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Grissom Marines celebrate 242nd birthday with USMC ball

Grissom Marines celebrate 242nd birthday with USMC ball

1st Lt. Tyler Gum, Detachment One, Communication Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 45, 4th Marine Logistics Group radio transmissions platoon commander, acting as adjutant, reads the 1921 U.S. Marine Corps bir... More

Christina Looney, 434th Air Refueling contracted fuels

Christina Looney, 434th Air Refueling contracted fuels

Christina Looney, 434th Air Refueling contracted fuels laboratory technician, conducts a Jet-A jet fuel conductivity test at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., Nov. 14, 2014. Grissom’s recently transitioned from J... More

Master Sgt. Chet Nance, 434th Security Forces Squadron

Master Sgt. Chet Nance, 434th Security Forces Squadron

Master Sgt. Chet Nance, 434th Security Forces Squadron combat arms noncommissioned officer in charge, measures the firing pin of an M4 rifle at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., Jan. 28, 2014. Grissom’s combat ar... More

Service before self: Grissom command chief saves life

Service before self: Grissom command chief saves life

Chief Master Sgt. Robert Herman, 434th Air Refueling Wing command chief, recently saved a woman who was experiencing a cardiac emergency at the Indianapolis International Airport by utilizing an automated exter... More

Tech. Sgt. John Thompson, 434th Aircraft Maintenance

Tech. Sgt. John Thompson, 434th Aircraft Maintenance

Tech. Sgt. John Thompson, 434th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, adjusts his motorcycle mirror before embarking on a ride at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., March 20, 2015. Thompson has been riding for... More

Grissom identified as KC-46A candidate

Grissom identified as KC-46A candidate

Air Force officials announced today Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., Seymour-Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., Westover ARB, Mass., and Tinker AFB, Okla., as candidate bases for the first Air Force Reserve-led KC-46... More

Chief Master Sgt. Cameron Kirksey, Air Force Reserve

Chief Master Sgt. Cameron Kirksey, Air Force Reserve

Chief Master Sgt. Cameron Kirksey, Air Force Reserve Command command chief master sergeant, flies a KC-135R Stratotanker flight simulator during a visit to Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., May 2, 2015. During th... More

Staff Sgt. Mitchell Birdsong, 60th Civil Engineer Squadron

Staff Sgt. Mitchell Birdsong, 60th Civil Engineer Squadron

Staff Sgt. Mitchell Birdsong, 60th Civil Engineer Squadron emergency management specialist from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., tightens a clamp on a leaking cylinder during a chemical, biological, radiological,... More

Grissom firefighters, operating two fire trucks, extinguish

Grissom firefighters, operating two fire trucks, extinguish

Grissom firefighters, operating two fire trucks, extinguish flames on a mock airframe during a nighttime training exercise at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., May 21, 2015. The fire department is one of several ... More

Col. Doug Schwartz, 434th Air Refueling Wing commander,

Col. Doug Schwartz, 434th Air Refueling Wing commander,

Col. Doug Schwartz, 434th Air Refueling Wing commander, greets Senior Airman David O’Donnell, 434th Maintenance Squadron aircraft electrician specialist, after returning to Grissom Air Reserve Base from a deplo... More

Commanders final flight

Commanders final flight

Col. Doug Schwartz, 434th Air Refueling Wing commander, is doused with Champaign by Col. Hiram Gates, 434th ARW vice commander, following his final flight on a KC-135R Stratotanker at Grissom Air Reserve Base, ... More

Master Sgt. Deborah Wood, 74th Air Refueling Squadron

Master Sgt. Deborah Wood, 74th Air Refueling Squadron

Master Sgt. Deborah Wood, 74th Air Refueling Squadron inflight refueling technician, explains to Indiana Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb inflight equipment that connects a KC-135R Stratotanker to a receiver aircraft infl... More

