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926th Wing, 706th Fighter Squadron set to receive AFA awards in September

Lt. Col. Jan Stahl, 706th Fighter Squadron commander, departs for a training mission July 13, 2019, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag focuses on the application of core missions to include Command and Control, Intelligence Surveillance, Strike and Personnel Recovery and how to work with Coalition counterparts to ensure success. The 706th Fighter Squadron oversees Air Force Reserve Command members assigned to the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center, supporting missions in its 57th Wing, 53rd Wing and 505th Command and Control Wing. Pilots assigned to the 706 FS fly an array of aircraft to include the F-15C, F-15E, F-16, F-22 and F-35 aircraft. To prepare combat air forces, joint and allied crews with realistic training, pilots in the 706 FS operate with the 64th Aggressor Squadron to facilitate operational threat replication, training, and feedback. The Red Flag exercise will continue through July 26, 2019.

Lt. Col. Jan Stahl, 706th Fighter Squadron commander, departs for a training mission July 16, 2019, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag focuses on the application of core missions to include Command and Control, Intelligence Surveillance, Strike and Personnel Recovery and how to work with Coalition counterparts to ensure success. The 706th Fighter Squadron oversees Air Force Reserve Command members assigned to the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center, supporting missions in its 57th Wing, 53rd Wing and 505th Command and Control Wing. Pilots assigned to the 706 FS fly an array of aircraft to include the F-15C, F-15E, F-16, F-22 and F-35 aircraft. To prepare combat air forces, joint and allied crews with realistic training, pilots in the 706 FS operate with the 64th Aggressor Squadron to facilitate operational threat replication, training, and feedback. The Red Flag exercise will continue through July 26, 2019.

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Rayne Patton, 926th Aerospace Medicine Squadron optical technician, reads a visual chart to a patient inside the medical clinic, July 13, 2019 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The 926 AMDS provides direct medical support to Reserve Airmen to maintain operational readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brett Clashman)

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Rayne Patton, 926th Aerospace Medicine Squadron optical technician, reads a visual chart to a patient inside the medical clinic, July 13, 2019 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The 926th AMDS provides flight medical support and medical manpower to accomplish the Reserve Component Physical Health Assessment Process for the wing population to ensure units’ medical requirements for deployment are met.. The 926 AMDS works cohesively to ensure all Reserve personnel assigned are medically and operationally ready to fulfill the wing's mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Brett Clashman)

Lt. Col. Jan Stahl, 706th Fighter Squadron commander, conducts pre-flight checks inside an F-16 fighting falcon July 16, 2019, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag focuses on the application of core missions to include Command and Control, Intelligence Surveillance, Strike and Personnel Recovery and how to work with Coalition counterparts to ensure success. The 706th Fighter Squadron oversees Air Force Reserve Command members assigned to the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center, supporting missions in its 57th Wing, 53rd Wing and 505th Command and Control Wing. Pilots assigned to the 706 FS fly an array of aircraft to include the F-15C, F-15E, F-16, F-22 and F-35 aircraft. To prepare combat air forces, joint and allied crews with realistic training, pilots in the 706 FS operate with the 64th Aggressor Squadron to facilitate operational threat replication, training, and feedback. The Red Flag exercise will continue through July 26, 2019.

Lt. Col. Jan Stahl, 706th Fighter Squadron commander, conducts pre-flight checks inside an F-16 fighting falcon July 16, 2019, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag focuses on the application of core missions to include Command and Control, Intelligence Surveillance, Strike and Personnel Recovery and how to work with Coalition counterparts to ensure success. The 706th Fighter Squadron oversees Air Force Reserve Command members assigned to the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center, supporting missions in its 57th Wing, 53rd Wing and 505th Command and Control Wing. Pilots assigned to the 706 FS fly an array of aircraft to include the F-15C, F-15E, F-16, F-22 and F-35 aircraft. To prepare combat air forces, joint and allied crews with realistic training, pilots in the 706 FS operate with the 64th Aggressor Squadron to facilitate operational threat replication, training, and feedback. The Red Flag exercise will continue through July 26, 2019.

