• Maintainers keep business as usual during ORE

    While most 4th Fighter Wing Airmen are in full exercise mode away from their respective workplaces, flightline personnel are double tasked this week, as the "real-world" flight schedule remains uninterrupted, during the week-long Phase II operational readiness exercise, Dec. 7-11 .Maintainers, while

  • Exercise exercise exercise

    Airmen prepare for the operational readiness exercise by going through different processes that would be used in a wartime environment. During transition day, Airmen were required to go through the contamination control area and effectively remove equipment in a timely manner. At the CCA, Airmen

  • War games

    Members of Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., are gearing up for a Phase II operational readiness exercise Dec. 7. Airmen from the 4th Communications Squadron, 4th Security Forces Squadron and 4th Civil Engineer Squadron are key players in setting up Base X. The 4th CES was first to set up tents

  • Enlisted heritage banquet hosts charter chief

    Seymour Johnson Air Force Base paid homage to all stripe-bearing Airmen and celebrated the 50th Anniversary of the establishment of the chief master sergeant rank with an enlisted heritage banquet with a special guest of honor here Dec. 1.Celebrating the enlisted core was only one theme for the

  • Wing leaders serve Thanksgiving dinner

    Seymour Johnson Air Force Base commanders took time to recognize Airmen and their families by serving them a holiday feast at the Southern Eagle Dining Facility, Nov. 26, 2009. This service allowed base leaders to show appreciation for the Airmen required to work on Thanksgiving Day. They also

  • Retiree suits up for F-15E ride

    After logging 23 years of service to the Air Force, 20 on active duty and three more years after retirement, the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base Retiree Activities Office director climbed into the cockpit of an F-15E Strike Eagle for the first time.Retired Senior Master Sgt. Elmer Bryans, a former

  • Military personnel section relocates, reopens

    They unlock common access cards, update leave and replace ID cards. The military personnel section plays a vital role for the life of active duty, Reserve, and Guard Airmen as well as retirees and military dependents. Without MPS products, Airmen would not have access to their computers, families

  • Airmen, families enjoy Military Appreciation Day at ECU

    More than 300 Airmen from the 4th Fighter Wing attended an East Carolina University football game, as part of the school's Military Appreciation Day, Nov. 21, 2009 in Greenville, N.C.Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen from across North Carolina received free tickets to the match-up between the

  • North Fayette captain saves U.S. troops in Afghanistan battle

    It was clear his guys on the ground were in trouble."It looked like July Fourth down there," said Air Force Capt. Mike Polidor, an F-15E Strike Eagle pilot from North Fayette. "They were taking fire from all directions, 360 degrees."Polidor, 28, a West Allegheny High School graduate and former