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Davis-Monthan ALS
schoolhouse named
best in Air Force
The 355th Force Support Squadron Chief Master Sgt. Carl E. Beck Airman Leadership School cadre, team together at Davis-Monthan
Air Force Base, Aug. 14, 2023. The Davis-Monthan ALS schoolhouse was named best in the Air Force for 2022 on Aug. 6, 2023.
August
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563rd RQG Salutes SEAC #4
U.S. Air Force Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman Ramón “CZ” Colón-López, right, loads PJ Charlie into his backpack in Louisville, Kentucky, Sept. 6, 2023. Colón- López would hoist down the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter, assigned to the 55th Rescue Squadron, with PJ Charlie for
his fini-flight. In 2004,
the SEAC shared
his knowledge and
developed hundreds
of Pararescue pipeliners, including the now Senior Master Sgt. Joshua Andrada who is the 563rd Rescue Group’s standards and evaluations superintendent at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. Colón-López was also assigned to the 48th Rescue Squadron at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, which is now located at Davis-Monthan, where it holds true to its lineage: Train, equip and employ combat-ready parares- cuemen, combat rescue officers and supporting personnel worldwide.
September
Combat Leader Course 2023: Canyon rescue
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Abbey Rieves
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Abbey Rieves
355th CES launches first Readiness Challenge
U.S. Airmen assigned to the 355th Civil Engineer Squadron, assemble a door to an Alaska Small Shelter System at Davis-Mon- than Air Force Base, Arizona, Aug. 30, 2023. Airmen participated in shelter building, a land navigation course and simulated explosive ordnance reconnais- sance during the base’s first Civilian Engineer Readiness Challenge.
U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Paige Weldon
D-M celebrates U.S. Air Force’s 76th birthday
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class William Finn V
U.S. Airmen, training with the 68th Rescue Squadron, assist their team- mate and a simulated casualty onboard a MH-60 Seahawk helicopter off the coast of Calif., Sept. 18, 2023. The Airmen rescued the casualty from the bottom of a canyon.
Intel Airman saves lives in two separate accidents
U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Abbey Rieves
Senior Airman Gabrielle Glover, 354th Fighter Squadron all-source intelligence analyst, stands in front of an A- 10C Thunderbolt II at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, April 25, 2023. In March 2023, she rendered first aid learned in Basic Military Training to a motorcyclist who was bleeding out from a leg injury, and when a September 2023 hit and run accident happened outside her apartment, she pulled a pregnant woman from the burning car, tended to the head wounds of the hit-and- run suspect, and took charge of the scene until police arrived. When the suspect tried to run, Glover stuck out her foot and tripped him so he couldn’t escape.
U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Robert Allen Cooke III
U.S. Air Force Col. Scott Mills, 355th Wing commander, and Airman 1st Class Caleb Jacks, 79th Rescue Squadron crew chief, cut a cake in the Desert Inn Dining Facility at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, Sept. 18, 2023. As is the tradition, the cake was cut by the commander and the youngest Airman, symbolizing the experience and the future of the Air Force.