COMMENTARY NAVY NEWS The American dream: NAVSEA expeditionary Something to be energy team earns Gulf thankful for | Page 4 engineering award | Page 9 Defender Friday, December 6, 2013 TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE — HOME OF THE CHECKERTAILS Vol. 7, No. 25 Send some love SENIOR AIRMAN CHRISTOPHER REEL | Air Force The fi nal of 314 QF-4s produced since 1998 lands at Tyndall Air Force Base on Nov. 19. It will be used as an unmanned, full-scale aerial target during training exercises. Last ‘new’ Phantom returns to service By ASHLEY M. WRIGHT ATRS commander. “This 325th Fighter Wing aircraft has served the Air Public Affi ars Force and the nation so well for so long. It is truly TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE the end of an era.” AIRMAN 1ST CLASS SERGIO A. GAMBOA | Air Force — The 82nd Aerial Target The supersonic, reus- A service member’s son reaches over to drop off the holiday card he made during the Holiday Mail Squadron received the last able QF-4 provides a re- for Heroes event Nov. 19 at the Tyndall Library. Children and adults made holiday cards for veterans, of the “new” QF-4 aerial alistic, full-scale target service members and wounded warriors. targets Nov. 19 as the for air-to-air weapons Vietnam-era aircraft land- system evaluation, devel- ed here. opment and testing. The The QF-4, Aircraft 68- 82nd ATRS eventually will 0599, spent more than launch the QF-4 on an un- Campaign brings joy to all heroes manned fl ight where it will 20 years in the Air Force “Boneyard” at Davis-Mon- act as a target for a mod- By Airman 1st Class SERGIO A. GAMBOA hosted an event Nov. 19 through gesture that brings happiness, by than Air Force Base, Ariz. ern piloted jet. That last 325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs which children and adults made sending a greeting to a military before being brought back mission will provide vital holiday cards for veterans, de- service member or veteran dur- to life for one last mission. data to American and al- TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE — The ployed service members and ing our Holiday Mail for Heroes “It is bittersweet to re- lied forces. American Red Cross partnered wounded warriors. ceive the last QF-4,” said with the Tyndall Library and “This year, you can give a See CAMPAIGN 6 Lt. Col. Ryan Inman, 82nd See PHANTOM 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS TYNDALL ON FACEBOOK See past issues at Commentary . .4 Use your mobile device to link Navy News . .8 up with Tyndall Air Force Base Classifi eds . 11 on Facebook. www.GULFDEFENDER.com 2 | Gulf Defender Tyndall Air Force Base Friday, December 6, 2013 DECEMBER PROMOTIONS 38 graduate Airman Leadership School By Airman 1st Class ALEX EcHOLS 325th Fighter Wing By Senior Airman CHRISTOPHER REEL Public Affairs 325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE — TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE — Congratulations to all Congratulations to Airman Leadership of Tyndall’s December School Class 14-1 graduates. Thirty-eight promotees. Team Tyndall airmen graduated during a AirMAN ceremony Nov. 26. Airman Leadership School is a five- Spaide, Deseree, 325th week-long Air Force program designed Communications Squadron to develop airmen into effective front-line AirMAN First Class supervisors. It is the first professional Brown, Chanel, 325th military education enlisted Air Force Medical Support Squadron; 2ND LT. ChristoPher BOWyer-Meeder | Air Force members encounter. ALS focuses McLoughlin, Samantha, Lisa NorMAN | Air Force on developing leadership abilities Col. David E. Graff, 325th Fighter 325th Maintenance Team Tyndall airmen line up during the December as well as effective communication. Wing commander, congratulates Squadron; Wallerstedt, promotions ceremony Nov. 26 at the Horizons Senior airmen with 48 months time-in- members of Advanced Leadership Lex, 337th Air Control Community Center. service or those with a promotion line School class 14-1 after their