Best 82nd TRW Airmen recognized at annual awards

Brig. Gen. O.G. Mannon, 82nd Training Wing commander, presents Jeffrey Pittman, 361st Training Squadron, with the Civilian Category II of the Year award March 5 during the 2009 82nd TRW Annual Awards banquet. Also pictured is wing Command Chief, Chief Master Sgt. Kenneth Sallinger. (U.S. Air Force photo/Harry Tonemah)

Best 82nd TRW Airmen recognized at annual awards

Brig. Gen. O.G. Mannon, 82nd Training Wing commander, presents Marta Garcia, 82nd Dental Squadron, with the Civilian Category I of the Year award March 5 during the 2009 82nd TRW Annual Awards banquet. Also pictured is wing Command Chief, Chief Master Sgt. Kenneth Sallinger. (U.S. Air Force photo/Harry Tonemah)

Best 82nd TRW Airmen recognized at annual awards

Brig. Gen. O.G. Mannon, 82nd Training Wing commander, presents Staff Sgt. Phillip Baham, 366th Training Squadron, with the Military Volunteer of the Year award, March 5 during the 2009 82nd TRW Annual Awards banquet. Also pictured is wing Command Chief, Chief Master Sgt. Kenneth Sallinger. (U.S. Air Force photo/Harry Tonemah)

Best 82nd TRW Airmen recognized at annual awards

The 82nd Training Wing Annual Awards were presented by 82nd TRW Commander Brig. Gen. O.G. Mannon and Chief Master Sgt. Kenneth Sallinger, 82nd TRW command chief, March 5 to recognize the best of the wing's Airmen. Pictured from left to right on the first row are Marta Garcia, 82nd Dental Squadron, Robin Parrish, 82nd Medical Operations Squadron, Linda Howard, 82nd Force Support Squadron, and Tech. Sgt. Christopher Huntington, 361st Training Squadron. Pictured from left to right on the second row are Airman 1st Class Keenan Mondragon, 82nd Security Forces Squadron, Master Sgt. William Aronowitz, 82nd Mission Support Group, Staff Sgt. Phillip Baham, 366th Training Squadron, Jason Durst, 82nd Training Group, Jeffrey Pittman, 361st TRS, and Tech. Sgt. Angel Armendariz, 364th TRS. (U.S. Air Force photo/Harry Tonemah)

80th FTW presents Annual Awards

Airmen from the 80th Flying Training were presented awards Feb. 26 during the 80th FTW Annual Awards Ceremony at the Sheppard Club. From left to right (bottom row) are Master Sgt. Scott Turner, sponsor and logistics program manager 982nd Maintenance Squadron; Chief Master Sgt. Norman Thierolf, 80th FTW command chief; Maj. Gen. Maurice Forsyth, guest speaker and Air Education and Training Command LeMay Center commander; Airman of the Year Senior Airman Daynesha Bumanglag, 80th Operations Support Squadron; Col. Kevin Schneider, 80th FTW commander; Jill Patterson, sponsor; and Noros Martin, sponsor. From left to right (top row) are Senior NCO of the Year Master Sgt. Kevin Gallemore, 80th OSS; Civilian Category I of the Year Mark Bice, 80 OSS; Instructor Pilot of the Year Capt. Jacob Hostetler, 459th Flying Training Squadron; Company Grade Officer of the Year Maj. Christopher Breffitt, 459th FTS; Field Grade Officer of the Year Maj. Kenneth Cook, 459th FTS; Flight commander of the Year Maj. Stephen Fekete, 89th FTS; Civilian Category II of the Year David Nelson, 80th FTW; Dee Ann Martin, sponsor; and Darren Davis, sponsor. Not Pictured are NCO of the Year Tech. Sgt. Kenyun Willis, 80th FTW, and Civilian Category II of the Year Pamela Glendening, 80th Operations Group.

Highest enlisted rank adds four Sheppard Airmen

Four Team Sheppard members joined the ranks of the highest one percentile of the active duty Air Force during the Chief Master Sergeant Promotion Ceremony at the Sheppard Club Feb. 26. Senior Master Sgts. Brian Mullen, 373rd Training Squadron superintendent; Mark Hyden, 82nd Security Forces Squadron security manager; Patrick Duncan, Defense Contract Management Agency Lockheed-Martin Aeronautics Aviation Maintenance manager; and Chief Master Sgt. Carolyn Regan, 381st TRS superintendent, were inducted to chief master sergeant. Out of 2,276 eligible senior master sergeants, 475 were promoted including four Sheppard chief selects. This year marked the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the E-9 rank. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lou Anne Sledge)