Aldrich promoted to staff sergeant

Air Force Reservist Rebecca E. Aldrich of Lapel, Ind., was recently promoted to the rank of staff sergeant. She is the daughter of Teresa Whitebear of Lapel, Ind. and the niece of Annie Aldrich of Big Bear Lake, Calif. Sergeant Aldrich is a power production journeyman with the 434th Civil

Keeping Grissom green

Informing the community

Sherrod named NCO of the Quarter

Air Force Reserve Tech. Sgt. Paul Sherrod of DeKalb Ill., was recently honored as the 434th Air Refueling Wing Non Commissioned Officer of the Quarter. Sergeant Sherrod is an inflight refueling technician with the 74th Air Refueling Squadron. He performs inflight refueling and controls airspace and

Junior ROTC cadets fly with Grissom

KC finds friends in Stratotanker maintainers

It has been said that a dog is man's best friend, and the deployed Airmen of the 434th Air Refueling Wing know exactly what that means. The know because they have a best friend in "KC," an Anatolian Shepherd, who has become a welcome sign to the tanker crews and their maintainers who are deployed to

General Despinoy to speak in Wabash

Brig. Gen. Dean J. Despinoy, 434th Air Refueling Wing commander, will be the featured speaker at the May 22 meeting of the Wabash Kiwanis Club. The meeting is scheduled for noon May 22 at the Honeywell Center in Wabash, Ind. General Despinoy's presentation will focus on current events at Grissom and

Peru resident is newest 434th ARW member

Airman First Class Thomas Lennon Jr., of Peru, Ind., is the newest member of the 434th Air Refueling Wing. Airman Lennon graduated from Basic Military Training March 16 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. There trainees are put through a rigorous regiment of physical, emotional and mental challenges

Grissom hosts National Police Week event

Civil Air Patrol chaplains train at Grissom