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  • ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska – Senior Airman Shawn Wilkins, 477th Maintenance Squadron nondestructive inspections, tests jet oil for signs of possible engine problems June 4. The jet oil is from F-15s that are currently participating in the Headquarters Pacific Air Forces Operational Readiness Inspection this week. Air Force Reserve Command’s 477th Fighter Group is supporting the 3rd Wing’s efforts during the ORI by providing several Reserve members to assist during the inspection. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrea Knudson)

    477th FG Reservists support wing ORI

  • ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska – Tech. Sgt. Ted Fussell, 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron structural craftsman, gets doused with flour and water during a surprise promotion ceremony for him at Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq, May 21. Sergeant Fussell is a firefighter with the Anchorage Fire Department and was recently promoted to Senior Captain. The act of dousing a firefighter with flour and water is a long-standing tradition within the fire department. Sergeant Fussell is a Reservist with Air Force Reserve Command’s 477th Fighter Group at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. (Courtesy photo)

    Surprise promotion ceremony held for Reservist in Iraq

    Few surprises while deployed to the desert tend to be good ones, such as dust storms, snakes in one's room, or everyone's favorite -- the air conditioner stopped working again. But for one deployed Reservist at Kirkuk Regional Air Base in Iraq, a particular surprise May 21 was a welcoming one. Tech. Sgt. Ted Fussell, a structural craftsman assigned
  • ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska – Lt. Col. John Hillyer, Air Force Reserve Command’s 477th Fighter Group commander, talks with Maj. Chad “Motor” Feucht, 302nd Fighter Squadron, before the major deploys to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, May 12. The fighter pilot and 11 other pilots are flying the Air Force’s newest fighter to the Pacific Theater, marking the F-22’s fifth and sixth deployments to the area. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrea Knudson)

    Reservists fly Raptors to Guam

  • ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska – Master Sgt. Dennis Moore, 477th Maintenance Squadron, counts push-ups for Senior Airman Michael Lowe, 477th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, during their annual physical training test at the fitness center May 3. Airmen from Air Force Reserve Command’s 477th Fighter Group tested their Fit to Fight capability during their Reserve Unit Training Assembly with organized unit PT as well. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrea Knudson)

    477th FG Airmen conduct PT test

  • ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska – Larry Thomas, father of Lt. Col. Kevin Thomas, 477th Civil Engineer Squadron, chatted with Chaplain (Maj.) Pat Travers, 477th Fighter Group, before Colonel Thomas (center) departed for Kirkuk, Iraq, May 4. Colonel Thomas previously commanded the 477th CES, and is currently serving as the deputy commander for the 506th Air Expeditionary Group. Several Airmen with Air Force Reserve Command’s 477th Fighter Group are deployed to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrea Knudson)

    Reservists deploy to Iraq

  • JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- Four Original Tuskegee Airmen met current members of Air Force Reserve Command’s 477th Fighter Group (originally the 477th Medium Bombardment Group) and 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing (originally the 332nd Fighter Group) during a three-day visit here April 25. Staff Sgt. Philip Broome, Lt. Col. James Warren, Lt. Col. Alexander Jefferson and Maj. George Boyd are joined by Brig. Gen. Brian Bishop, 332nd AEW commander, Col. John Dolan, 332nd AEW vice commander, Col. Eric Overturf, 506th Air Expeditionary Group, (deployed from the 477th FG at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska) and Lt. Gen. Gary North, commander for 9th Air Force and U.S. Air Forces Central Command. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Tiffany Trojca)

    477th FG colonel meets Original Tuskegee Airmen

  • KIRKUK REGIONAL AIR BASE, Iraq – Col. Eric Overturf, 506th Air Expeditionary Group commander, speaks to audience members during the 506th AEG change-of-command ceremony here April 30. Colonel Overturf, a Greeley, Colo., native deployed here from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, assumed command from Col. John Costa during the approximately 30-minute ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Eunique Stevens)

    477th FG colonel assumes command in Iraq

    At an outdoor change-of-command ceremony April 30, 506th Air Expeditionary Group Airmen welcomed their new commander, a fellow Tuskegee Airman, as Col. Eric S. Overturf succeeded Col. John F. Costa, 506th AEG and installation commander here. The morning ceremony was presided over by Brig. Gen. Brian Bishop, 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing commander
  • ELMENDORF AIR FORCE BASE, Alaska -- F-22A pilots Lt. Col. Dave Piffarerio, 302nd Fighter Squadron flight commander, 3rd Wing weapons and tactics, and Maj. Kevin Sutterfield, 302nd FS, discussed the mission and capabilities of the F-22A with Dante Carter, 9, and his father Gregory Carter at the 12th Annual Alaska State Aviation Trade Show & Conference at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska, May 2-3. Colonel Piffarerio said he enjoys speaking with the public about the F-22A, the 477th Fighter Group, and the benefits of what becoming a Citizen Airman can do for the unit and the country as a whole. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Andrea Knudson)

    Aviation trade show features F-22A

    An F-22A Raptor from here was among the more than 60 aircraft on display at the 12th Annual Alaska State Aviation Trade Show & Conference at the Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport in Anchorage, Alaska, May 2-3. The Raptor, along with a C-17, C-130H, HC-130 and an HH-60 Pave Hawk from Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Wing and a T-38C from

  • Delayed reporting for Elmendorf members

    Elmendorf members are now on delayed reporting and should report to work by 8 a.m. today, March 23. The uniform of the day is the utility uniform. Personnel should contact their supervisors for more information. Elmendorf's airfield is still operational at this time. While ash fall from the Mount Redoubt eruption is not immediate, senior officials
  • RUNNEMEDE, N.J. -- Chief Master Sgt. Mike Davis, First Sergeant for the 477th Fighter Group, stands will a 5th grade class from the Mary E. Volz Elementary School in Runnemede, N.J. February 23. (Courtesy Photo)

    477th Fighter Group Reaches Out to New Jersey School

    Chief Master Sgt. Mike Davis, First Sergeant for the 477th Fighter Group, was asked to speak at the Mary E. Volz Elementary School in Runnemede, N.J. February 23. Chief Davis spoke to his niece's 5th grade class about what he does for the Air Force Reserve and what the his Civil Engineer Squadron will be doing when they deploy to Iraq. While the
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