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  • Fire fighters earn intramural softball crown

    Firefighters normally extinguish flames, but this July their bats were blazing and they kept on going. The Grissom Fire Department scorched the 434th Civil Engineer Squadron 12-2 earning the intramural softball championship July 31.The firemen opened up with a four-run first inning enoute to a

  • FSS team works with Army for unique training

    Many people can say they've hooked up a trailer - fewer still can say they hooked up a trailer to a hovering UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter.Nearly 30 members from the 434th Force Support Squadron teamed with Soldiers from the Army Reserve's 310th Expeditionary Sustainment Command for sling load

  • Grissom hosts first for Airman Leadership School

    Airman Leadership School is considered a milestone for most enlisted Air Force members as it serves as a preparatory transition from airmen to noncommissioned officer ranks, but the course hit a milestone of its own recently.As students and faculty descended upon Grissom July 8 to help facilitate

  • Homecoming: Grissom Airmen re-deploy

    Back home again in Indiana. While those words are famous around the month of May in the Hoosier state, they never rang truer than they did in July as two KC-135R Stratotankers and their 434th Air Refueling Wing crews came home from a deployment to Southwest Asia July 21. Greeted by family members

  • August Heartland Warrior now online

    The August issue of the Heartland Warrior is now available. The official online paper of the 434th Air Refueling Wing includes 11 pages of stories, photos and features pertaining to Grissom and the U.S. Air Force. Top stories include: - Hoosier Wing earns outstanding unit award- Stephens takes

  • Activities expand as Marines, Air Force prepare for joint exercise

    As Grissom Marine Corps and Air Force reservists prepare for an upcoming joint exercise, those around the north-central Indiana base may see an increase in military activity. Grissom will host its second annual, joint mass-casualty exercise here Aug. 4, and members of the 434th Air Refueling Wing

  • Stephens assumes command of 434th MSG

    Airmen from the 434th Mission Support Group stood in formation to witness a time-honored tradition as their new commander took possession of their unit guidon. In that ceremony, Col. William Stephens assumed command of the 434th MSG in Dock 1 here July 13.Col. Don Buckley, 434th Air Refueling Wing

  • Grissom conducts active-shooter exercise

    It is the worst of scenarios -- disgruntled gunmen open fire on innocent and unsuspecting people in the workplace while shots ring out amplifying the fog of confusion. While this scenario has not happened at Grissom, 434th Air Refueling Wing leadership held an active-shooter exercise to test the

  • Grissom JAG looking for paralegals

    Helping to uphold good order and discipline, paralegal specialists act as the right hand of the Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps.And, the 434th Air Refueling Wing's JAG office is currently looking for upstanding reservists to fill vital paralegal positions here.The mission of the JAG office is

  • Wing earns 'outstanding unit' award

    Outstanding can be defined as being marked by superiority or distinction, and that's exactly how Air Force leadership views the 434th Air Refueling Wing.The Hoosier Wing was recently recognized with an Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for exceptionally meritorious service from Oct. 1, 2010 through

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