009, Air Force Reserve recruiters made 158 percent of their goal by bringing in 186 new Citizen Airmen. The newest Citizen Airmen are, from left to right, Gregory Dixon, Diana Ibarra, Kevin Buchanan, David Shannon III, Jeremie Jamito, Doniel Love and Richard Whitlock. The 442nd Fighter Wing is an Air Force Reserve unit based at Whiteman. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)

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Master Sgt. production superintendent

Master Sgt. Victoriano Rodriguez, 23rd Fighter Group, Detachment 2, production supervisor, inspects components on an A-10 Thunderbolt II on Jan. 9, 2013. Rodriguez is part of the total force integration of active-duty Airmen into the Air Force Reserve. The 23rd FG, Detachment 2, is an A-10 Thunderbolt II active-duty unit at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. The detachment operates under the direction of the 442nd Fighter Wing, an A-10 Thunderbolt II Air Force Reserve unit at Whiteman AFB, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Wesley Wright/Released)

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Maverick removal

Airman 1st Class Shane Dunn (right) and Master Sgt. Jim Kirksey, 442nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, pull the pin to release an AGM-65 Maverick missile onto a Jammer controlled by Tech. Sgt. Ken Portell Dec. 19 at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. The Air Force reservists are members of the 442nd Fighter Wing, which operates, maintains and supports a squadron of A-10 ground attack aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samuel A. Park)

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Maverick upload

Master Sgt. Edward Coyle, 442nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, (left) gives commands through hand signals to the driver of a jammer while Jim Smitka, 442nd AMXS, locks an AGM-65 Maverick to a weapons pylon station Sept. 17. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samuel A. Park)

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Medical aid in the field

Air Force reservist Tech. Sgt. Angela Harroun, 710th Medical Squadron, and her team administer aid to a wounded "victim" during a field-training exercise at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., as her commander, Col. Joan Gonzalez, observes the activities. The 710th is an Air Force Reserve Command squadron based at Offutt and is a geographically-separated unit assigned to the 442nd Fighter Wing at Whiteman AFB, Mo. (US Air Force photo/ Master Sgt. Bill Huntington)

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Medical squadron gets new commander

Col. Jerry Fenwick, right, accepts the flag of the 442nd Medical Squadron from Col. Mark Clemons, 442nd Fighter Wing commander, during a change of command ceremony Nov. 9 in the Whiteman Air Force Base Clinic. Colonel Fenwick, who is on the clinical staff at Cox Health Hospitals in Springfield, Mo., and is a former active -duty Army physician, took command of the medical squadron during the event. The 442nd Medical Squadron maintains the health and welfare of approximately 1,200 Air Force reservists in the 442nd Fighter Wing, based at Whiteman AFB, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)

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Medicine man

Tech. Sgt., now Doctor, Scott Avery from the 442nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, stands with an AIM-9 air-to-air missile. Sergeant Avery graduated from medical school in September and is also an Air Force Reservist who loads ordnance on A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft for the 442nd Fighter Wing, based at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bill Huntington)

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Meet and greet

Members of the Kansas City Chiefs administration, players and cheerleaders visited the 442d Fighter Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base November 11. Mr. John Dorsey, the team's general manager, noticed the wing's informal arrowhead logo and requested 13 morale shirts in XXXL for the Chief's offensive linemen during his visit. The request is part of a 20 year relationship between the Kansas City Chiefs and the 442d Fighter Wing, which is a reservist wing comprised largely of locals from Kansas City. (Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Emily F. Alley)

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Meeting a new commander

Led by Col. James Mackey, 442nd Fighter Wing vice commander, the men and women of the wing stand in formation at the installation of Col. Mark Clemons as the wing's new commander Aug. 2, 2008. Colonel Clemons replaces Col. Steve Arthur who leaves the 442nd to be the vice commander of 10th Air Force, at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Ft. Worth, Texas. The 442nd FW is an Air Force Reserve Command A-10 Thunderbolt II unit at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. (US Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bill Huntington)

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Memorial Day 2008

Col. Robert S. Arthur, 442nd Fighter Wing commander, stands at attention while the Whiteman Air Force Base Honor Guard marches off-stage in front of the Kansas City Symphony during a Memorial Day observance, May 25, 2008. Colonel Arthur was the military master of ceremonies for the annual "Celebration at the Station" observance produced by the Kansas City Symphony at Union Station and the World War I Liberty Memorial in downtown Kansas City. The evening's events included patriotic music performed by the symphony, as well as ceremonies honoring all members of the U.S. armed forces in front of more than 40,000 spectators. The 442nd Fighter Wing is an Air Force Reserve A-10 Thunderbolt II-unit based at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)

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Memorial Day 2008

Colonel Robert S. Arthur (center) introduces honor guards from all four branches of the military and the U.S. Coast Guard, May 25, 2008, at the Kansas City Symphony's "Celebration at the Station" Memorial Day observance. The annual event, held at Kansas City's Union Station and World War I Liberty Memorial, attracts 40,000 spectators who enjoy patriotic music performed by the symphony, as well as ceremonies honoring America's armed forces. Colonel Arthur is the commander of the 442nd Fighter Wing, an Air Force Reserve A-10 Thunderbolt II-unit based at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)

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Memorial Day 2008

Col. Robert S. Arthur, 442nd Fighter Wing commander, stands at attention with the Whiteman Air Force Base Honor Guard while the Kansas City Symphony plays the Air Force Song to observe Memorial Day, May 25, 2008. The members of the honor guard are, left to right, Airman 1st Class Gregory Diaz, Airman 1st Class Jonathan Leonard, Senior Airman Andrew Hammes and Airman 1st Class Brian Lowes. Colonel Arthur was the military master of ceremonies for the annual "Celebration at the Station" observance produced by the Kansas City Symphony at Union Station and the World War I Liberty Memorial in downtown Kansas City. The evening's events included patriotic music performed by the symphony, as well as ceremonies honoring all members of the U.S. armed forces in front of more than 40,000 spectators. The 442nd Fighter Wing is an Air Force Reserve A-10 Thunderbolt II-unit based at Whiteman. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)

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Meritorious Unit Award

WHITEMAN AFB, Mo. -- Lt. Gen. John Bradley, chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command, addresses 442nd Fighter Wing members, May 5, at a ceremony awarding some wing members the Meritorious Unit Award for their service in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom from the beginning of May until mid-September 2006. The award recognizes Air Force active-duty, Reserve and Air National Guard units for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding achievement or service in direct support of combat operations for at least 90 continuous days during the period of military operations against an armed enemy of the United States on or after Sept.11, 2001. (US Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bill Huntington)

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Mildenhall Deployment

RAF MILDENHALL, England -- Airman 1st Class Kyle A. Clark, 442nd Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels technician, completes daily inspections on a refueling truck here, June 30, 2012. Clark, along with approximately 50 other reservists from the squadron, was deployed for training. The 442nd LRS is part of the 442nd Fighter Wing, an A-10 Thunderbolt II Air Force Reserve unit at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Danielle Johnston)

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Mildenhall Deployment

RAF MILDENHALL, England -- Senior Airman Nicholas S. Horsely and Airman 1st Class Kyle A. Clark, 442nd Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels technicians, complete daily inspections on a refueling truck here, June 30, 2012. Horsely and Clark, along with approximately 50 other reservists from the squadron, were deployed for training. The 442nd LRS is part of the 442nd Fighter Wing, an A-10 Thunderbolt II Air Force Reserve unit at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Danielle Johnston)

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