HONORS BESTOWED BY BASE 15 RECEIVE AWARDS.Byline: Daily News EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE Edwards Air Force Base, U.S. military installation, 301,000 acres (121,805 hectares), S Calif., NE of Lancaster; est. 1933. It is one of the largest air force bases in the United States and has the world's longest runway. - The Air Force Flight Test Center Workforce Awards Banquet honored 15 individuals and one team. The March 1 banquet in Hangar 1600 was meant to show the top base officials' appreciation for Edwards workers as well as to recognize top performers, organizers said. Honorees were: MILITARY Airman of the Year - Senior Airman senior airman n. 1. Abbr. SrA A noncommissioned rank in the U.S. Air Force that is above airman first class and below staff sergeant. 2. One who holds this rank. Vanessa Yates, 412th Operations Support Squadron In the United States Air Force, an operations support squadron supplies all the necessary manpower and equipment needed to continue numerous operational tasks. An operations support squadron may dictate policy, train aircrews, and maintain airfields based on the missions of the . Noncommissioned Officer of the Year - Tech. Sgt. Sarah Beussink, AFFTC AFFTC Air Force Flight Test Center Information Technology Directorate. Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the Year - Master Sgt. Nicholas Slatere, AFFTC IT. Company Grade Officer of the Year - 1st Lt. Jennifer Haney, 95th Mission Support Group. First Sergeant of the Year - Master Sgt. James Kelleher, 412th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. RESERVE IMA (Interactive Multimedia Association, Annapolis, MD) An earlier trade association founded in 1988 originally as the Interactive Video Industry Association. It provided an open process for adopting existing technologies and was involved in subjects such as networked services, scripting Reserve Outstanding Officer of the Year - Lt. Col. Victoria Babb, 412th Operations Group. Colonel Frank M. Flemming Award - Lt. Col. Larry Edge, 412th Logistics Group. Colonel Merlin R. Adams Award - Cindy Phillips, AFFTC Plans and Programs office. IMA Reserve Outstanding Enlisted of the Year - Master Sgt. Irma Krish, 95th Security Forces Squadron. CIVILIAN Senior leadership category - Randy Beckett, 95th Air Base Wing. Supervision/management category - Cathi Cleveland, AFFTC Contracting office. Scientific/engineering category - Mike Sikorski, 412th Test Wing Electronic Warfare Directorate. Staff/specialist/analyst category - Ellen Kizzer, 95th ABW ABW Aruba ABW Air Base Wing ABW Air Base Wing (USAF squadron type) ABW ABestWeb (marketing forum website) ABW Available Bandwidth ABW A Better Way ABW Alcohol By Weight ABW Angry Black Woman . Tech/trades and labor category - Richard White, 416th Flight Test Squadron. Secretarial/clerical category - Della Perry, U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School. Team category - F/A-22 High Angle of Attack Test Team, 412th TW. |
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