302nd Airlift Wing News

Dec. 18, 2020
Command stands up Wingman Saves Program to promote crisis intervention

Air Force Reserve Command is implementing the Wingman Saves program, an intervention program aimed at recognizing Reserve Citizen Airmen who take the steps necessary to identify and assist those with at-risk behaviors.
Dec. 17, 2020
302nd Airlift Wing commander and command chief visit the Logistics Readiness Squadron

Lt. Col. Karl Fruendt (left), 302nd Logistics Readiness Squadron commander, shows the squadron white board to Col. Christopher Zidek (right), 302nd Airlift Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Kahn Scalise (center), 302 AW command chief, during a squadron visit, Dec. 6, 2020, at Peterson-Schriever
Dec. 14, 2020
302nd Airlift Wing commander and command chief visits Maintenance Squadron reservists

Col. Christopher Zidek (center-right), 302nd Airlift Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Kahn Scalise, 302 AW command chief, visit the 302nd Maintenance Squadron reservists during the December unit training assembly, Dec. 5, 2020, at Peterson-Schriever Garrison, Colorado. During the visit, Zidek
Dec. 8, 2020
Two wing inspection team reservists promote to master sergeants

Master Sgts Allison Heckenkamp and Carlos Gonzalez III, 302nd Airlift Wing wing inspection team, recite the Oath of Enlistment after being promoted to the rank of master sergeants during the December unit training assembly, Dec. 5, 2020, at Peterson-Schriever Garrison, Colorado. Heckenkamp and
Dec. 7, 2020
302nd Airlift Wing commander and command chief visit Aerospace Ground Equipment

Col. Christopher Zidek (right), 302nd Airlift Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Kahn Scalise (left), 302 AW command chief, meet with Capt. James Gerdis, 302nd Maintenance Squadron operations officer and Master Sgt. Sandy Riley, 302 MXS Aerospace Ground Equipment flight chief, during a squadron
Nov. 8, 2020
302nd Airlift Wing leadership visits with Operations Support Squadron

Senior Master Sgt. Mark Skarban, 302nd Operations Support Squadron superintendent, shows Col. Christopher Zidek, 302 AW commander and Chief Master Sgt. Kahn Scalise, 302 AW command chief, new equipment during a tour through several wing squadrons, Nov. 8, 2020, at Peterson-Schriever Garrison,
Nov. 8, 2020
302nd Airlift Wing leadership visit with Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

Chief Master Sgt. Kahn Scalise (left), 302nd Airlift Wing command chief, looks at a toolbox with Tech. Sgt. David Buchberger (center) and Senior Airman Manuel Carrillo (right), 302nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief and consolidated toolkit custodians, during the November unit training
Sept. 3, 2020
Hurricane Hunters: navigators guide through storms

The 403rd Wing’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron based out of Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, is the only Department of Defense organization that flies weather reconnaissance. In this specialized unit of Reserve Citizen Airmen, a crew is made up of a minimum of five members consisting of a
Sept. 2, 2020
First Sergeants: More Than a Position, A Calling That Requires Having a Heart as Strong as a Diamond

The Air Force first recognized the outcry for a career field that focused on the health and well-being of Airmen and the overall unit by establishing the first sergeant position in 1961. This move was then followed by the Strategic Air Command’s 15th Air Force opening their own first sergeant school
Aug. 2, 2020
302nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron welcomes new commander

Col. Jordan Murphy, 302nd Maintenance Group commander, passes the 302nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron guidon to Lt. Col. Cody Whittington during a change of command ceremony, Aug. 2, 2020, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. Whittington assumed command from Lt. Col. Sara Kershaw, who is now the

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