WSEP Outstanding performers

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  • By Airman 1st Class Christian Clausen
  • 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs
CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nevada --  During the recent Air-Ground Weapons Systems Evaluation Program, also known as Combat Hammer, Aug. 3-7, 2015, some Airmen distinguished themselves above their peers in both maintenance and aircrew operations.

These four Airmen of the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing, Staff Sgt. Charlie Loper, Senior Airman Charles Deadrick, Capt. Angela, and Staff Sgt. Trevor went above and beyond earning them the honor of outstanding performers.

During pre-load inspections, Staff Sgt.'s Charlie Loper and Charles Deadrick identified unique discrepancies not normally seen by weapons or munitions personnel. The two worked together to make the necessary repairs in a short amount of time and still enabling on-time take-off time allowing three of four bombs being deployed rather than only two.

"This is a great example of Airmen innovation, as this took some outside-the-box thinking to rapidly come up with the solution and quickly perform the necessary maintenance, all the while remaining safe and within tech data as verified by WSEP evaluators," said Col. Matthew Finnegan, 432nd Maintenance Group commander.

For the aircrew, Capt. Angela, 42nd Attack Squadron pilot and Staff Sgt. Trevor, 42nd ATKS sensor operator, executed the mission seamlessly earning them the honor of outstanding performers.

"Capt Angela and Staff Sgt. Trevor distinguished themselves with exceptional mission planning and strike execution," said Col. Julian Cheater, 432nd Operations Group commander. "Their hard work and dedication enabled for a 100 percent hit rate with GBU-12 laser-guided bombs and an over 75 percent hit rate against challenging moving targets with AGM-114 Hellfire missiles."

Combat Hammer in an annual exercise which tests maintenance crews, pilots, sensor operators, and intelligence Airmen on operationally assessments evaluating the reliability, maintainability, suitability, and accuracy of remotely piloted aircraft munitions.

For more information on the WSEP exercise please visit http://www.creech.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123455565