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  • FSS members take to the field for training

    Members of the 434th Force Support Squadron may have gotten out of the kitchen, but they still rattled pots and pans during the August unit training assembly.Approximately 25 434th Sustainment Flight Airmen set up a single palletized expeditionary kitchen, or SPEK, as part of annual field training

  • Suicide prevention more than a month-long campaign

    All Airmen have a responsibility that lasts much longer than a one-month campaign. This responsibility extends beyond ourselves and includes our work environment, our families, friends, fellow Airmen and our communities.While Suicide Prevention Month is observed across the United States in

  • Rep. Walorski's MLA gets close look at Hoosier Wing

    Inflight refueling operations are common place for the U.S. Navy's elite fighter pilots, but one recently got a different view of the U.S. Air Force tanker mission in his role as a military legislative assistant. Sam Fletcher, MLA for Rep. Jackie Walorski and former Navy F/A-18 Hornet pilot, toured

  • September Heartland Warrior now online

    The September issue of the Heartland Warrior is now available. The official online paper of the 434th Air Refueling Wing includes 18pages of stories, photos and features pertaining to Grissom and the U.S. Air Force. To read this issue of the Heartland Warrior, click here. Top stories include: - Rep.

  • Grissom firefighters climb high to protect base, community

    It's been said the good guys always take the high road, but some of Grissom's best go even higher to save lives.Sometimes dangling over a hundred feet up from a small rope, more than a dozen of the Grissom Fire Department's 49 firefighters are certified rescue trained, allowing them to conduct

  • Indiana's flying wings team up with ESGR for boss lift

    Indiana's Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard connect in the Hoosier skies every week offloading fuel and training to fight, but they recently connected for another mission - educating employers. Airmen from the 434th Air Refueling Wing at Grissom teamed up with those from the 122nd Fighter

  • Grissom wishes everyone a happy Labor Day

    The men and women of Grissom wish everyone a safe and enjoyable Labor Day holiday. The History of Labor DayLabor Day: How it Came About; What it Means Labor Day, the first Monday in September, is a creation of the labor movement and is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American

  • Grissom reservists make impact with Haitian relief

    From home to abroad, the Air Force projects global vigilance, reach and power, and with that, Airmen have opportunity to have a positive influence around the world.Reservists from Grissom and Charleston Air Force Base, South Carolina, made such an opportunity a reality as they helped deliver more

  • AAFES chief gets dose of Grissom's 'small-town charm'

    The small-town charm and a clean and friendly environment of Grissom's Base Exchange recently garnered it some high-level notoriety. Chief Master Sgt. Anthony Pearson, Army and Air Force Exchange Service senior enlisted advisor, visited Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., to meet with service and

  • Grissom makes cultural shift with new inspection program

    A product of the 1960s, Grissom's director of inspections is no stranger to cultural changes, but is now tasked with leading one of his own.Lt. Col. Charles Good, 434th Air Refueling Wing director of inspections, is at the tip of the spear as the Hoosier Wing implements the new Air Force Inspection

Public Affairs Staff

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:

Ben Mota
Chief, public affairs

Maj. Elias Zani
Public affairs officer

Master Sgt. Wendy Day
Staff writer

Tech. Sgt. Alexa Culbert
Staff writer

Senior Airman Elise Faurote
Staff writer

Senior Airman Benjamin Cowles
Staff writer