Squadron; Warren, Cody, number for staff sergeant are eligible graduation ceremony Nov. 26 at the 325th MXS Support Squadron; Fox, Remsnyder, Joel, 325th to attend. The member must also have Horizons Community Center. SENior AirMAN Christopher, 325th MXG; MXS; Riley, Michael, at least six months of retainability Arroyo Cerna, Jonathan Keiper, Brandon, 325th Detachment 4, 372nd from the projected class graduation Herrera, Marco — 325th AMXS; Hollister, Francisco, 325th Security OSS; Mccollum, Phillip, Training Squadron; date before being enrolled. ALS covers Cody — 325th MXS; Holt, Devin — 325th Forces Squadron; Barker, 325th SFS; Sarandos, Stanton, Lawrence, 325th combat leader, military professional, MXS; Hutchinson, Raymond — 325th Ryan, 325th Aircraft Christopher, 325th MXS; MXG supervisor of airmen, verbal and written AMXS; Jenkins, Dayon — 337th ACS; Maintenance Squadron; Smith, Christian, 82nd SENior Master SerGeaNT communication and group dynamics. Keddie, Christopher — 325th OSS; Kugler, Crane, Cody, 325th SFS; Aerial Targets Squadron; Bradberry, Danny, Air A majority of the instruction focuses Zachary — 325th MXS; Kuligowski, Farahcastillo, Nadima, Young, Billy, 337th ACS Force Civil Engineering around various Air Force rules and Michael — 325th Maintenance Group; 325th Aerospace Medicine TechNical SerGeaNT Center; Schmitz, Samuel, regulations. Lombardo, Marco — 325th SFS; Lopez, Squadron; Forbin, Stephen, Henderson, Peter, 325th AFCEC The following senior airmen Sean — 43rd Aircraft Maintenance 325th Maintenance MXS; Jones, Tiffany, 81st Chief Master SerGeaNT graduated: Unit; Love, Amanda — 337th ACS; Group; Gheller, David, Range Control Squadron; Dickover, Steven, 325th Borgardts, Ashton — 325th Martin, Michael — 325th MXS; Medina, 325th AMXS; Knepp, Martin, Christopher, AXMS Maintenance Squadron; Cabot, Jesse Aaron — Detachment 1, 16th Electric Christopher, 325th MXS; Detachment 2, 342nd First LieuteNANT — 325th Security Forces Squadron; Warfare Squadron; Mitchell, Cory Langston, Sheldon, 325th Training Squadron; Bredeson, Andy, 337th Carroll, James Jr. 337th Air Control — 325th CS; Mitchell, Sary — 325th AMXS; Mcguire, Lindsey, Mctaggart, Joseph, 325th ACS; Gray, James, 23rd Squadron (Distinguished Graduate and Aerospace Medicine Squadron; Nelson, 337th ACS; Michaud, FSS; Murphy, Joseph, Flying Training Squadron; Commandant Award recipient); Cox, Robyn — 53rd Test Support Squadron; Justin, 325th Operations 325th MXS; St John, Tesauro, Stephen, 43rd Carmelia — Air Force Reserve; Diaz, Nguyen, Vincent Jr. — 325th Civil Support Squadron; Matthew, 325th MXG; Fighter Squadron Alec — Air Force Reserve; Dodson, David Engineer Squadron; Paczesny, Justin Romero, Edward, 325th Vickery, John, Detachment CAPtaiN — 325th Medical Operations Squadron — 325th SFS (Academic Achievement SFS; Stinchcomb, Caleb, 1, 823rd RED HORSE; Ware, Ronald, 325th SFS (Distinguished Graduate and John L. and Distinguished Graduate Award 325th SFS Walters, Douglas, Det. 1, MAJor Levitow Award recipient); Douglas, recipient); Sands, Steven — 325th OSS; Staff SerGeaNT 823rd RED HORSE Kobithen, Kevin, Daniel — 325th Aircraft Maintenance Santos, Mark — 325th MXS; Sapp, Bailey, Darius, 325th Master SerGeaNT 325th AMXS; Sweeney, Squadron; Edwards, Nicholas — 325th William — 337th ACS; Stehlik, Scott Civil Engineer Squadron; Aikens, Randy, 325th Christopher, 43rd FS; MXS; Greene, Sam — 325th Contracting — 325th CS; Taylor, Esaias — 325th MXG; Blake, Christopher, 325th MXS; Capulong, Ronald, Tompkins, Daniel, 43rd FS Squadron (Distinguished Graduate); Vaughan, Kenneth — 325th Comptroller MXS; Cosby, Tiffany 325th MXS; Murchison, LieuteNANT ColoNel Harding, Curtis — 325th MXS; Harlow, Squadron; Vehlhaber, Jeffrey — 325th Marie, 325th MXS; Diani, John, 601st Air and Space Martin, Robert, 1st Air Tyler — 325th Operations Support CES; Wilson, Arianne — Air Force Jillian, 325th Force Operations Center; Force Squadron; Harris, Aaron — 325th AMXS; Reserve. 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