Kadena recognizes Turkey Shoot top performers Published Oct. 13, 2015 By Airman 1st Class Corey M. Pettis 18th Wing Public Affairs KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Airmen from Kadena Air Base attended the awards ceremony Oct. 9 for the Turkey Shoot competition that took place from July until September. In order to determine Kadena's top performers, the competition consisted of aircraft generation, live flight, simulator competitions and knowledge tests. Thirteen units competed in the quarterly event, including the 18th Operations Support Squadron, 390th Intelligence Squadron, 44th and 67th Fighter Squadrons and associate aircraft maintenance units, 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron, 623rd Air Control Flight, 31st and 33rd Rescue Squadrons, 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and 909th Air Refueling Squadron. The winners for each category are: For the Aeromedical Evacuation Competition: Top performer - Staff Sgt. Kasey Kilby Best AE Team - Capt. Jessica Looft, Capt. Daneed Kosa, Staff Sgt. Kasey Kilby, Staff Sgt. Aldwin Gacote, Staff Sgt. Wilson Tsao, Staff Sgt. Kyle Lipscomb and Staff Sgt. Joel Pallon For the Maintenance Competition: Top Weapons Load Crew - 44th AMU, Staff Sgt. Michael Goncalves and Senior Airmen David Richmond and Nicholas McCants Top Eagle - Senior Airman Jonathan Weishuhn and Airman 1st Class William Garcia Top Production Section - 44th AMU, Master Sgt. Jason Dluzeski and Tech. Sgt. Russell Hoffman Top Specialist Section - 44th AMU, Staff Sgts. Tyler Phillips, Carlos Guzman and Alexander Lolopulous Top Support Section - 44th AMU, Tech Sgt. Timothy Davidson and Senior Airman Dillon Myers Overall Winner - 44th AMU For the OSS Competition: Top Academic Performer - Staff Sgt. Brandon Huseman, 18th OSS Top Enlisted Airman - Airman 1st Class Wesley Strader, 18th OSS Top Enlisted NCO - Staff Sgt. Stephanie Scheerer, 18th OSS Top Officer Performer - 1st Lt. Kyle Van Hecke, 33rd RQS Top Intelligence Team - Staff Sgt. Brandon Huseman and Airman 1st Class Wesley Strader, 18th OSS For the 390th IS Competition: Top Rivet Joint Crew - Capt. Albert Burnett, Tech Sgts. Rafael Pacheco, Randy Millonida and George Kiszlo, and Staff Sgts. Daniel Schwartz, Samantha McAlevy and Jeremy Cleek For the 909th ARS Competition: Pilot Academic Award - Capt. Patrick Shanks Co-Pilot Academic Award - Capt. Kyle McCullough Boom Operator Academic Award - Staff Sgt. Joshua Butts Top Aircrew Award - Capt. Dane Arnholt, 1st Lt. Justin Leachman and Staff Sgt. Michael Voorhees For the 31st RQS Competition: Top Technical Rescue Team - Staff Sgts. Jason Fischman and Benjamin Slipek For the 33rd RQS Competition: Top HH-60 Crew - Capts. Matthew Pfarr and Mary Marx, Master Sgt. Gregory Gibbs and Staff Sgt. Jesus Garcia For the Command and Control Competition: Top DMO Controller - 1st Lt. Christopher Dunn Top DMO Technitions - Senior Airman Ruben Lopez and Airman 1st Class Melissa McLellan Top C2 Academic - Capt. Jason Ward Top Scope DCA - Tech. Sgt. Brad Harvey Top Scope OCA - 1st Lt. Andre Hebert Top C2 Award - 961st AACS For the Fighter Squadron Competition: Top Academic Squadron - 67th Fighter Squadron Top BFM Wingman - 1st Lt. Matthew Selby Top BFM 2 Ship Flight Lead - Capt. Steven Hendricks Top BFM 4 Ship Lead - Capt. David Kuhn Top BFM Instructor Pilot - Lt. Col. Gregory Pickette Top XVA DMO SIM - Capt. John Banker Top F-15 OCA Flight - 67th FS, Capt. Thomas Easter, Capt. David Kuhn, Capt. Gregory Schroeder, Capt. Jason Shank, Capt. Robert Hendrick and Capt. Nathan Liptak Top DCA Flight - Maj. Jay Talbert, Capt. Aaron Osborne, Capt. Jason Shank, Capt. Aaron Brockman The 2015 Top Fighter Squadron - 67th FS Congrats to all of the winners during the Turkey Shoot!