SrA Briones becomes Grissom’s new Honor Guard manager

SrA Briones becomes Grissom’s new Honor Guard manager

Senior Airman Stephanie Briones poses for a photo after recently being named the new 434th Force Support Squadron Honor Guard program manager of Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind. As the only full-time member of Gr... More

Master Sgt. Carlos Recoder (left) and Tech. Sgt. Jesse

Master Sgt. Carlos Recoder (left) and Tech. Sgt. Jesse

Master Sgt. Carlos Recoder (left) and Tech. Sgt. Jesse Garcia (right), 433rd Training Squadron military training instructors, observe a formation during a 434th Air Refueling Wing change of command ceremony at ... More

From left to right, Maj. Gen. John Flournoy, 4th Air

From left to right, Maj. Gen. John Flournoy, 4th Air

From left to right, Maj. Gen. John Flournoy, 4th Air Force commander, retired Col. Douglas Schwartz, outgoing 434th Air Refueling Wing commander, Col. Larry Shaw, 434th ARW commander, and behind Chief Master Sg... More

Grissom after dark: Fueling the fight

Grissom after dark: Fueling the fight

‘Grissom after dark: Fueling the flight’ is a double-truck feature story that was published in the 1st Quarter of the ‘Heartland Warrior’ at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind. Jan. 4, 2016. The feature focuses on t... More

Tanker taunts Blacksnake

Tanker taunts Blacksnake

Col. Pat Renwick, 122nd Fighter Wing commander, flies an A-10 Warthog off the wing of a 434th Air Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratotanker over the Midwest Aug. 19, 2016. More than 40 people, nominated by Guard and... More

Presenting the Colors - A group of men in military uniforms holding flags

Presenting the Colors - A group of men in military uniforms holding fl...

Lt. Col. Michael Willen, U.S. Air Force Band of Mid-America commander, holds a high note as members of the Grissom Base Honor Guard present the Colors during a concert performed by the band in Logansport, Ind. ... More

U.S. Army Private Pfc. Emily Shepperd, 316th Psychological

U.S. Army Private Pfc. Emily Shepperd, 316th Psychological

U.S. Army Private Pfc. Emily Shepperd, 316th Psychological Operations Company, helps Emma Thompson with a board game during their annual family day in Kokomo, Ind., Dec. 10, 2016. The event included a special W... More

Grissom medic takes aim at range safety

Grissom medic takes aim at range safety

Senior Airman Jayci Cloutier, 434th Aerospace Medicine Squadron medic, poses for a photo at a firing range on Camp Atterburry-Muscatatuck, Indiana, April 20, 2017. Cloutier was the stand-by medical responsible ... More

Staff Sgt. Daniel Wallace, 434th Security Forces Squadron

Staff Sgt. Daniel Wallace, 434th Security Forces Squadron

Staff Sgt. Daniel Wallace, 434th Security Forces Squadron Combat Arms instructor, supervises two 434th SFS Airmen qualifying with the M249 squad automatic weapon at Camp Atterbury-Muskatatuk, Ind., April 21, 20... More

Airmen from the 434th Air Refueling Wing at Grissom

Airmen from the 434th Air Refueling Wing at Grissom

Airmen from the 434th Air Refueling Wing at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana join Airmen from RAF Mildenhall, England to participate in a Memorial Day celebration at the Cambridge American Cemetery in Cambridg... More

Staff Sgt. Jade Bess, 434th Security Forces Squadron

Staff Sgt. Jade Bess, 434th Security Forces Squadron

Staff Sgt. Jade Bess, 434th Security Forces Squadron security response team member, practices shooting scenarios on the firearms training simulator at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana, May 30, 2017. The system... More

Grissom welcomes new Maintenance Group Commander

Grissom welcomes new Maintenance Group Commander

Colonel Larry Shaw, 434th Air Refueling Wing commander, passes the group guidon as Lt. Col. Dwight Meese assumes command of the 434th Maintenance Group at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., June 4, 2017. Meese cam... More

