Altus' AMC Rodeo teams are announced

ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla.—Col. Jon T. Thomas, 97th Air Mobility Wing commander, and Col. James Peccia, 97th Mission Support Group commander, stand with the members of the 97th AMW Rodeo Red River Riders Aerial Port Team for the 2011 Air Mobility Command Rodeo. The AMC Rodeo is a mobility rodeo competition between units from around the world that will be held at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. July 23-30. From the 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron, team coach, Staff Sgt. Michael Ladrigan and team members Senior Airmen Brad Martineau, Eric Sims, Eric Hazlewood, Airmen 1st Class Chris Timmerman and Joshua Verran, make up the Aerial Port team. The team will be competing in engine running on and off load, a challenge course with numerous events and a four-mile run, a joint inspection and more. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Leandra D. Stepp)

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Altus' AMC Rodeo teams are announced

ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, OKLA.— Col. Odie Oates, 97th Operations Group commander, Col. Ty Thomas, 97th Air Mobility Wing commander, and Lt. Col. Steve Johnson, 97th Operations Support Squadron commander, stand with Staff Sgt. Marc Safford, 97th OSS, as he is named one of the team members for the 97th AMW Rodeo Red River Riders Joint Airdrop Inspection Team for the 2011 Air Mobility Command Rodeo. The AMC Rodeo is a mobility rodeo competition between units from around the world that will be held at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. July 23-30. From the 97th Operations Support Squadron, Staff Sgt. Safford and Tech. Sgt. Jeff Austin will be competing in the static airdrop load inspection, conduct all before-and after-loading inspections for unit airdrop missions and performance of their airdrop loads. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Leandra D. Stepp)

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ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla.— Col. Jon T. Thomas, 97th Air Mobility Wing commander, stands with the members of the 97th AMW Rodeo Red River Riders KC-135 Stratotanker Maintenance Team for the 2011 Air Mobility Command Rodeo. The AMC Rodeo is a mobility rodeo competition between units from around the world that will be held at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. July 23-30. From the A-team, team chief Jim Domian, Dave Soderland, Mike Proveaux, John Kniesel, Robert Guber, Brian King, Josh Fraser, Shawn Atwood, Mike Brown, Kevin Hill, Kelly Harnden, and Ramiro Solis will be competing in the arrival and processing, preflight inspection, fuel servicing operations and daily operations to include launch and recovery skills, safety, and aircraft arrival condition. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Leandra D. Stepp)

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ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla.— Col. Ty Thomas, 97th Air Mobility Wing commander, stands with the members of the 97th AMW Rodeo Red River Riders C-17 Globemaster III Maintenance Team for the 2011 Air Mobility Command Rodeo. The AMC Rodeo is a mobility rodeo competition between units from around the world that will be held at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. July 23-30. From the A-team, team chief Theo Robertson, along with team members Charles Gibson, Jeff Cunningham, Jeff Durrence, Jeff Elkins, Pete Chase, June Graham, Ed Marriot, Mike Lockman, Christopher Brice Parker, Shawn Pyle and John Hatchell will be competing in the arrival and processing, preflight inspection, fuel servicing operations and daily operations to include launch and recovery skills, safety, and aircraft arrival condition. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Leandra D. Stepp)

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Altus' AMC Rodeo teams are announced

ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla.— Col. John S. Oates, 97th Operations Group commander, and Col. Jon T. Thomas, 97th Air Mobility Wing commander, stand with the members of the 97th AMW Rodeo Red River Riders KC-135 Stratotanker Aircrew Team for the 2011 Air Mobility Command Rodeo. The AMC Rodeo is a mobility rodeo competition between units from around the world that will be held at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. July 23-30. From the 54th Air Refueling Squadron, 97th OSS and Detatchment 3, team chief Capt. Matt Lilly, and team members Captains Zach Peaden, Steve Aldridge, Tech. Sergeants Rod Taylor, Ben Cobb, and Staff Sgt. Christopher Joyce, will be competing in the tanker air-to-air refueling competition, tanker cargo loading, and in the unfamiliar instrument approach competition. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Leandra D. Stepp)

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Altus' AMC Rodeo teams are announced

ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla.— Col. John S. Oates, 97th Operations Group commander, and Col. Jon T. Thomas, 97th Air Mobility Wing commander, stand with the members of the 97th AMW Rodeo Red River Riders C-17 Globemaster III Aircrew Team for the 2011 Air Mobility Command Rodeo. The AMC Rodeo is a mobility rodeo competition between units from around the world that will be held at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. July 23-30. From the 58th Airlift Squadron, team chief, Maj. Matt Inscoe, and team members Captains Wes Skenfield, Ben Tarkowski, Tech Sgt. Steve Brown, and Staff Sgt. Jake Ellis, will be competing low level navigation and airdrop, aircrew engine running onload and offload, short field landing, receiver air-to-air refueling, aircraft backing and combat offloads. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Leandra D. Stepp)

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ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla.—Col. James D. Peccia, 97th Mission Support Group commander, and Col. Jon T. Thomas, 97th Air Mobility Wing commander, stand with the members of the 97th AMW Rodeo Red River Riders Security Forces Team for the 2011 Air Mobility Command Rodeo. The AMC Rodeo is a mobility rodeo competition between units from around the world that will be held at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. July 23-30. From the 97th Security Forces Squadron, team coach, Master Sgt. Daniel Kille, and team members Staff SSgt’s. Stephen Hebblethwaite, James Wader, Airmen 1st Class Jenings Casey, Joshua Sams, Kurtis Banyas and Scott Stickney will be competing in a combat tactics event, combat weapons event, combat endurance event, and an advanced designated marksman and sharpshooter event. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Leandra D. Stepp)

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Altus' AMC Rodeo teams are announced

Published April 19, 2011