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Balance between civilian and reservist

An on-line poll conducted by Workforce Management Magazine at its Web site asked if civilian employers might be reluctant to hire reservists and guardsmen because of the chance they could deploy for months at a time. (Photo illustration/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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Perfect score

Senior Master Sgt. Mark Mock, a reservist from the 442nd Maintenance Squadron, jogs at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., to stay in shape. He, along with 17 other Citizen Airmen from the 442nd Fighter Wing, has scored a perfect score on the Air Force fitness test. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. William Huntington)
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Wired up

Senior Airman Stephanie Couch, a 442nd Maintenance Squadron munitions systems technician, works on a 500-pound Mark 82 bomb at the Davis-Monthan Air Force Base munitions storage area. Couch and her fellow ammo troops provided a steady flow of bombs for the Wing's pilots to drop at the range. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. William Huntington)
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Building bombs

In Davis-Monthan Air Force Base's munitions storage area, and far from the noise and activity of the flightline, 442nd Maintenance Squadron munitions troops busily build 500-pound bombs for the Wing's pilots to drop at western Arizona's Barry M. Goldwater Range near Gila Bend. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. William Huntington)
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Looking it up

Even busy while taking a break, Master Sgt. John Kuiper, a 442nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, pores over paper work while seated on a tool box in the Arizona sunshine. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. William Huntington)
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Load up

Staff Sgt. Stephen Spurgeon, 442nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, drives a jammer with a 500-pound bomb for loading on an A-10 at Davis Monthan AFB, Ariz., during the wing's "Patriot Rattlesnake" deployment. Reservists from the 442nd deployed to Arizona from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., to practice employing live munitions on the Barry M. Goldwater Range. (US Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bill Huntington)
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Prepares to taxi

Capt. David Kirkendall, an active-duty A-10 pilot from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, prepares to taxi an A-10 from the Air Force Reserve's 442nd Fighter Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Feb. 11. The 442nd has teamed up with the 81st Fighter Squadron from Spangdahlem to provide training flights and upgrade training to active-duty pilots for the next three months. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)
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Forms check

Capt. David Kirkendall, left, a pilot with the active-duty's 81st Fighter Squadron, inspects the maintenance forms for A-10, number 122, with 442nd Fighter Wing crew chief, Airman 1st Class Jeremy Cline February 11 on the Whiteman Air Force Base flight line. Pilots from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, are flying with the 442nd for three months, starting in February, to catch up on training flights. Airman Cline, an Air Force Reservist, is on 90-day orders to help support the additional training sorties from Whiteman AFB, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)
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strapping in

Capt. David Kirkendall, left, an active-duty A-10 pilot from the 81st Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, gets assistance strapping into an A-10 Feb. 11 at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., by Air Force Reserve crew chief, Airman 1st Class, Jeremy Cline, 442nd Fighter Wing. Airman Cline is serving on 90-day orders to help support additional training sorties in the 442nd FW, which is flying 20 of the Spagndahlem pilots for three months so the 81st can catch up on training flights. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)
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SOF briefing

Capt. David Kirkendall, left, an active-duty A-10 pilot from the 81st Fighter Squadron, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, and Lt. Col. Stephen Chappel, director of operations in the Air Force Reserve's 303rd Fighter Squadron, receive a briefing from the 303rd FS supervisor of flying at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Feb. 11. Captain Kirkendall is one of 20, 81st FS pilots who will be flying with the Reserve's 442nd Fighter Wing to catch up on training sorties unavailable to them in Germany. Captain Kirkendall is also receiving "lead upgrade" training while flying at Whiteman so he can lead A-10 formations when he goes back to his unit in Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)
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Wing member featured in VFW PSA

Master Sgt. Todd Sieleman, 442nd Fighter Wing Safety office, put his acting talents to work when he briefly appeared in a public service announcement produced by the Veterans of Foreign Wars organization based in Kansas City, Mo. The spot, which focused on the need to "Thank a Veteran" for the freedoms enjoyed by Americans, will run on television stations nation-wide. (Photo Illustration/Master Sgt. William Huntington)
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Canopy preparation

Tech. Sgt. Calvin Carter, an Air Force reservist in the 442nd Maintenance Squadron Metals Technology office, prepares an A-10 canopy for mounting on the 442nd Fighter Wing's new canopy rigging fixture, a device he helped build. While the design of the fixture was more than 30-years old, it had never been built by the Air Force or the A-10's manufacturer, Fairchild Republic. Sergeant Carter and his fellow maintainers overcame several design flaws in the original plan to build the device. His modifications have been adopted by the Air Force as the standard for any unit building a fixture for its A-10s. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bill Huntington)
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Fix is in

Tech. Sgt. Calvin Carter, an Air Force reservist in the 442nd Maintenance Squadron Metals Technology office, makes some adjustments on the 442nd Fighter Wing's new canopy rigging fixture, a device he helped build. While the design of the fixture was more than 30-years old, it had never been built by the Air Force or the A-10's manufacturer, Fairchild Republic. Sergeant Carter and his fellow maintainers overcame several design flaws in the original plan to build the device. His modifications have been adopted by the Air Force as the standard for any unit building a fixture for its A-10s. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bill Huntington)
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Fix is in

Tech. Sgt. Calvin Carter, an Air Force reservist in the 442nd Maintenance Squadron Metals Technology office, makes adjustments to the 442nd Fighter Wing's new canopy rigging fixture, a device he helped build. While the design of the fixture was more than 30-years old, it had never been built by the Air Force or the A-10's manufacturer, Fairchild Republic. Sergeant Carter and his fellow maintainers overcame several design flaws in the original plan to build the device. His modifications have been adopted by the Air Force as the standard for any unit building a fixture for its A-10s. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bill Huntington)
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Squeaky Clean

Tech. Sgt. Pete Melby, an Air Force Reserve crew chief with the 442nd Fighter Wing, polishes the canopy on an A-10 Thunderbolt II Feb. 11 at Whiteman Air Force Base, MO. The 442nd Fighter Wing operates a full squadron of A-10s with support from three groups, a medical squadron and a wing staff. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)
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Base champs!

The 442nd Fighter Wing's Over-30, Intramural Basketball Team accept the 2007 championship trophy in the Whiteman Air Force Base gymnasium Feb. 15. The team beat the 509th Security Forces Team 42-31 to win it's fourth championship in five years. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)
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Driving toward a win

John Schriever drives to the inside of the key along the baseline Feb. 15 on the way to a victory by the 442nd Fighter Wing's over-30 intramural basketball team over the 509th Security Forces Squadron for the Whiteman base championship. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)
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442nd basketballers win championship

John Schriever drives to the basket around a defender for a score while Keith Yersak, number 20, sets a screen during the Whiteman Air Force Base over-30 intramural basketball championship Feb. 15. Schriever and Yersak, along with the rest of the 442nd Fighter Wing team beat the squad from the 509th Security Forces Squadron 41-32 to claim the team's fourth base title in five years. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)
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442nd Fighter Wing's "holy warrior"

Chaplain, Captain Jim Buckman, is reaching out to members of the 442nd Fighter Wing in his role as the wing's newest chaplain. Chaplain Buckman was in the Army National Guard before transferring to the wing last year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. David Kurle)
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