Twelve Grissom Airmen from the 434th Aircraft Maintenance

Twelve Grissom Airmen from the 434th Aircraft Maintenance

Twelve Grissom Airmen from the 434th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron volunteered at the 43rd Annual Vectren Dayton Airshow in Dayton, Ohio, operating an interactive flight deck and boom pod display June 24-25, 20... More

Petty Officer 2nd Class Phillip Nielson, Detachment

Petty Officer 2nd Class Phillip Nielson, Detachment

Petty Officer 2nd Class Phillip Nielson, Detachment 1 Communications Company corpsman, prepares to raise the American flag with Airman 1st Class Jose Martinez, 434th Security Forces Squadron patrolman at Grisso... More

Senior Airman Craig Hulsey, 434th Air Refueling Wing

Senior Airman Craig Hulsey, 434th Air Refueling Wing

Senior Airman Craig Hulsey, 434th Air Refueling Wing command post controller, and Senior Airman Jesse Crow, 434th ARW command post controller adjust a satellite during a bug-out exercise here July 8, 2017. The ... More

Tech. Sgt. Ed Stapp, 434th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

Tech. Sgt. Ed Stapp, 434th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

Tech. Sgt. Ed Stapp, 434th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, talks with Bill Tyler, 71st Special Operations Squadron member, about the refueling mission at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., July 21, 2017.... More

Lt. Lance Long, Indianapolis Fire Department firefighter,

Lt. Lance Long, Indianapolis Fire Department firefighter,

Lt. Lance Long, Indianapolis Fire Department firefighter, explains different hose spraying techniques to Airmen at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., July 8, 2017. The training was held for the 434th Civil Enginee... More

An A-10 Warthog from the 122nd Fighter Wing, Fort Wayne,

An A-10 Warthog from the 122nd Fighter Wing, Fort Wayne,

An A-10 Warthog from the 122nd Fighter Wing, Fort Wayne, Ind., forms up parallel to a KC-135R Stratotanker during an Indiana Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve event at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., Au... More

Col. Larry Shaw, 434th Air Refueling Wing commander,

Col. Larry Shaw, 434th Air Refueling Wing commander,

Col. Larry Shaw, 434th Air Refueling Wing commander, greets Maj. Scott Street, 72nd Air Refueling Squadron pilot and flight commander, as he and other returning deployers step off a KC-135R Stratotanker at Gris... More

U.S. Rep. Jim Banks shakes hands with Col. Larry Shaw,

U.S. Rep. Jim Banks shakes hands with Col. Larry Shaw,

U.S. Rep. Jim Banks shakes hands with Col. Larry Shaw, 434th Air Refueling Wing commander, prior to touring Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., Aug. 23, 2017. Banks, a U.S. Navy Reserve veteran who served in Afghan... More

Members from the 434th Air Refueling Wing gathered

Members from the 434th Air Refueling Wing gathered

Members from the 434th Air Refueling Wing gathered at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., Sept. 11, 2017, to remember those fallen heroes who perished in the terror attacks in 2001. The ceremony featured remarks fr... More

Master Sgt. Angie Hall, 434th Logistics Readiness Squadron

Master Sgt. Angie Hall, 434th Logistics Readiness Squadron

Master Sgt. Angie Hall, 434th Logistics Readiness Squadron combat readiness technician, palletizes water and meals ready to eat at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., Sept. 11, 2017. The cargo is being prepared for... More

Firefighters from the 434th Air Refueling Wing unload

Firefighters from the 434th Air Refueling Wing unload

Firefighters from the 434th Air Refueling Wing unload their gear from a KC-135R Stratotanker at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., Sept. 12, 2017. As soon as they were able to grab their gear the airfield could ... More

Senior Airman Justin Branch, 434th Operations Support

Senior Airman Justin Branch, 434th Operations Support

Senior Airman Justin Branch, 434th Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment Apprentice, runs a diagnostic on a mask at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., September 23, 2017. Diagnostics are ran regular... More

