COMMANDER’S CORNER: SUMMER SAFETY - PAGE 2 Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado
Thursday, June 8, 2017
Vol. 61 No. 23
Colorado Reserve wing earns AF Outstanding Unit Award By Staff Sgt. Frank Casciotta 302nd Airlift Wing Public Affairs
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — The 302nd Airlift Wing was recognized as an Air Force Outstanding Unit and is among 18 Reserve units that earned an Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for exceptional performance in 2015. Topping the compliment of achievements by the Peterson-based wing, the Reserve Citizen Airmen of the 302nd AW distinguished themselves in 2015 by earning the Lt. Gen. James E. Sherrard III Award, naming them the Air Force Reserve’s Outstanding Air Mobility Wing in 2015. The award is presented annually by the Airlift/ Tanker Association and recognizes a Reserve wing that is making significant contributions to the overall success of the Mobility Air Force mission and total force. Airmen here were specifically recognized for their role in delivering two C-130 Hercules aircraft to Afghanistan for the U.S. State Department and instructing the Afghan Air Force members on C-130 operations. Notably, alongside earning the Sherrard award, the 302nd Operations Group maintained high-tempo operations generating more than 8,000 flying hours, completing nearly 4,000 C-130 sorties and assisting the U.S. Forest Service in fighting more than 15 national wildfires where 302nd AW Airmen dropped 379,000 gallons of fire retardant. See Unit Award page 6
(U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Nathan Federico)
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. — The 302nd Airlift Wing was recently awarded the 2015 Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for its exceptional performance during the period Jan. 1, 2014 through Dec. 31, 2015. The 302nd AW is one of 18 Air Force Reserve units to receive the award during the 2015 award period. Dozens of accomplishments by the wing’s operations, maintenance and support Airmen to include the Wing’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System mission were recognized. Pictured: Members of the 39th Aerial Port Squadron along with C-130 loadmasters assigned to the 731st Airlift Squadron load a U.S. Forest Service MAFFS unit onto a 302nd AW C-130, Aug. 2, 2015, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. MAFFS aircrews and support personnel responded to the U.S. Forest Service MAFFS activation in support of 2015 wildland fire fighting efforts in California and the Northwestern U.S.
Steve Lemme of Super Troopers visits Cheyenne ‘Meow’ntain By Senior Airman Dennis Hoffman 21st Space Wing Public Affairs
(U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dennis Hoffman)
CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN AIR FORCE STATION, Colo. — Steve Lemme, actor and comedian, visits Airmen and tours the complex of Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, Colo., June 2, 2017. Lemme is best known for his role as ‘Mac’ in the movie Super Troopers.
CHEYENNE MOUNTAIN AIR FORCE STATION, Colo. — Steve Lemme, actor and comedian, best known for his role as ‘Mac’ in the movie Super Troopers, visited Airmen of Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, Colorado, and toured the complex, June 2, 2017. Lemme, a Colorado Springs native and a graduate of Cheyenne Mountain High School, flew in town for a high school reunion. He decided to reunite with old friends and visit a part of Colorado Springs that was shrouded in mystery for him and his friends growing up, he said. “We always wondered,” said Lemme. “We could see the mountain (Cheyenne Mountain AFS) from our school and there were so many myths and legends surrounding the mountain that we always wanted to see what it was all about.” See ‘Meow’ntain page 10
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