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  • Study to focus on Airmen's time

    A team, chartered by Lt. Gen. Richard Newton III, deputy chief of staff for manpower and personnel, will visit 10 Air Force bases to study the numerous strains on Airmen's time in today's resource-constrained environment. "We are at war and (operations) tempo is very high," General Newton said.

  • Grissom preparing for Military Retiree Appreciation Day

    Air Force officials at Grissom are busy preparing for this year's expanded Military Retiree Appreciation Day. The event will take place on Friday, August 22 and run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This year's appreciation activities include a free complimentary picnic lunch, information fair and social

  • August edition of Heartland Warrior now available

    The August 2008 edition of Grissom ARB's E-Paper, the Heartland Warrior, is now available. The Heartland Warrior has eight pages of stories, photos and features on the 434th Air Refueling Wing and its people. Top stories in the August edition include: --Grissom assists Purdue research team--Reserve

  • Happy birthday, NASA!

    NASA celebrated its 50th birthday earlier this week.  It was established on July 29, 1958, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, providing for research into the problems of flight within Earth's atmosphere and in space. The act inaugurated a new civilian

  • VA offers new online resource service

    The Department of Veterans Affairs is offering a new online service, My HealtheVet, which is a gateway to veteran health benefits and services. It provides access to trusted health information, links to federal and VA benefits and resources, the Personal Health Journal and online VA prescription

  • Grissom supports Purdue scientific experiment

    Grissom aircrews and aircraft routinely travel to different places around the globe to conduct aerial refueling missions.  On Monday, a single KC-135R Stratotanker and crew headed in a slightly different direction as they traveled north to Greenland to assist a Purdue University professor with his

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Douglas Hays
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Ben Mota
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Master Sgt. Rachel Barton
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Tech. Sgt. Alexa Culbert
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Senior Airman Elise Faurote
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