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  • Clergy Day lifts spirits

    U.S. Air Force Senior Airman James Marshall, a boom operator assigned to the 434th Air Refueling Wing, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., briefs emergency evacuation procedures of the KC-135 Stratotanker during the 307th Bomb Wing’s Clergy Day at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. on May 13, 2016. The

  • Symposium sharpens potential diamonds

    Grissom hosted a first sergeant symposium here March 2-4 to help those with the additional duty better understand their roles, and perhaps someday make the full-time transition to a diamond wearer.Thirty-five Airmen from seven Air Force wings all gathered here to hone the skills needed to be a

  • Grissom Airmen share their Desert Storm stories

    Jan. 16 marks the 25th Anniversary of Desert Storm and Airmen from Grissom were there to fuel the fight.Operating out of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, members of the 434th Air Refueling Wing joined coalition forces to launch a crippling air campaign against Iraqi forces who invaded Kuwait.In all, nearly one

  • Refueling "Spirit" in the sky

    Grissom's KC-135R Stratotankers can transfer more fuel in eight minutes than a gas station can pump in 24 hours, but its ability to transfer that fuel after dark moving at speeds up to 500 mph is truly amazing.The 72nd and 74th Air Refueling Squadrons conduct around the clock operations and training