The Air Force First Sergeants Academy, part of Air University at Maxwell AFB, Ala., is developing a monument that will be built at the base’s Enlisted Heritage Hall museum to honor the work and dedication of Air Force first sergeants. The monument is slated to be ready for dedication in time for next year’s senior enlisted leadership summit at Maxwell. It will consist of two life-sized statues of first sergeants, one male and one female, placed on a granite diamond-shaped pedestal that will have the history of first sergeants engraved around the edge, according to SMSgt. Michael Bellerose, the academy’s director of education. The statues are currently being cast in Oregon. Already as of Aug. 10, more than $52,000 of the $90,000 needed to cover the monument’s costs has been collected. (Maxwell report by Carl Bergquist)
Hawaii F-22s Wrap Up Deployment to Japan
April 9, 2021
F-22s and Airmen from Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, forward deployed to Japan for almost one month to train with Japanese and U.S. Marine Corps aircraft as part of a “dynamic force employment” operation. The Raptors from the Active-duty 19th Fighter Squadron and Air National Guard 199th Fighter Squadron deployed…