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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

  • More than 50 Grissom Airmen earn CCAF degrees

    Not only are many of the Air Force's enlisted members able to call themselves graduates of Basic Military Training, they can also call themselves college graduates. This is now true for more than 50 434th Air Refueling Wing Airmen as they recently earned their Community College of the Air Force

  • Induction ceremony embraces a rare event

    Seventy-three Airmen were inducted into the ranks of noncommissioned officers and senior noncommissioned officers during a ceremony at Grissom Air Reserve base, Ind., Oct. 10. The Airmen not only received a new stripe on their uniforms but also a new set of responsibilities. As leaders and senior

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:

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