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Michigan Air Guard Historical Association October – December Michigan Air Guard Historical Association Website: www.selfridgeairmuseum.org Email: [email protected] October – December 2019 TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Taps 2 Honor Roll & Life Member 2 Letters Home 3 127th Wing Happenings 4-6 110th Attack Wing Happenings 7-8 Tom Selfridge Did More than Just Die by Joseph N. Mazzara 9-10 This Day in History: Michigan Air National Guard 11-14 Museum Happenings 15-27 Reader Information Survey 28 Kroger Community Rewards Program 29 AmazonSmile 30 MAGHA Membership Application 31 Memorial Wall Brick Program 32 MI ANG History Books 33 1 TAPS NAME MI ANG SERVICE DATE OF DEATH Dr. Richard F. Cooper ???? – 1985 28 October 2019 HONOR ROLL Due to the large number of Honor Roll members, only those who have either become Life Members or who have achieved a higher membership status since the last issue are listed below. A complete Honor Roll membership roster is published annually in the July issue. Please see the complete list at the end of the newsletter. LIFE MEMBER Col. Ronald J. Lambert (Ret) – Sustaining Lt. Cdr. Ed Songer (U.S. Navy) – Life Available at Google Play Store & Apple App Store 2 Letters Home Email received from Pete Molter: Happy Fall everyone - Hope your year has been good so far. To help get a good start on next year, here’s the information on the 2020 Florida reunion. It is scheduled for Friday, 21 February 2020, 11 a.m. at: Chuy’s Mexican Restaurant, 7913 W. Irlo Bronson Hwy (US-192), Kissimmee, Florida 34747 We had a good turn out last year and everyone said they enjoyed the food and visits. Hope you can make it to the next one. Have a Happy Holidays and see you then. Pete and Peggy Molter I’m just letting everyone know that Lou Nigro, Executive Director, Selfridge Military Air Museum (Lt. Col., Ret.) has been out of the Museum office for the past few months. We’re hoping on his imminent return, but the date of his return is still not known. In the meantime, Bob Hudson, Assistant Director and Lori Nye, Library-Archives Team Chief is attempting to keep things running at a smooth pace on Tuesdays and Fridays. Bear with us please, if your phone call or email is not immediately responded to. Lori is keeping tabs of the voicemails and emails and responding as needs be. If you have a payment coming up in the next few months for your RV Storage and/or your MAGHA membership, please just mail it in to the Selfridge Military Air Museum, 27333 C Street, Bldg. 1011, Selfridge ANG Base, MI 48045. Lori or our “new” Admin. Volunteer, Susan Tiley, will process the payments and eventually get you your updated contract. Thank you all for your understanding. Bob Hudson, Assistant Director 3 127th Wing Happenings 191st Maintenance Squadron Staff Sgt. Mike Fontana and Airmen of the 191st Maintenance Squadron re-attach the tail cone on a KC-135 Stratotanker after performing preventative maintenance on the aircraft at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., Nov. 2, 2019. Airmen routinely perform preventative maintainance to Air Force aircraft to ensure the aircraft remains mission ready. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan Heaton) 4 127th Maintenance Squadron Airmen work together to assemble BDU-33 munitions at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., Nov. 2, 2019. The BDU-33s are used as a training munition by the A-10 Thunderbolt II aircraft operated at Selfridge. The small bomb is mostly inert, but carries a small charge that emits smoke when deployed, to help spot where it landed. The bombs are shipped to the base in several component pieces and then assembled by the conventional weaponry maintenance technicians of the 127th Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Dan Heaton) Members of Leadership Macomb Class XXIII pose in front of an A-10C Thunderbolt II at Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., October 16, 2019. Leadership Macomb brings together leaders from numerous institutions, and disciplines to obtain in-depth information about issue driven, relevant topics in Macomb County. 5 2020 Air Show & Challenge Coin Contest Winners The Selfridge Base Community Council held a design contest for their official challenge coin for next summer's Open House and Air Show. Thirty design submissions were assessed by a judging committee comprised of 12 civic, community and military leaders from surrounding communities of Selfridge ANGB, of which only three designs were chosen for third, second and first place. First- place air show coin design winner, Xandraya Rodriguez, second place winner, Mackenzie Johnson, and third place winner, Charles Zucal were recognized at the event held at the Selfridge Military Air Museum, which publicly launched the 2020 Selfridge Open House and Air Show. The Selfridge Open House and Air Show will take place 6-7 June 2020, at Selfridge Air National Guard Base. Keep following the 127th Wing Facebook page for news and updates! 