Officials announce Air Force fuels, supply awards

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Air Force officials recently announced the outstanding supply and fuels individual and unit awards for 2002.

The individual supply winners are:

-- Col. F. Badger Johnson III Senior Supply Manager of the Year: Lt. Col. Kenneth Hession from the 363rd Expeditionary Supply Squadron at Prince Sultan Air Base, Saudi Arabia.

-- Staff Supply Officer of the Year: Maj. Robert Callahan from Air Force Materiel Command headquarters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

-- Junior Supply Manager of the Year: Capt. Kenneth Hunt from the 99th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Nellis AFB, Nev.

-- Senior Supply (Civilian) Manager of the Year: Donald Watson from the 20th LRS, Shaw AFB, S.C.

-- James A. Bowie Jr. Staff Senior (Civilian) Manager of the Year: Dorothy Taylor from Air Combat Command headquarters at Langley AFB, Va.

-- Junior Supply (Civilian) Manager of the Year: Eduard Junko from the 86th LRS at Ramstein AB, Germany.

-- Staff Junior (Civilian) Manager of the Year: Julius Branch from Air Force Special Operations Command headquarters at Hurlburt Field, Fla.

-- Supply (Civilian) Supervisor/Leader of the Year: Patricia Petersdorff from the 354th LRS at Eielson AFB, Alaska.

-- Supply (Civilian) Technician of the Year: Robert Rowe from the 49th Materiel Maintenance Support Squadron, Holloman AFB, N.M.

-- Chief Master Sgt. Eddie Speight Supply Superintendent of the Year: Senior Master Sgt. Kerry Goolsby from the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Regional Supply Squadron at Sembach AB, Germany.

-- Staff Supply Noncommissioned Officer of the Year: Senior Master Sgt. Angel Colon from Pacific Air Forces headquarters at Hickam AFB, Hawaii.

-- Senior Supply Technician of the Year: Tech. Sgt. James Trammell from the 39th LRS at Incirlik AB, Turkey.

-- Junior Supply Technician of the Year: Senior Airman Cinthia Nowakowski from the 18th LRS at Kadena AB, Japan.

The individual fuels winners are:

-- Lt. Col. Charles A. Park Staff Fuels Officer of the Year: Lt. Col. Steven Kephart from the Defense Energy Supply Center-Alaska at Elmendorf AFB, Alaska.

-- Staff Fuels NCO of the Year: Master Sgt. Cleburne Bernhard from Air Education and Training Command headquarters at Randolph AFB, Texas.

-- Staff Fuels Civilian of the Year: William Necker from ACC.

-- Fuels Officer of the Year: Capt Robert Crable from the 18th LRS.

-- Fuels Superintendent of the Year: Senior Master Sgt. Michael Holgate from the 62nd LRS at McChord AFB, Wash.

-- Fuels Senior Technician of the Year: Tech. Sgt. Gregory Carrow from the 1st LRS at Langley AFB.

-- Fuels Junior Technician of the Year: Senior Airman Dwight Branstetter from the 51st LRS at Osan AB, South Korea.

-- Fuels Civilian Supervisor/Leader of the Year: Renardo Hollowell from the 86th LRS.

-- Fuels Civilian Technician of the Year: Thomas Smith from the 56th LRS at Luke AFB, Ariz.

The supply unit winners are:

-- Daedalian Maj. Gen. Warren R. Carter Supply Effectiveness Award: The 86th LRS.

-- Supply Effectiveness Award, Non-Flying Category: The 39th LRS.

-- Supply Effectiveness Award, Satellite Category: The 726th Air Mobility Squadron at Rhein-Main AB, Germany.

-- Regional Supply Squadron Category: The USAFE RSS.

The fuels unit winners are:

-- American Petroleum Institute Award Winner: The 96th LRS at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.

-- Best Air National Guard Fuels Operations: The 119th Fighter Wing at Hector Field, N.D.

-- Best Air Force Reserve Command Fuels Operations: The 301st FW, Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas.