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With a mighty swing of a padded club a family member tries to take out Tech. Sgt. Richard Mesar, 442nd Security Forces Squadron, dressed in a "Red Man" suit, during one of many mock pitched "battles" staged during the 442nd Fighter Wing's Family Appreciation Day picnic Oct. 14, 2007. The 442nd is an Air Force Reserve Command A-10 Thunderbolt II unit based at Whiteman AFB, Mo. (US Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bill Huntington)

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Taping for Hawgsmoke

Staff Sgt. Sarah Bower and Master Sgt. Mark Shaw apply reflective tape to the flight line at the Salina, Kan., airport Sept. 25, 2008, to prepare for Hawgsmoke 2008, which will be held there Oct. 15 to 18. Hawgsmoke is a bienniel A-10 bombing and gunnery competition, hosted by the 442nd Fighter Wing, an Air Force Reserve A-10 unit based at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. Sergeant Bower is a member of the the 442nd Aicraft Maintenance Squadron's Specialist Flight and Sergeant Shaw is in the 442nd Maintenance Squadron's Armament Flight. The tape will be used to mark the taxi paths and parking spots for 75 A-10 aircraft expected for Hawgsmoke 2008. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)

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Team Kennedy

Senior Master Sgt. Rodney Kennedy waits for 442nd Fighter Wing reservists to board a passenger airplane in May 2008 for a flight to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. Sergeant Kennedy, the 442nd Logistic Readiness Squadron's plans and integration superintendent, is responsible for getting deployed reservists to and from their Aerospace Expeditionary Force assignments. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)

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Team Kennedy

Senior Master Sgt. Rodney Kennedy, left, and Tech. Sgt. Shannon Kennedy discuss the deployment of a group of 442nd Fighter Wing reservists to observe an operational readiness inspection in South Carolina in December. As the plans and integration superintendent for the 442nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, Rodney organizes the logistics to get reservists to their assigned places. Shannon, the personnel readiness chief for the 442nd Mission Support Flight, manages the manning requirements to fill deployment assignments. The husband and wife team are cruccial to deploying reservists from the wing, which is based at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)

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Team Kennedy

Tech. Sgt. Shannon Kennedy, right, watches her husband, Senior Master Sgt. Rodney Kennedy, call the crew of a C-130 waiting to take reservists from the 442nd Fighter Wing to observe an operational readiness inspection in South Carolina in December. As the plans and integration superintendent for the 442nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, Rodney organizes the logistics to get reservists to their assigned places. Shannon, the personnel readiness chief for the 442nd Mission Support Flight, manages the manning requirements to fill deployment assignments. The husband and wife team are cruccial to deploying reservists from the wing, which is based at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)

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Teamwork

Tech. Sgt. Ken Portell, 442nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, drives a jammer into place under an inert AGM-65 Maverick missile on an A-10 weapons station Dec. 19. Master Sgt. Jim Kirksey, Airman 1st Class Shane Dunn, and Senior Airman Nathan Kern, from the 442d AMXS, verify the bracket is lined up with the missile before the jammer arm is lifted to make contact. The reservists are part of the 442nd Fighter Wing, an Air Force Reserve A-10 unit at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Samuel A. Park)

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Teamwork

Master Sgt. Jim Kirksey (left), an Air Reserve Technician with the 442nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, and Airman 1st Class Shane Dunn keep an inert AGM-65 Maverick missile level while it is being pulled away by Tech. Sgt. Ken Portell, Dec. 19 at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. The Air Force reservists are part of the 442nd Fighter Wing, an Air Force Reserve unit that operates, maintains and supports a squadron of A-10 Thunderbolt IIs. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samuel A. Park)

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Tech. Sgt. John Straka

Tech. Sgt. John Straka, 442nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons loader, prepares for the 10-mile bike ride during a triathlon June 2009. Sergeant Straka has inspired many Airmen in the 442nd Fighter Wing to take up running as a healthy hobby. The 442nd FW is an A-10 Thunderbolt II reserve unit at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Danielle Wolf)

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Tech. Sgt. Straka

Tech. Sgt. John Straka, 442nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons loader, ran 16 miles to honor Tech. Sgt. Sean Corlew, who died during Operation Iraqi Freedom during "Run for the Fallen." The 442nd AMXS is part of the 442nd Fighter Wing, an A-10 Thunderbolt II reserve unit at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. (Courtesy photo)

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Tech. Sgt. Straka

Tech. Sgt. John Straka, 442nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons loader, completes the 5K-run during a triathlon June 2009. Sergeant Straka has inspired many Airmen in the 442nd Fighter Wing to take up running as a healthy hobby. The 442nd FW is an A-10 Thunderbolt II reserve unit at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Danielle Wolf)

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Tech. Sgt. wins DOD award

Tech. Sgt. Leo Brown, an Air Force reservist with the 442nd Fighter Wing's public affairs office at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., recently won the Department of Defense's Thomas Jefferson Award for a four-part series he wrote about World War II prisoners of war in Germany. While researching the series, Sergeant Brown pauses for a photo at the site of the POW-dug "Harry" escape tunnel exit at the site of Stalag Luft III near Sagan, Poland. (Courtesy photo)

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Tech. Sgt. wins DOD award

Tech. Sgt. Leo Brown, an Air Force reservist with the 442nd Fighter Wing's public affairs office at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., recently won the Department of Defense's Thomas Jefferson Award for a four-part series he wrote about World War II prisoners of war in Germany. While researching the series, Sergeant Brown pauses for a photo at the site of the POW-dug "Harry" escape tunnel exit at the site of Stalag Luft III near Sagan, Poland. (Courtesy photo)

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Tent city

Staff Sgt. Thomas Wilkes works to set up a tent to be used as a shelter during the 442nd Civil Engineer Squadron's July deployment to the Silver Flag exercise held near Tyndall AFB, Fla. Sergeant Wilkes and other reservists from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., deployed to the exercise site to hone their contingency skills. (US Air Force photo/ Master Sgt. Bill Huntington)

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Tenth Air Force vice commander

Brig. Gen. Patrick Cord, 10th Air Force vice commander, speaks to members of the 442nd Fighter Wing, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Sept. 8, 2007. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Tom Talbert)

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Test check

Tech. Sgts. and air reserve technicians Jim Wilson, left, and Paul Hanson, check a test pattern on a smart multi-function color display on the right side of the cockpit in A-10 number 605 in December. Members of the 442nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron's Specialist Flight must operationally check the system after installing the components. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)

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Thank-you BBQ

Citizen Airmen from the 442nd Fighter Wing pile their plates high with barbecue, beans, potato salad and other food during a barbecue dinner cooked by a group of volunteers from Fishnet Security, INC., a company based in Kansas City. Volunteers from the company prepared a feast for 1,200 Air Force Reservists from the 442nd Fighter Wing Nov. 7, 2009, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. Volunteers have been cooking for more than four years to say "thank you" to military members for their sacrifices and service. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Spirit Spencer)

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Thank-you BBQ

Dean Green cuts barbecued beef brisket for Air Force Reservists from the 442nd Fighter Wing Nov. 7, 2009, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. Mr. Green is part of a group of volunteers from Fishnet Security, INC., who volunteer their time and barbecue talents to prepare feasts for American service personnel. The group has been cooking for more than four years to say "thank you" to military members for their sacrifices and service. Fishnet Security is a private company based in Kansas City. The group has cooked barbecue for the Citizen Airmen of the 442nd FW in the past as a way to show appreciation for the wing's contribution to national defense. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kent Kagarise)

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Thank-you BBQ

Cousins David and Dean Green prepare barbecued meat for Air Force Reservists from the 442nd Fighter Wing Nov. 7, 2009, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. The two men are a part of a group of volunteers from Fishnet Security, INC., who volunteer their time and barbecue talents to prepare feasts for American service personnel. The group has been cooking for more than four years to say "thank you" to military members for their sacrifices and service. Fishnet Security is a private company based in Kansas City. The group has cooked barbecue for the Citizen Airmen of the 442nd FW in the past as a way to show appreciation for the wing's contribution to national defense. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kent Kagarise)

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The "hole" problem

Senior Master Sgt. Randy Flores, left, and Lt. Col. Scott Porter examine a hole in a gravel road created by an inert 500-pound, concrete-filled practice bomb at Cannon Range near Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo., June 19, 2007. Sergeant Flores is the range's superintendent and Colonel Porter is the range commander. Repairing roads at the range is common due to natural degredation and the ordnance that rains down from Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard and active-duty planes, which use the range for training. Both Airmen are members of the Missouri Air National Guard's 131st Fighter Wing, Detachment 1. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)

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The endless line

442nd Mission Support Group members process through the deployment line Feb. 4, in an exercise designed to ensure that each members' personal data is up to date. The 442nd MSG is part of the 442nd Fighter Wing, an Air Force Reserve unit at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. (US Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Leo Brown)

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