18th Wing 2014 Turkey Shoot

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KADENA AIR BASE, Japan --  This year's Turkey Shoot competition was held from May 30 to Aug. 14. Thirteen units competed including: the 18th Operations Support Squadron Intel flights, the 390th Intelligence Squadron, the 44th and 67th Fighter Squadrons, the 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron, the 623rd Air Control Flight, the 31st Rescue Squadron, the 33rd Rescue Squadron, the 18th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, the 909th Air Refueling Squadron, the 44th and 67th Aircraft Maintenance Units, and lastly our International partners from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force. The competition consisted of aircraft generation, live flight, simulator competitions, and knowledge tests.

For the AE competition:
Top AE Crew Member - Capt. Jessica Looft
Best AE team - Capt. Michelle O'Conner, Staff Sgt. Jesus Sanchez, and Senior Airman John King III
Top weapons load crew - 67th AMU: Staff Sgt. Emad Hamedeyyeh, Senior Airman Jade Call, Senior Airman Zachary Ross

For the maintenance competition:
Top Specialist - 67th AMU, Staff Sgt. Joseph Boyett
Top Support - 44th AMU, Senior Airman Wesley Motley
Top Eagle - Tail # 5098
67th AMU - Staff Sgt. Wil Vazquez-Lopez - Dedicated Crew Chief, Senior Airman Ryan Lusk-Glover - Assistant Dedicated Crew Chief
Overall Winner - 67th AMU

For the OSS competition:
Top Briefer - Senior Airman Brandon Huseman, 18th OSS
Top Academic Performer - 1st Lt. Dave Billeci, 44th FS
Top Enlisted Performer - Senior Airman Gabriel Salas, 961st AACS
Top Officer Performer - 1st Lt. Tyler Witt, 909 ARS
TOP INTELLIGENCE TEAM - 18th Operations Support Squadron: 1st Lt. Katrina Eromin, Senior Airman Brandon Huseman

For the 390th IS competition:
Top Rivet Joint Crew - Staff Sgt. Rafael Pacheco - AMS, Staff Sgt. Wes Conley - AA, Tech. Sgt. Vera Robinson - DLO, Maj. Jeremy Ahlstrom - IIO, Staff Sgt. Scott Macauley - KP Tac, Tech. Sgt. Tim Adams - KP Gunner, Master Sgt. Josh Ferber - KP Navy, Staff Sgt. Eric Allen - CM Tac, Staff Sgt. Samatha McAlevy - CM Navy

For the 909th ARS competition:
Pilot Academic Award - Capt. Jake Kress
Boom Operator Academic Award - Tech. Sgt. Chris Huber
Outstanding Aircrew Award - Capt. Ben Mendel, Capt. John Lockwood, Tech. Sgt. Chad Holloway

For the 31st RQS competition:
Top Pararescueman - Staff Sgt. Michael Lindsay
Top PJ Team - Staff Sgt. Michael Lindsay, Tech. Sgt. Daniel Wright, Master Sgt. Travis Shaw

For the 33rd RQS competition:
Top CSAR Wingman - Capt. Alexander Sira, 1st Lt. Brian Carbone, Master Sgt. Michael Vincent, Master Sgt. Kenton Lewis
Top CSAR Flight Lead - Capt. Brian Campbell, 1st Lt. Emanuel Prodan, Tech. Sgt. Gregory Gibbs, Staff Sgt. Brandon Taylor

For the command and control competition:
Top distribute mission operations team - Capt. Taylor Jones, Senior Airman Jessica Landry, Senior Airman Kaitlyn Bryant
Top Scope offensive counter air - Staff Sgt. Brad Harvey, Staff Sgt. Kenneth Davis
Top Scope defensive counter air - Staff Sgt. William Gulley, Staff Sgt. Gerell Elie
Top Academic - Capt. Taylor Jones
Top C2 Award - 623rd ACF: Lightsword

For the fighter squadron competition:
Top Academic Squadron - 44th Fighter Squadron
Weasel Sim Champion - Capt. William Strohecker
Top Basic Flight Manuevers Flight Lead - Capt. Hunter Grunden
Top BFM Instructor Pilot - Maj. Nicholas Register
Top F-15 XCA Simulator - Maj. Brett Faber, Capt. Hunter Grunden, Capt. William Strohecker, Capt. Jillian Thompson, 1st Lt. Jason Ward
Top DCA Flight - Capt. Matthew Mayer, Maj. Koichi Kitamura, Maj. Clint Guenther, 1st Lt Fukumoto Daiki, Maj. Nicholas Register, Capt. Kamisako Takeshi, Capt. Patrick O'Dell, Capt. Motohiro Satoshi
Top OCA Flight - Capt. Gregory Schroeder, Lt. Col. Joseph Chennault, Capt. Aaron Brockman, Capt. Brian Anderson, Capt. Jeffrey Virost, Capt. Clayton Cruickshank, Capt. Jonathan Mahan, Capt. Trevor Aldridge
The 2014 top fighter squadron - 44th FS

Congrats to all of the winners during the Turkey Shoot!