6 110th Wing, Battle Creek, Michigan Governor Whitmer visits Michigan Department of Military & Veterans Affairs Facilities The 110th Wing hosted Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II, and State of Michigan Cabinet members during a visit to Michigan Department of Military and Veterans Affairs facilities. 7 Invested in the future: Battle Creek ANG finance specialist finds her niche Battle Creek, Michigan 09-11-2019 Story by Staff Sgt. Jacob Cessna, 110th Wing BATTLE CREEK, Mich. – “I love finance, I love the complexity that comes with it. When customers have exhausted everyone in aiding them in solving their problems, I’m usually the person to fix it. I’m great at pulling broken programs out of the grave.” When Tech. Sgt. Joni Jackson speaks about her work, she sounds more like a private investigator than someone newly assigned to the 110th Wing Comptroller Flight, Battle Creek Air National Guard Base, Michigan. Initially, Jackson joined the South Carolina Air National Guard to work in personnel, but after cross‐training multiple times into mission support career fields over thirteen years, she believes she finally has found her niche with finance. This job requires not only a methodic mindset to process, submit, and audit transactions accurately, but also a personable demeanor. When disgruntled customers come in, they need someone who can empathize with them. Jackson shows no hesitation for either aspect of her job. “It’s easy for me to come in and read the regulations and the instructions and the policies,” Jackson said. “And sometimes you’re going to have difficult customers, but you have to remember where they’re coming from. If your payment was messed up, you’d be upset too. You have to be able to defuse, assist them, and not take it personally.” Before becoming the lead accounting liaison officer at the 110th Wing, Jackson worked 10 years in the 169th Mission Support Group and is no stranger to dealing with people. In fact, it’s why she joined personnel in the first place. “Everything we do in life is customer service, whether it’s external customers or internal. I love customer service; I love helping people.” Confident in her diplomatic skills, Jackson spends time outside of work studying the nuances of her job. It’s not easy getting acclimated to a new job, but her dedication can be seen in the results. “I was told that it would take a while to get my head wrapped around all of it, but I’m definitely up for the challenge. Now that my kids are grown and out of the house, I have time to come home and read the regulations and try to understand the job more. Along with the training, everything’s coming together.” Jackson’s dedication to the Air Force doesn’t stop with herself. She is passionate about the Air Force's future, specifically female leadership and mentoring junior non-commissioned officers. She rallied her female co-workers to attend a women in leadership symposium that the 110th Wing held Sept. 9th. “The symposium was very informative and organized, Jackson said. "The challenges women in leadership positions faced weren’t surprising, but it reflected their strength and their resiliency. I think the biggest thing for us, regardless of age, is to educate our men. Have that dialogue, have those conversations, ask those questions and be ready for responses. Once more dialogue is started without male peers and leadership, they’ll gain a better understanding of how to take this journey together.” Military operations start and end at finance. Personnel cannot provide their best service if they must worry about providing for their families and themselves. When an Airman goes to see Tech. Sgt. Joni Jackson, someone whose drive and dedication extends past her own career, they should know they’re in good hands. 8 TOM SELFRIDGE DID MORE THAN JUST DIE By Joseph N Mazzara Visitors to the Selfridge Military Air Museum in Harrison Township, Michigan, often ask why Selfridge Air National Guard Base was named for this virtually unknown Lieutenant Thomas Etholen Selfridge. The standard answer given by museum staff is that Thomas Selfridge was the first person and first U.S. military officer to be killed in the flight of a powered aircraft. Oh, and the airplane on which he died just happened to be designed by the Wright Brothers and piloted by none other than Orville Wright himself. It’s all true, and indeed interesting, but what a sad legacy to be remembered primarily for the circumstances of your death, and not by the accomplishments of your life. As it turns out, Lt. Selfridge achieved quite a bit in his brief but rich life.
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