• Reservists help kick off season during annual project

    "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" tumbling out of the speakers, people dancing in the aisles, sparkling eyes and lots of smiles was the setting at the American Italian Club in Phoenix on Dec. 2 as the holiday season kick off for about 200 clients of the Valley of the Sun Habilitation School. The wing

  • A need for speed: 944th chief races across southwest

    Editor's note: The following is part of an Extreme Sports series highlighting 944th Fighter Wing members. The sun shining, engines revving, the smell of fuel in the air...just a typical race day for Chief Master Sgt. Wayne Nielsen, 944th Maintenance Squadron munitions systems flight chief. For the

  • 944th FW gears up for annual Bosses Day

    Members of the 944th Fighter Wing are encouraged to invite their employers to Bosses Day 2010 on Saturday, Nov. 6.In one action-packed day, employers will experience and observe combat and support skills used during deployments, watch "injured" personnel receive medical and evacuation care, see how

  • Structural maintenance keeps 944th F-16s airborne

    Keeping 944th Fighter Wing aircraft flying takes more than a good pilot or crew chief. Ensuring the structural integrity of the 16 F-16s on the ramp and the support and aerospace ground equipment is the mission of the structural maintenance shop in the 944th Maintenance Squadron. After each flight,

  • 944th FW conducts blood drives

    The 944th Fighter Wing has teamed up with United Blood Services for two blood drives Saturday and Sunday of the October UTA. A UBS bus will be parked in front of building 999 Oct. 14 and 15 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. All donors at the wing drives will automatically be entered to win a diamond and 18k

  • First of 17 jets leaves 944th FW

    The first of 17 F-16s from the 944th Fighter Wing departed Luke Aug. 15 for Hill Air Force Base, Utah, where it will undergo Falcon Star, a life-extending set of upgrades. From there, aircraft 86-273 will make its home at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The 944th FW flightline was lined with members of