Chief Master Sgt. Richard Scully, 434th Maintenance

Chief Master Sgt. Richard Scully, 434th Maintenance

Chief Master Sgt. Richard Scully, 434th Maintenance Group quality assurance chief, tightens a gas mask on Staff Sgt. Danielle White, 434th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron avionics technician during chemical, biol... More

Col. Paul Gates, 434 Air Refueling Wing vice commander,

Col. Paul Gates, 434 Air Refueling Wing vice commander,

Col. Paul Gates, 434 Air Refueling Wing vice commander, speaks to his audience about the concept of wingmanship during Wingman Day at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., October 15, 2017. Wingman Day is a Reserve-w... More

Mike Conners, Grissom’s civilian BOWST trainer, coaches

Mike Conners, Grissom’s civilian BOWST trainer, coaches

Mike Conners, Grissom’s civilian BOWST trainer, coaches Robert Tobey during a simulated refueling mission at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., Oct. 27, 2017. 94-year-old Tobey piloted a B-17 Flying Fortress over ... More

Tech Sgt. Anthony Jackson, 434th Civil Engineer Squadron

Tech Sgt. Anthony Jackson, 434th Civil Engineer Squadron

Tech Sgt. Anthony Jackson, 434th Civil Engineer Squadron heavy equipment operator, levels out the sand at the new sand pit at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind. on Nov. 6, 2017. The sand pit will be used to provide... More

SMSgt Schenher’s four-decade career leaves lasting impact

SMSgt Schenher’s four-decade career leaves lasting impact

(Ret.) Senior Master Sgt. Darin Schenher, 434th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron production superintendent (right) poses with Maj. John Valdes, 434th AMXS commander, after receiving the Meritorious Service Medal d... More

U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita operates the controls of a KC-135R

U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita operates the controls of a KC-135R

U.S. Rep. Todd Rokita operates the controls of a KC-135R Stratotanker simulator during his visit to Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., Nov. 21, 2017. Rokita and his staff visited Grissom to learn more about the ba... More

SMSgt Billing receives AFRC Lance P. Sijan award

SMSgt Billing receives AFRC Lance P. Sijan award

Senior Master Sgt. James Billing, 434th Maintenance Squadron production superintendent performs a visual inspection on an auxiliary hydraulic pump of a KC-135R Stratotanker at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., De... More

Grissom 'Port Dawgs' upgrade to 49th Aerial Port Squadron

Grissom 'Port Dawgs' upgrade to 49th Aerial Port Squadron

Lt. Col. Christopher Beckley, 49th Aerial Port Squadron, right, accepts the guidon from Col. Scott Russell, 434th Mission Support Group commander, left, as Senior Master Sgt. Kevin Connelly, 49th APS superinten... More

Airman advocates against domestic violence

Airman advocates against domestic violence

Master Sgt. Chris Sewell, 434th Aerospace Medical Squadron physicals NCO in charge, recently helped raise money for a fundraiser supporting the Family Service Association of Howard County Inc. at the Elite Banq... More

Top performers gives Grissom Airmen incentive to maintain year-round fitness

Top performers gives Grissom Airmen incentive to maintain year-round f...

Senior Airman Viridiana Munoz, 434th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment technician, rounds the corner of the track during her official Air Force fitness assessment at Grissom Air Reserve Base,... More

Sen. Todd Young shakes hand with Lt. Col. Brian Thompson,

Sen. Todd Young shakes hand with Lt. Col. Brian Thompson,

Sen. Todd Young shakes hand with Lt. Col. Brian Thompson, 434th Operations Group chief of standardization an evaluation, after operating the controls of a KC-135R Stratotanker simulator during a visit to Grisso... More

Noel named Grissom’s new vice commander

Noel named Grissom’s new vice commander

Col. Anne Noel, 434th Air Refueling Wing vice commander, poses for an official photo at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., July 14, 2018. Noel stepped into her new role after holding numerous command and leadershi... More

