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  • Financial services return to local centers

    The processing of military pay transactions will move from the Air Force Financial Service Center at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., to base-level financial services offices beginning in August.The return of military pay transactions to local level is a part of the Secretary of Defense Leon

  • New command chief sets sights on communication, helping Airmen

    There's a new chief in town and she's out and about meeting the troops.Chief Master Sgt. Karen Perkins took over as the 434th Air Refueling Wing command chief at Grissom Aug. 1 and has already set her sights on meeting as many people as she can. The chief hit the ground running, making her way

  • Indiana legislators get birds-eye view of the 434th ARW mission

    The Hoosier heartland sure looks a lot different from 26,000 feet and that's a unique view a group of Indiana lawmakers got to see here recently. Twenty-one members of the Indiana State Legislature arrived at Grissom in the early morning of Aug. 17 to start their information-packed day that

  • ARPC announces lieutenant colonel promotions

    Air Reserve Personnel Center officials here announced results for the Calendar 2011 Air Force Reserve Line and Health Professions Lieutenant Colonel Promotion Selection Boards today. These boards selected more than 500 Citizen Airmen for promotion.The selection boards convened at the center here

  • Cops win softball championship

    The Cops took down the Civil Engineers in the Grissom intramural softball championship by winning two games in a row. The score of the first game was 13-12 and the score of second game was 9-8.The Civil Engineers were undefeated coming into the championship game and were averaging 20 runs a game. In

  • Making noise at Grissom

    Members of the 434th Air Refueling Wing had a chance to make some noise as base safety and emergency management personnel teamed together to teach the safe use of ground burst simulators and smoke grenades.The training was designed to help members add realism to exercise scenarios to better prepare

  • Air Force Week in Photos

    This week's photo highlights feature Airmen around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.View the slideshow.

  • Air Force awarded for energy savings

    The Air Force was announced as the recipient of almost half of the 2011 U.S. Department of Energy and Water Management program awards earned by Department of Defense entities, and a quarter of awards overall. The awards are scheduled to be presented during a luncheon Oct. 13 in Washington.In

  • Magnitude 5.9 earthquake rattles Pentagon

    Operations continued at the Pentagon despite the magnitude 5.9 earthquake centered in Mineral, Va., Aug. 23.The National Military Command Center in the building "maintained the watch, and there was no loss of communications," said Navy Cmdr. Patrick McNally, a spokesman for the Joint Staff.Some

  • Guardsmen train at Grissom

    Indiana Army National Guard members from Camp Atterbury travelled to Grissom recently to take advantage of training opportunities here.The group, all firefighters, came to sharpen skills in battling aircraft accidents and incidents. During the training the group addressed an simulated aircraft fire

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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