Being Medically Ready to Deploy

Ready, set, deploy! As part of the Air Expeditionary Force, we must start thinking about what is needed to be medically ready to deploy. Being prepared and completing your requirements when due can save you a lot of time and ensure smoother out-processing. Medical deployment clearances are conducted

Get your motor runnin

Wing exercises to survive chemical weapons attacks

Mission support group practices convoy operations

Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate

Wing practices self-aid and buddy care during exercise

442nd A-10 pilots exercise air-to-air combat tactics with help from Texas reservists

The 442nd Fighter Wing's 303rd Fighter Squadron, welcomed quality training provided by three F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 457th Fighter Squadron, a unit in the 301st Fighter Wing, based at Naval Air Station, Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, during May's readiness assistance visit by 10th Air

Calm amongst storm: Bunkers provide protection, respite from simulated combat

The 442nd Fighter Wing's operational readiness exercise at Whiteman Air Force Base May 14 and 15, tested the limitations of the unit's A-10 "Warthog" maintainers, who found serenity within the confines of flight line shelters. Master Sergeant John Walton, 442nd Maintenance Squadron, manned one

LRS keeps wing supplied, rolling during exercise

The 442nd Fighter Wing's supply and transportation sections shared a table in the southeast corner of the five-bay hangar as the wing simulated war during the May 14 and 15 operational readiness exercise. Senior Master Sgt. Shevaun McRoberts , 442nd Logistics Readiness Squadron supply

LRS Fuels completes A-10 puzzle during exercise

The 442nd Fighter Wing's Fuel team worked with precision May 14, displaying their expertise for 10th Air Force inspectors who visited here to inspect the wing in what amounts to a dry run for October's operational readiness inspection. There are many pieces to the A-10 Thunderbolt II in-flight