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  • GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind -- Senior Airman Wesley Carlile, a KC-135 Crew Chief with the 434th Maintenance Group, uses a hand-held microphone to talk to other maintenance personnel while they work on the Grissom ARB flightline. (U.S. Air Force Photo/SrA Jonathan Jones)

    Working on the flightline

  • GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind -- Senior Airman Roberto Modelo, a publc affairs specialist with the 434th Air Refueling Wing, lays on the parking apron to get a unique angle for a photograph of a KC-135R Stratotanker. (U.S. Air Force photo/SrA Jonathan Jones)

    Working the angles

  • GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind -- A KC-135R Stratotanker on the flightline at Grissom ARB. The KC-135 is the Air Force's primary refueling aircraft and flew its first operational mission in 1956. Through the years, the KC-135 has remained an efficient and dependable aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/SrA Jonathan Jones)

    On the flightline

  • GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind -- A KC-135R Stratotanker from the 434th Air Refueling Wing on the flightline at Grissom ARB. The 434th ARW is the largest tanker unit in the Air Force Reserve Command and provides mid-air refueling to fighter, bomber and cargo aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/SrA Jonathan Jones)

    Ready and able

  • GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind --- A KC-135R Stratotanker from the 434th Air Refueling Wing sits in the heat of the noonday sun at Grissom ARB. Dedicated maintenance personnel from the 434th Maintenance Group work in all forms of weather to ensure the aircraft are ready for their missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/SrA Roberto Modelo)

    In the noonday sun

  • GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind -- An academy cadet surveys an area under construction at the Air Force Academy. Members of the 434th Civil Engineering Squadron traveled to the Academy to be part of the unveiling of a mentoring award named after Master Sgt. Charles Jones, who died recently. Sergeant Jones was an active mentor at the Academy assisting engineering majors to hone their engineering and construction skills. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Cecelie Bredehoeft)

    Engineer remembered in Academy award

    A mentor has been defined as someone who is a wise and trusted counselor, and it is mentors who lead the way for the future of the Air Force and the entire world. One such mentor, trusted by many to lead and guide them, was Master Sgt. Charles Jones, 434th Civil Engineering Squadron, who passed away in April of this year. Due to the dedication to
  • GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind -- Master Sgt. Darin Schenher, 434th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron production supervisor, pours chocolate syrup over his vanilla ice cream during this years ice-cream social. The event is one of several fundraisers that support the holiday party given by the 434th Maintenance Group. The event also gave Airmen the chance to cool down during the recent heat wave across the Midwest. (U.S. Air Force photo/SrA. Mark Orders-Woempner)

    Cool treats

  • GRISSOM AIR RESERVE BASE, Ind -- The markings of the 434th Air Refueling Wing adorn the boom of a KC-135R Stratotanker. The boom is used to transfer jet fuel from the KC-135R to receiver aircraft during mid-air refuelings. The 434th ARW is the largest KC-135R unit in the Air Force Reserve Command. (Photo by SrA. Jonathan Jones)

    Unit markings

  • A sampling of officer and enlisted ranks in the United States Air Force

    Recent promotions at Grissom Air Reserve Base

    Listed below are recent promotions at Grissom Air Reserve Base:To senior master sergeant--Jeffrey A. Withrow, 434th Air Refueling Wing; James Eliason, Aircraft Maintenance SquadronTo master sergeant-- Michael Walker, 434th Security Forces Squadron; Timmie Hoskin, 434th Maintenance Squadron; Christopher E. Zorn, 434th AMXSTo technical
  • ODANAH, Wisc -- Dr. Dennis Sullivan and Becky Melerotto, registered nurse, in front of a semi-trailer loaded with medical supplies. The supplies were sent to the Mad River Tribal Clinic as part of the TRANSAM program. (Courtesy photo)

    Aerial porters support little known program

    Just outside Grissom's fence is the warehouse of an innovative joint-service, inter-agency, civil/military operation that most don't know exists. A multi-agency operation that utilizes the talent of Air Force Reserve personnel to aid in improving the health and welfare of thousands of Native Americans throughout the fifty states. That operation is
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Material contained on the Official Grissom Air Reserve Base Internet Web Site is written and produced by members of the 434th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs Office. The award-winning staff includes:



Douglas Hays
Chief, public affairs

Maj. Neil Samson
Public affairs officer

Ben Mota
Public affairs operations chief

Tech. Sgt. Josh Weaver
NCOIC of public affairs

Tech. Sgt. Jami Lancette
Staff writer

Staff Sgt. Chris Massey
Staff writer

Staff Sgt. Courtney Dotson-Essett
Staff writer

Staff Sgt. Michael Hunsaker
Staff writer

Senior Airman Jonathan Stefanko
Staff writer

Senior Airman Jeremy Blocker
Staff writer

Airman 1st Class Harrison Withrow
staff writer
           

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