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  • Mastering the jump

    In order to run a combat free fall jump and deploy Airmen safely from an aircraft at high altitudes, there has to be someone specially trained to direct the operation. They must be highly proficient in every component of the jump process, from ensuring equipment is donned properly, to coordinating

  • Washing warthogs at D-M

    The 354th Aircraft Maintenance Unit’s parent unit, 355th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, generates all combat and training sorties in the 355th Fighter Wing and manages the efforts of 571 personnel in 13 different specialties of maintaining A-10 attack aircraft.

  • Preparing the thunder

    A new detachment here will aim to boost personnel recovery readiness across the military. Detachment 1 of the 414th Combat Training Squadron, out of Nellis AFB, Nevada, was activated today. The new detachment’s mission is to increase readiness by conducting exercises meant to train personnel

  • Crew chief pre-flight checks

    The 355th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron generates all combat and training sorties in the 355th Fighter Wing and manages the efforts of 500 Airmen in 10 specialties maintaining A-10C attack aircraft. The squadron provides safe and properly configured aircraft in order to meet mission requirements for

  • Personnel recovery exercise brings rescue teams together for RF-A 16-2

    The phrase, “So Others May Live to Return with Honor” expresses the overarching goal of those serving in the rescue community and it connects a myriad of career fields dedicated to fulfilling that mission.RED FLAG-Alaska 16-2 provided an opportunity to connect survival, evasion, resistance and

  • Welcome home 48th RQS

    Two of the three 48th Rescue Squadron rescue teams, as well as a support team, returned back from a 4-month-long deployment to Turkey in support of Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Inherent Resolve.

  • 355th FW awarded first ever Outstanding IG rating

    The Air Combat Command Inspector General team awarded the 355th Fighter Wing the first outstanding rating since the team’s implementation of the new Unit Effectiveness Inspection Capstone. The accomplishment was announced by Col. James Meger, 355th Fighter Wing commander, during a commander’s call

  • 47th FS triumphs in second consecutive Hawgsmoke

    The 47th Fighter Squadron was announced the winner and top team overall of Hawgsmoke 2016 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., June 3.The remaining results of this year’s Hawgsmoke competition are listed below.45 High Altitude Dive Bomb:1. Capt. David Knighton 47th FS, D-M AFB2. 1st Lt.

  • D-M hosts another Hawgsmoke

    Davis-Monthan Air Force Base hosted this year’s Hawgsmoke competition June 1-3.The biennial competition focused on tactics the aircraft can employ during combat operations.This year’s event concentrated on two major areas: the tactical massing of fires in minimum time in an opposed environment, and