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  • Boom operators stay current, become first sergeants

    Boom operators jobs are critical to the refueling mission but now they can impact other areas. Career enlisted aviators, such as boom operators, may now perform duties outside of their flying squadron in a first sergeant role and still be eligible to maintain their flight hours and other training

  • New Year, new engine

    Out with the old, in with the new. For Grissom maintainers that might be easier said than done. Grissom Airman from the 434th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron recently removed and replaced a 3-ton engine on a KC-135R Stratotanker during a recent unit training assembly.

  • AF app puts vital information in hands of Airmen

    With the advent of cell phones, having the world at your fingertips is no longer just an idiom and the 434th Air Refueling Wing is also just a tap away. The 434th ARW is part of an enterprise-wide mobile app designed to provide Airmen with streamlined access to information they need for their lives

  • Team Grissom brings home four Airfield Operations Awards

    The 434th Operations Support Squadron upheld its tradition of excellence in 2019 as it claimed four of Air Force Reserve Command’s annual airfield operations awards, including the Lima Site 85 Team of the Year award.

  • Save the date: 434th ARW to host annual awards banquet

    It is almost that time of year when the wing gathers to honor Grissom Airmen who exhibit core values and go above and beyond through their commitment to duty. Nominees, along with family friends and Airmen, are invited to celebrate at the base dining facility during this year’s annual awards

  • Air Force to solicit 75th birthday theme ideas

    Concepts for the 75th birthday theme should consider inclusiveness of multi-domain operations, capture Airmen’s innovation and reflect the Air Force’s heritage over the last 75 years.

  • Grissom's 2019 year end photo review

    Grissom's 2018 year end photo review contains photos taken by the 434th Air Refueling Wing public affairs staff pertaining to Grissom and associated tenant units.

  • DoD Releases 2020 Military Pay and Compensation Rates

    The Department of Defense has released the 2020 Rates for Basic Allowance for Housing, Basic Allowance for Subsistence, and Basic Pay. These rates will take effect on Jan. 1, 2020. Basic Allowance for Housing rates will increase an average of 2.8%, Basic Allowance for Subsistence rates will

  • Grissom celebrates holiday season

    Despite the cold weather and time away from home, reservists from the 434th Air Refueling Wing took a moment to appreciate their military families and celebrate the holidays with festivities throughout the December unit training assembly.

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:

Douglas Hays
Chief, public affairs

Maj. Elias Zani
Public affairs officer

Josh Weaver
Public affairs operations chief

Master Sgt. Josh Weaver
NCOIC of public affairs

Master Sgt. Rachel Barton
Staff writer

Tech. Sgt. Alexa Culbert
Staff writer

Senior Airman Alexis Morris
Staff writer

Senior Airman Elise Faurote
Staff writer