Staff Sgt. Stephanie Briones 434th Force Support Squadron

Staff Sgt. Stephanie Briones 434th Force Support Squadron

Staff Sgt. Stephanie Briones 434th Force Support Squadron services technician and honor guard member, hands off a folded retirement flag to (Ret.) Col. Hiram 'Paul' Gates III, 434th Air Refueling Wing vice comm... More

A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet Blue Angel from Pensacola

A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet Blue Angel from Pensacola

A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet Blue Angel from Pensacola Naval Air Station, Florida, prepares to be refueled by a 434th Air Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratotanker during a refueling mission over the Midwest July 25, 20... More

Grissom to host Air and Space Expo in 2019

Grissom to host Air and Space Expo in 2019

The skies over north-central Indiana will be filled with the sound of jet noise Sept. 7-8, 2019 as the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds come to headline the Grissom Air & Space Expo.

U.S. Air Force Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Alex Jack, 434th

U.S. Air Force Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Alex Jack, 434th

U.S. Air Force Chaplain (Lt. Col.) Alex Jack, 434th Air Refueling Wing chaplain, provides words of reassurance followed by a prayer and moment of silence during a 9/11 memorial ceremony at Grissom Air Reserve B... More

Airmen and Soldiers pose for a photo prior to an Army

Airmen and Soldiers pose for a photo prior to an Army

Airmen and Soldiers pose for a photo prior to an Army Warrior Task competition at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana, Sept. 21, 2018. The competition evaluates and scores common combat tasks and helps prepare pa... More

Two KC-135R Stratotankers from the 434 Air Refueling

Two KC-135R Stratotankers from the 434 Air Refueling

Two KC-135R Stratotankers from the 434 Air Refueling Wing at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., refueled seven F/A-18 Hornets from the U.S. Navy Blue Angels aerial demonstration team Sept. 26, 2018. The demonstra... More

Grissom fuels training leaves no Airman behind

Grissom fuels training leaves no Airman behind

Staff Sgt. Kevin Davin and Tech Sgt. Chris Mollison, 434th Maintenance Squadron fuels system technicians, carry a training dummy after having extracted it from the fuel tank of a KC-135R Stratotanker at Grissom... More

Col. Larry Shaw, 434th Air Refueling Wing commander,

Col. Larry Shaw, 434th Air Refueling Wing commander,

Col. Larry Shaw, 434th Air Refueling Wing commander, gives a unit mission briefing to members attending the Military Foundation, Inc., meeting at the Iventrek Auditorium in Kokomo, Ind. Shaw provided the overvi... More

Veterans continue serving Grissom community after retirement

Veterans continue serving Grissom community after retirement

For many veterans, retirement does not mean the end of their service to their country and their community.

First blast, US Air Force Photo

First blast, US Air Force Photo

Jerry Skiles, 434th Air Refueling Wing retired safety specialist, detonates the first blast at Grissom’s new explosive ordinance range Dec. 13, 2018. The range will improve training and reduce cost by providing... More

Recycling through inovation

Recycling through inovation

April Mota, 434th CES materials examiner and identifier, loads cardboard into a new trash compactor at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., Dec. 26, 2018. The two new compactors allow Grissom to more effectively rec... More

Grissom Fire holds stakeholder meeting

Grissom Fire holds stakeholder meeting

Grissom’s fire department was accredited through the Commission on Fire Accreditation International in 2016, becoming just one of 26 Air Force fire departments to achieve that status. (U.S. Air Force graphic / ... More

Loving family, US Air Force Photo

Loving family, US Air Force Photo

Staff Sgt. William Ellison, 434th Operations Support Squadron radio communication system specialist, embraces his daughter Gwendolyn, 2, after arriving at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind. Jan. 8, 2019. Ellison wa... More

Grissom Air and Space Expo

Grissom Air and Space Expo

Volunteers are being recruited for the 2019 Grissom Air and Space Expo, scheduled for Sept. 7-8 at the base. Planning officials have estimated more than 300 volunteers will be needed

Tanker pilot, US Air Force Photo

Tanker pilot, US Air Force Photo

Capt. Michael Ponziano, 74th Air Refueling Squadron KC-135R Stratotanker pilot, poses for a photo inside the cockpit of a 434th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., Feb. 06, 2019. Ponzia... More

B-1B Lancer - A fighter jet flying in the sky with the words b - 1b lancer above it

B-1B Lancer - A fighter jet flying in the sky with the words b - 1b la...

