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Wing Top3 forms

The first ever 434th Air Refueling Wing Top 3 was recently organized and is already making headway while providing senior NCOs with four key pieces to success, said Chief Master Sergeant Peri Rogowski, 434th ARW command chief. These pieces, key to the role of senior NCOs, are mentorship, morale

Unit gets 'diamond in the rough'

Just as a diamond undergoes a long and difficult process while becoming a gem, passing through pressure and stress, and being cut, polished and refined, so must those who call themselves first sergeants. Master Sgt. Kevin Smith, who was recently selected as the 434th Mission Support Flight first

Grissom performs refueling 'first'

Seventeen members of the 434th Air Refueling Wing wrapped up a near month-long deployment to Southwest Asia as they deployed to participate in Exercise Iron Falcon 0701. The description that Iron Falcon is to Southwest Asia what Red Flag is to Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., is very accurate, said Lt.

Grissom Airmen deploy for Patriot Defender

Forty-one members of the 434th Air Refueling Wing are attending a training exercise called Patriot Defender at Camp Swift, Texas. Thirty-six 434th Security Forces Squadron members will participate in the two week exercise designed to refresh basic security skills. The exercise gives individuals who

Carter named first sergeant of the year

Being a people person is part of being a first sergeant. Excelling at that, may earn you the respect of your peers - it did just that for Master Sgt. James Carter, 434th Logistics Readiness Squadron. He was selected as Grissom's first sergeant of the year. Sergeant Carter just began his assignment

Tanker pilot pushes the limits of aviation

Imagine an aircraft spinning over 50 times consecutively during a flight, while plummeting towards the ground in a downward-spiral motion. Then the aircraft begins to perform cartwheels; would this invoke fear into the average person? It is safe to conclude the average person might experience an

Grissom goalie participates in lacrosse tournament

As Chief of Performance Planning , Lt. Col. Greg DeMaio is responsible for helping keep the 434th Air Refueling Wing on track for meeting its goals. As a lacrosse player, his mission is just the opposite: to stop them. As a goalie for the CRS Lacrosse Club, a team based out of Birmingham, AL and

Gonzales retires after 30 years of service

Air Force Reserve Master Sgt. Espiridion Gonzales of LaPorte, Ind., recently retired after 30 years of service to his country. He is the son-in-law of Mary Durham of Michigan City, Ind. At the time of his retirement, Sergeant Gonzales was a fuel supervisor with the 434th Logistics Readiness Squadron

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