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Vol. 11, No. 7 Serving Southern Arizona’s military community, including Davis-Monthan Air Force Base July 2018
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STORIES by Airman 1st Class day in and day out, and it is humbling to be Airman 1st Class Giovanni Sims
KRISTINE LEGATE a part of your team.â€
ï® IMA receives awards, 3 Col. Mike Drowley renders his first
ï® DLT warrior competes, 4 355th Fighter Wing Public Affairs Over the course of his command, Camp- salute June 29 to Airmen of the 355th
ï® MIA comes home, 6 bell responded to the Air Force’s pilot short- Fighter Wing during a change of com-
ï® Readiness, lethality, 8 Col. Mike Drowley assumed command age by driving Air Combat Command’s goal mand ceremony at Davis-Monthan Air
ï® Monsoon means mold, 12 June 29 of the 355th Fighter Wing from Col. to increase fighter pilot production, gradu- Force Base. Drowley previously served
ï® Water quality, 14 Scott Campbell. ating more than 175 A-10 Thunderbolt II as chief of staff for the United States
ï® Weather Airmen learn, 15 pilots, and revitalized the A-10 Demonstra- Air Force’s central command, Al Udeid
Prior to assuming command, Drowley tion Team after a five-year hiatus. Camp- Air Base, Qatar.
FEATURE served as chief of staff for the United bell was also hand-picked as the Red Flag
States Air Forces Central Command, Al Expeditionary Wing commander at Nellis Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, as
Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Drowley is also a Air Force Base, Nevada, where he led more the vice commandant of cadets.
command pilot and has accumulated more than 2,600 Airmen from 38 units through
than 2,200 combined flight hours in the the largest Red Flag exercise in history.
Beechcraft T-34, T-38 Talon, F-15 Strike
Eagle, F-16 Fighting Falcon and the A-10 Under Campbell’s leadership, the 355th
Thunderbolt II. FW won more than 80 awards culminating
in Davis-Monthan AFB winning the 2018
“Men, women, Airmen, civilians and Commander-in-Chief’s Installation Excel-
families of Davis-Monthan, you guys sure lence Award.
know how to intimidate a guy,†Drowley
said. “You are installation of the year. It is After commanding the Air Force’s largest
an unbelievable precedent that you’ve set. A-10 wing for two years, Campbell has been
My contract to you is that I will serve you reassigned to the United States Air Force
Airman 1st Class Michael Beyer D-M goes
for Color
CATM QUALIFIES AIRMEN ON M4 Run ...
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Airman 1st Class Frankie Moore Airmen from Davis-
Continue to get Davis-Monthan Monthan Air Force Base
Air Force Base latest news participate in the 355th
and information from these Force Support Squad-
ron’s annual 5k Color
sources: http://www.aerotech- Run, June 8 at D-M AFB.
news.com/davis-monthanafb Along with the 5k run, a
raffle for prizes was held
and social media at the conclusion of the
event. Forty volunteers
Desert Lightning News threw more than 200
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