The B-1B Lancer is just one of many attractions schedule to appear at the 2019 Grissom Air and Space Expo Sept. 7-8, 2019. The B-1B lancer entered service in 1986 and was designed as a strategic bomber with sup... More

Col. Larry Shaw, 434th Air Refueling Wing Commander,

Col. Larry Shaw, 434th Air Refueling Wing Commander,

Col. Larry Shaw, 434th Air Refueling Wing Commander, right, thanks Lt. Col. Michael Willen, Air Force Band of Mid-America commander, following their performance April 5, 2019 at McHale Auditorium in Logansport,... More

KC-135 refuels C130, US Air Force Photo

KC-135 refuels C130, US Air Force Photo

An HC-130J Combat King II from the 106th Rescue Wing at Gabreski Air National Guard Base, N.Y. lines up for fuel behind a 434th Air Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratotanker from Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana Ju... More

Social Security payroll tax temporarily defered

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 Socia... More

Air Force has made changes to its fitness test in response

Air Force has made changes to its fitness test in response

Air Force has made changes to its fitness test in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Changes are made in an effort to insure mission readiness while maintaining the safety of the Airmen. (U.S. graphic/Staff Sg... More

To help Grissom Airman kep safe, healthy and mission-ready,

To help Grissom Airman kep safe, healthy and mission-ready,

To help Grissom Airman kep safe, healthy and mission-ready, the 434th Air Refueling Wing held a virtual unit training assembly May 2-3, 2020.

Senator Mike Braun (R) Indiana, center, stands with

Senator Mike Braun (R) Indiana, center, stands with

Senator Mike Braun (R) Indiana, center, stands with members of the 434th Air Refueling Wing during a visit to Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., May 28, 2019. The visit was the first for the first-term senator, an... More

Both senior officer and enlisted members will be a

Both senior officer and enlisted members will be a

Both senior officer and enlisted members will be a part of panels designed to shed light on the keys to career success beginning on Feb. 9, 2020. The sessions, titled ‘Do you want to be promoted?’ will combine ... More

With only four hours of flight on its clock, an F-35

With only four hours of flight on its clock, an F-35

With only four hours of flight on its clock, an F-35 Lightning II from the 158th Fighter Wing out of the Vermont Air National Guard Base, South Burlington, Vt., receives fuel from a 434th Air Refueling Wing KC-... More

Col. Larry Shaw, 434th Air Refueling Wing commander,

Col. Larry Shaw, 434th Air Refueling Wing commander,

Col. Larry Shaw, 434th Air Refueling Wing commander, presents Holly Hambruch, wife of Chief Master Sgt. James Hambruch, a certificate of appreciation for her support of her husband’s military career during a re... More

Fueling the tanker, US Air Force Photo

Fueling the tanker, US Air Force Photo

Tech. Sgt. David Taylor, 434th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, fuels a KC-135R Stratotanker at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana March 20, 2020. The tanker along with three other tankers are preparing... More

Twelve media outlets came to witness Vice President

Twelve media outlets came to witness Vice President

Twelve media outlets came to witness Vice President Mike Pence’s arrival at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana April 30, 2020. Pence came to Indiana to meet with local business leaders who are building ventilato... More

Participants of the Fire Cracker 5k line up behind

Participants of the Fire Cracker 5k line up behind

Participants of the Fire Cracker 5k line up behind the start-line at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana, June 24, 2020. The run was Grissom’s first 5K following the closing of Grissom’s base gym in March due to ... More

A semi trailer tanker is engulfed in flames on U.S.

