By Andre Trinidad, 943rd Rescue Group / Published May 18, 2021
An HH-60 Pave Hawk takes off form a temporary Forward Operating Base as part of Exercise Northern Assessment. Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 943rd Rescue Group successfully completed training scenarios that incorporated highly mobile, temporary facilities in remote, austere locations while still performing combat search and rescue operations from 30 April through 3 May. Exercise Northern Assessment was safely conducted using current CDC protocols and all service members were fully vaccinated. (U.S. Air Force photo by Andre Trinidad)
920th Rescue Wing Commander and 943rd Rescue Group Commanders observe Exercise Northern Assessment activities from an HH-60 Pave Hawk. Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 943rd Rescue Group successfully completed training scenarios that incorporated highly mobile, temporary facilities in remote, austere locations while still performing combat search and rescue operations fro
Tyndall AFB, while also supporting two additional locations, like the forward operating base constructed at NOLF Choctaw.
The planning for NOLF Choctaw aligned capabilities from different units under a single commander to deliver Agile Combat Employment using the Air Base Squadron concept of operations.
“The Air Force, and specifically ACC, needs to refine and clearly articulate expectations for the role of a lead wing as an instrument of air power in support of strategic national objectives,” said Lt. Col. Andrew Frasch, ACC Operations Dynamic Force Employment chief.
Nearly 200 personnel from five ACC bases worked together, as an ABS, to support simulated joint force air component commander missions with combat and mobility aircraft.
Air Force Airmen and Space Force Guardians from across the country recently came together to participate in Air Combat Command’s Agile Flag 21-2 experiment at Naval Outlying Landing Field Choctaw, April 26 – May 7.,
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Military appreciation spotlight: Keith Widemon
Keith Widemon (Courtesy photo)
Keith Widemon, who hails from Vallejo, works with the 60th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Travis Air Force Base.
Widemon has served as a civilian employee for 13 years, with approximately half of that time at Travis. He works as a maintainer on the base’s fire trucks and other heavy vehicles.
He dreams of finishing his bachelor of arts degree in social work. When he’s not fixing the base’s vehicles, he loves to fish, cook and spend time with his wife, Sabra Widemon, and their two daughters. He also loves to travel to Asia, especially Thailand and Japan.