Chief Badgett visits Flanker AMU

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- (Left to right) Staff Sgt. Samuel Schumach and Staff Sgt. Donnie McGurk, 926th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, demonstrate the weapons load capability of an F-15 Eagle to Chief Master Sgt. Dwight Badgett, Air Force Reserve Command Chief, March 5. The 926th AMXS' Reserve maintainers are integrated into the Regular Air Force's 57th Maintenance Group here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Jessica Martin)

Chief Badgett visit to Raptor AMU

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. - Tech. Sgt. Donovan Williams, 926th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (right), explains the intricacies of an F-22 Raptor to Chief Master Sgt. Dwight Badgett, Air Force Reserve Command Chief, during his visit to the 926th Group on March 6. Sergeant Williams is a reservist integrated into the 57th Maintenance Group here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Jessica Martin)

Chief Badgett visit to Falcon AMU

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. - (Left to right) Staff Sgt. Allan Maerina and Staff Sgt. Michael Giddens provide a tour of the F-16 Falcon to Chief Master Sgt. Dwight Badgett, Air Force Reserve Command Chief on March 6. Sergeant Maerina and Sergeant Giddens are integrated into the 57th Maintenance Group here, working on Aggressor aircraft used in Red Flag exercises. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Jessica Martin)

Chief Badgett visits 78th RS

CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. - Members of the 78th Reconnaissance Squadron provide Chief Master Sergeant Dwight Badgett, Air Force Reserve Command Chief (center), with a walkaround tour of the MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aircraft March 4. Chief Badgett visited the unit to learn about its Total Force Integration with the Regular Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Jessica Martin)

926th Group orients command chief with its Total Force Integration

Published March 15, 2011
By Capt. Jessica Martin
926th Group public affairs

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- The 926th Group hosted a distinguished visitor March 4 and 5, orienting them with its Total Force Integration structure here.

Air Force Reserve Command Chief Master Sergeant Dwight Badgett visited the group's units at Nellis and Creech Air Force bases to meet and speak with the troops.

"You have a very unique mission here," Chief Badgett said. "I haven't seen any Reserve units fully integrated into Active Duty units like you are."

During his visit, the command chief met with Remotely Piloted Vehicle operators in the 78th Reconnaissance Squadron and aircraft maintainers in the 926th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, where he was shown MQ-1 Predator, MQ-9 Reaper, F-15 Eagle, F-16 Falcon and F-22 Raptor aircraft.

Additionally, he had a chance to learn about the group's support functions, talking with members of the 706th Fighter Squadron, 926th Aerospace Medicine Squadron and 926th Force Support Squadron.

"Nellis is the Top Gun of the Air Force," said Chief Badgett. "So by placing you here, the Active Duty is demonstrating how much they trust you to carry out the mission.

In exchange for showing Chief Badgett the impact the Reserve has here at Nellis, enlisted members of the group had an chance to ask questions and hear his advice in an open forum setting.

"My goal is to make sure everyone in this room has the opportunity to rise to the level they want to be at," said Chief Badgett. "We need to look at portability and continuing service."

"As a reservist, you are master managers of your life--managing work, your civilian employer and family. We need to make sure we are concentrating on all three and never forget the importance they all have in the defense of our nation."

The 926th GP is an associate unit to the United States Air Force Warfare Center with members integrated into the USAFWC and 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing. Through TFI, the group provides combat-ready reservists as sustained expertise at the operational and tactical levels of warfare conducting combat operations, operational test and evaluation, tactics development, and advanced training side by side their regular Air Force counterparts.