A semi trailer tanker is engulfed in flames on U.S.

A semi trailer tanker is engulfed in flames on U.S. Highway 31 in Howard County, Ind. Grissom FD assisted Kokomo FD in extinguishing the flames, resulting in zero injuries.

434th MXG Changes Leadership in Dual Ceremony

434th MXG Changes Leadership in Dual Ceremony

Col. Arianne Mayberry, 434th Maintenance Group commander, receives the guidon from Col. Larry Shaw, 434th Air Refueling Wing commander, during a change of command ceremony at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indiana J... More

434th Mission Support Group welcomes Wiltse as new leader

434th Mission Support Group welcomes Wiltse as new leader

Col. Gretchen Wiltse, 434th Mission Support Group commander, receives the guidon from Col. Larry Shaw, 434th Air Refueling Wing commander, during a change of command ceremony at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Indian... More

Senior Airman Stephan Wojciechowski, 434th Civil Engineer

Senior Airman Stephan Wojciechowski, 434th Civil Engineer

Senior Airman Stephan Wojciechowski, 434th Civil Engineer Squadron explosives ordnance disposal technician, poses with an Air Force medium sized robot holding a civil war era cannon ball at Grissom Air Reserve ... More

Development and Training flight gets new NCOIC

Development and Training flight gets new NCOIC

Staff Sgt. Alexis Wilson, 434th Air Refueling Wing development and training flight NCOIC, poses for an official photo at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind, July 12, 2020. Wilson was recently selected for the positi... More

434th memorial, US Air Force Photo

434th memorial, US Air Force Photo

From the left, Chief Master Sgt. Wesley Marion, 434th Air Refueling Wing command chief, Brian Knowles, 434th ARW historian, pose for a photo with Atterbury-Bakalar Air Museum employees David Day, retired Air Fo... More

Col. Larry Shaw, 434th Air Refueling Wing commander,

Col. Larry Shaw, 434th Air Refueling Wing commander,

Col. Larry Shaw, 434th Air Refueling Wing commander, presents Chief Master Sgt. Wes Marion, 434th ARW command chief, with his certificate of retirement during his retirement ceremony at Grissom Air Reserve Base... More

The first flag is hoisted over Bunker Hill Naval Air

The first flag is hoisted over Bunker Hill Naval Air

The first flag is hoisted over Bunker Hill Naval Air Station in July 1942. The base, now known as Grissom Air Reserve Base opened on July 1, 1942 as a training base for aviators. (Courtesy photo)

Christina Looney, 434th Air Refueling contracted fuels

Christina Looney, 434th Air Refueling contracted fuels

Christina Looney, 434th Air Refueling contracted fuels laboratory technician, conducts a fuels system icing inhibitor test on Jet-A jet fuel at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., Nov. 14, 2014. Grissom’s recently ... More

Master Sgt. Chet Nance, 434th Security Forces Squadron

Master Sgt. Chet Nance, 434th Security Forces Squadron

Master Sgt. Chet Nance, 434th Security Forces Squadron combat arms noncommissioned officer in charge, inspects an M4 rifle at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., Jan. 28, 2014. Grissom’s combat arms instructors are... More

Tech. Sgt. John Thompson, 434th Aircraft Maintenance

Tech. Sgt. John Thompson, 434th Aircraft Maintenance

Tech. Sgt. John Thompson, 434th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, rides his motorcycle at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., March 20, 2015. Thompson has been riding for 33 years and uses his experience an... More

An A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from the Air National

An A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from the Air National

An A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft from the Air National Guard's 122nd Fighter Wing in Fort Wayne, Ind., refuels from a KC-135R Stratotanker aircraft from the Air Force Reserve's 434th Air Refueling Wing at Grisso... More

