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  • D-M honors Vietnam vet

    Many Vietnam veterans did not come home to open, welcoming arms. Many people did not honor these veterans for their service, but members of the 355th Equipment Maintenance Squadron on D-M got to honor one Vietnam veteran on Feb. 19.In 1969, as a field maintenance squadron personnel, Stanley Clark

  • 355th Operations Group

    The 355th Operations Group consists of five squadrons and over 300 personnel employing 83 A-10C aircraft and an AN/TPS-75 radar system. It provides war-fighters with forces for close air support, forward air control, combat search and rescue.

  • 48th RQS Airmen read to local Tucson children

    Airmen from the 48th Rescue Squadron participated in reading to children from Irene Erickson Elementary School Feb. 13, 2013."During our morning roll-call, Chief Atkins told us that there was going to be a volunteer opportunity to read to elementary school children," said Airman Emanuel Brave, 48th

  • 48th Rescue Squadron

    The 48th Rescue Squadron's mission is to rapidly deploy Guardian Angel forces worldwide in support of national security objectives and homeland defense, providing highly trained personnel recovery experts capable of quickly and effectively executing personnel recovery operations across the spectrum

  • Wing leadership visits local veterans

    The National Salute to Veteran's Patient Program was held Feb. 10-16 this year. Several dignitaries including Davis-Monthan Air Force Base wing leadership visited The Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Feb. 12, 2013, giving thanks and respect to those who served in the United States military.The

  • Furnishing the fight to end veteran homelessness

    Nearly 63,000 veterans were homeless on any given night in the U.S. last January. Members of the 355th Contracting Squadron and other base personnel volunteered their time late last month to help shrink the daunting number of homeless veterans in Tucson, Ariz.With one of the dorms on D-M set to be

  • Keep fitness resolution with Commit to be Fit

    February marked the start of the Commit to be Fit incentive program here at the Benko Fitness Center.The cardio centered program is based on points and the goal is to get the required number of points for the months of February, March and April. The individual gets these points by performing

  • Bagram A-10s reach 10,000 combat flying hours

    Members of the 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron join Brig. Gen. Joseph T. Guastella Jr. (third from left), 455th Air Expeditionary Wing commander, on the flight line at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Feb. 12, 2013. Guastella had just returned from logging the 10,000th combat flight

  • D-M demonstrates its combat rescue capabilities

    Davis-Monthan held a combat search and rescue demonstration for members of the media, DM-50, military affairs committee and base populous here Feb. 8.The demonstration included pararescuemen parachuting out of a HC-130J, performing a mock security sweep through the A-10 sun shades on the flightline,