188th earns ‘Outstanding Unit’ award
by April 13, 2011 9:17 am 74 views
The 188th Fighter Wing has earned the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award, with the new award emblem to be affixed to the unit’s A-10 aircraft.
Presentation of an A-10 with the new emblem is scheduled for 11 a.m., Thursday (April 14), at the base. Col. Tom Anderson, 188th Fighter Wing commander, is expected to provide details on the accomplishments that resulted in the award.
The 188th Fighter Wing obtained a new flying mission despite initial recommendations from the 2005 Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission (BRAC) to end the wing’s flying mission.
The 188th recently finished its conversion from the F-16 to the A-10C and completed its first combat tour in the Warthog. The 188th’s outstanding accomplishments during that aircraft conversion and subsequent deployment earned the wing the coveted Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for the period Oct. 1, 2008, to Sept. 30, 2010.