Lt. Col. Jan Stahl, 706th Fighter Squadron commander, positions himself inside an F-16 fighting falcon July 16, 2019, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag focuses on the application of core missions to include Command and Control, Intelligence Surveillance, Strike and Personnel Recovery and how to work with Coalition counterparts to ensure success. The 706th Fighter Squadron oversees Air Force Reserve Command members assigned to the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center, supporting missions in its 57th Wing, 53rd Wing and 505th Command and Control Wing. Pilots assigned to the 706 FS fly an array of aircraft to include the F-15C, F-15E, F-16, F-22 and F-35 aircraft. To prepare combat air forces, joint and allied crews with realistic training, pilots in the 706 FS operate with the 64th Aggressor Squadron to facilitate operational threat replication, training, and feedback. The Red Flag exercise will continue through July 26, 2019.

Lt. Col. Jan Stahl, 706th Fighter Squadron commander, positions himself inside an F-16 fighting falcon July 16, 2019, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Red Flag focuses on the application of core missions to include Command and Control, Intelligence Surveillance, Strike and Personnel Recovery and how to work with Coalition counterparts to ensure success. The 706th Fighter Squadron oversees Air Force Reserve Command members assigned to the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center, supporting missions in its 57th Wing, 53rd Wing and 505th Command and Control Wing. Pilots assigned to the 706 FS fly an array of aircraft to include the F-15C, F-15E, F-16, F-22 and F-35 aircraft. To prepare combat air forces, joint and allied crews with realistic training, pilots in the 706 FS operate with the 64th Aggressor Squadron to facilitate operational threat replication, training, and feedback. The Red Flag exercise will continue through July 26, 2019.

25th, 379th SRS

Space Test and Training Range team members build an antenna at Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany, March 7, 2019. This was the largest deployment ever for the 25th and 379th Space Range Squadrons and provided a space electronic warfare battlefield for blue and red force players to execute training objectives. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo by Jennifer Anderson)

More than a dozen 926th maintainers performed their annual training working side-by-side 301st maintainers in Fort Worth to hone their aircraft maintenance skills and increase readiness.

Tech. Sgt. Matthew Bailey, a 926th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons loader, performs a 30-day gun lubrication and inspection March 21, 2018, on a 301st Fighter Wing F-16 Fighting Falcon at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas. More than a dozen 926th maintainers performed their annual training working side-by-side 301st maintainers in Fort Worth to hone their aircraft maintenance skills and increase readiness. (Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brittany Morelock)

Through Total Force Integration at Nellis, Reserve aircraft maintainers work side by side with active-duty providing skilled manpower and continuity to accomplish the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center mission.

Senior Airman Naihua Dong, a 926th crew chief and Air Reserve Technician, marshals a F-22 Raptor March 9 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Through Total Force Integration at Nellis, Reserve aircraft maintainers work side by side with active-duty providing skilled manpower and continuity to accomplish the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brett Clashman)

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. --

Air Force Reserve announced today that Air Force Association (AFA) selected five Air Force Reserve award recipients this year. Two of those awards went to the 926th Wing at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

The 926th Wing earned the 2018 AFA Outstanding Reserve (Flying Wing) Unit Award, while the 706th Fighter Squadron won the AFA Citation of Honor Award.

 “This selection speaks volumes for the contributions that each and every one of you has made to national defense,” said Col. Sean Carpenter, commander of the 926th Wing, in an email to all wing Reserve Citizen Airmen.

The Air Force Reserve unit award recognizes a unit that displays superior performance and outstanding achievement during the year.

The 706 FS picked up the AFA citation of honor, which recognizes the most outstanding contribution by an individual or organization to the development of aerospace power for the betterment of mankind.

“Congratulations on the 706th Fighter Squadron’s selection as an Air Force nominee for the 2019 AFA Citation of Honor”, said Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, commander of the Air Force Reserve Command, in his congratulatory letter. “Their dedication and enthusiasm to mission excellence is in keeping with the proud tradition of this award.”

Commanders will be on hand at the AFA Awards Ceremony in mid-September to receive these honors.