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  • Virtual open house set for AICUZ study

    Grissom Air Reserve Base will host a virtual open house to cover the findings in an Air Installation Combatable Use Zone study completed recently.The virtual open house will be held from 5-6:15 p.m. March 10, 2021.

  • Female Airmen at Grissom sport new hair regs

    As an outcome of the 101st Air Force uniform board, Air Force women, including those at the 434th Air Refueling Wing, have begun implementing the new regulations. While many have heard of those new regulations, few have heard from the females affected and what those changes mean for them.

  • Grissom's fire department brings new truck into fleet

    Ongoing fleet upgrades at the Grissom Fire Department have brought a new fire truck into service recently. The Rosenbauer Panther ultra high pressure airfield rescue and fire fighting truck is the newest and most up-to date ARFF truck in the Air Force inventory.

  • 434th ARW rolls out COVID vaccine

    Throughout the COVID pandemic, the 434th Air Refueling Wing has created several innovative tools to keep the mission moving forward, but a recent shipment of COVID vaccines tops them all. Grissom recently received 400 Moderna COVID-19 vaccines and began the distribution process Feb. 1, 2021, in

  • Grissom provides $120 million economic impact

    When it comes to making an impression, $120 million plus will do just that. That amount was Grissom’s economic impact for fiscal year 2020 for the base located in both Miami and Cass counties.

  • Grissom’s Holiday Door Decorating Contest Begins

    It is that time of year for Team Grissom to get in the holiday spirit. The Airman & Family Readiness Center, or AFRC, is hosting its second holiday door decorating contest with this year’s theme on Winter Holiday.“Last year was the first year that we introduced the door decorating contest to

  • Social Security payroll tax temporarily defered

    In order to provide relief during the COVID-19 pandemic, a Presidential Memorandum was issued on August 8, 2020 and guidance followed from Internal Revenue Service on August 28, 2020, to temporarily defer Social Security (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI)) tax withholdings. This

  • AFIMSC seeks ideas for 2021 Innovation Rodeo

    The campaign, open through Dec. 1, gives military and civilian members of mission support groups around the world a chance to win part of $1 million in funding and resources to pursue their ideas.

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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