February Promotions and Newcomers Published Feb. 11, 2009 By SSgt Rhiannon Willard 477th Fighter Group / Public Affairs Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska -- The following Airmen assigned to the 477th Fighter Group were promoted in February: Senior Airman Jamie Haines 477th Maintenance Squadron Staff Sgt. Reid McKinnon 477th Civil Engineer Squadron Tech. Sgt. Andrew Broome 477th Civil Engineer Squadron Master Sgt. Kanya Briner 477th Force Support Squadron Newcomers The following members were recently assigned to the 477th Fighter Group. Master Sgt. Neal Therrien 477th Force Support Squadron Tech. Sgt. Michael Mitchell 477th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Staff Sgt. Donald West 477th Maintenance Squadron Staff Sgt. Edmund Kelleher 477th Maintenance Squadron Staff Sgt. Katherine Charland 477th Force Support Squadron Staff Sgt. Kyle Higley 477th Force Support Squadron Staff Sgt. Jorge Mendoza 477th Force Support Squadron Senior Airman Derrick Bell 477th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Senior Airman Marcelino Macaranas 477th Civil Engineer Squadron