Desert Lightning News So. AZ Edition, Oct 5 2018
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Vol. 11, No. 10 Serving Southern Arizona’s military community, including Davis-Monthan Air Force Base October 2018 AN AEROTECH NEWS AND REVIEW PUBLICATION • WWW.AEROTECHNEWS.COM
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A-10 pilot reaches 5,000 hours
Airman 1st Class Kristine Legate
Lt. Col. Robin Sandifer, 47th Fighter Squadron A-10 Thunderbolt II instructor pilot, celebrates reaching 5,000 flight hours in an A-10 Sept. 21 at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. Sandifer is the fifth pilot to accomplish this feat in the A-10, and is the first to ever cross that threshold here at D-M.
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STORIES
Getting paid, 5 Energy action, 6 Spouse resiliency, 8 OCPs coming soon, 10 Not forgotten, 12
 Airman refugee, 14 FEATURE
Airman 1st Class erick Requadt
SUICIde PReVeNTIoN WeeK
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D-M PJs take first at ‘Rodeo’
Staff Sgts. Brock Thomas and Romen Ramirez, 68th Rescue Squadron para- rescuemen, won the title of “Best PJ” at the 10th biennial PJ Rodeo held Sept. 17 through 21 in San Antonio.
More than 400 current and former pararescuemen, or PJs, and spectators gathered for active-duty, Reserve and retired PJs to compete in two-man teams
for the title of “Best PJ.”
“It’s a competition that everyone takes
seriously, but more importantly it’s about being together and networking with other PJs and hearing about what’s happening across the career field,” said Staff Sgt. Dan Fowler, 304th Rescue Squadron parares- cueman from Portland, Oregon, and PJ Rodeo competitor.
PJs are the only Defense Department elite combat force specifically trained and equipped to conduct full spectrum person- nel recovery operations.
In addition to the PJ Rodeo itself, there were also PJ reunion events throughout the week. One person who attended the PJ Rodeo primarily for the reunion was
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