Chief Master Sgt. Cameron Kirksey, Air Force Reserve

Chief Master Sgt. Cameron Kirksey, Air Force Reserve

Chief Master Sgt. Cameron Kirksey, Air Force Reserve Command command chief master sergeant, coins Senior Master Sgt. Linda Mason-Wilson, 434th Operations Support Squadron first sergeant, during his visit to Gri... More

Daniel Conrad, Grissom Fire Department firefighter,

Daniel Conrad, Grissom Fire Department firefighter,

Daniel Conrad, Grissom Fire Department firefighter, checks blood pressure of Staff Sgt. Mitchell Birdsong, 60th Civil Engineer Squadron emergency management specialist from Travis Air Force Base, Calif., during... More

Grissom firefighters, operating two fire trucks, extinguish

Grissom firefighters, operating two fire trucks, extinguish

Grissom firefighters, operating two fire trucks, extinguish flames on a mock airframe during a nighttime training exercise at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., May 21, 2015. The fire department is one of several ... More

Jacqueline Buckley greets her grandson, Senior Airman

Jacqueline Buckley greets her grandson, Senior Airman

Jacqueline Buckley greets her grandson, Senior Airman Christopher Pledger, 434th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, after returning to Grissom Air Reserve Base from a deployment to Southwest Asia Feb. 7,... More

Indiana Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb (left), Master Sgt. Deborah

Indiana Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb (left), Master Sgt. Deborah

Indiana Lt. Gov. Eric Holcomb (left), Master Sgt. Deborah Wood, 74th Air Refueling Squadron inflight technician, and Col. Paul Gates, 434th Air Refueling Wing vice commander, stand below a KC-135R Stratotanker ... More

Maj. Gen. John Flournoy, 4th Air Force commander, presents

Maj. Gen. John Flournoy, 4th Air Force commander, presents

Maj. Gen. John Flournoy, 4th Air Force commander, presents the 434th Air Refueling Wing flag to Col. Larry Shaw as the colonel assumes command of the wing at Grissom Air Reserve, Base, Ind., July 9, 2016. Also ... More

Master Sgt. Carlos Recoder, 433rd Training Squadron

Master Sgt. Carlos Recoder, 433rd Training Squadron

Master Sgt. Carlos Recoder, 433rd Training Squadron military training instructor, address noncommissioned officers during an Enlisted Call at Gus Grissom Hall at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., July 10, 2016. R... More

Patricia Talley and Jeannine Baker-McIntosh, sisters

Patricia Talley and Jeannine Baker-McIntosh, sisters

Patricia Talley and Jeannine Baker-McIntosh, sisters of Army Air Corps Lt. Robert McIntosh, 27th Fighter Squadron pilot, sit in front of their brother’s tombstone before a flyover Sept. 29, 2016 in Tipton, Ind.... More

Col. Jesse Manning, 2nd Psychological Operations Group

Col. Jesse Manning, 2nd Psychological Operations Group

Col. Jesse Manning, 2nd Psychological Operations Group commander, thanks Soldiers from the 316th Psychological Operations Company and their families for their service and sacrifice to their nation during a Welc... More

Robert Jacobs, Grissom fire fighter, poses with Waylon

Robert Jacobs, Grissom fire fighter, poses with Waylon

Robert Jacobs, Grissom fire fighter, poses with Waylon Shupperd,2, during the Shupperd family’s visit to the fire station, May 23. The department recently responded to a call for Waylon and ultimately helped sa... More

Members of the 434th Air Refueling Wing from Grissom

Members of the 434th Air Refueling Wing from Grissom

Members of the 434th Air Refueling Wing from Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind. pose for a photo prior to a Memorial Day celebration at the Cambridge American Cemetery in Cambridge, England May 29, 2017. The cemete... More

Master Sgt. Michael Rush, 434th Security Forces Squadron

Master Sgt. Michael Rush, 434th Security Forces Squadron

Master Sgt. Michael Rush, 434th Security Forces Squadron craftsman, provides a pre-training brief to his troops during a dynamic tactical training scenario, June 4 at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind. This trainin... More

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