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52nd FW honors annual award winners

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SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany --  Members of the 52nd Fighter Wing and their families gathered to recognize the hard work of Sabers from across the base at the 52nd FW Annual Awards Banquet March 7, 2009.

The following individuals were nominees as base annual award winners, the winners are highlighted in bold.

Airman of the Year
Senior Airman Bradley Wilken, 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron;
Airman 1st Class William Beard, 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron;
Senior Airman Justin Bloomfield, 52nd Medical Group
Senior Airman Krystal Kidnocker, 52nd Fighter Wing;
Senior Airman Henry Matsuoka, 52nd Operations Support Squadron and
Senior Airman Timothy Vanhoesen, 701st Munitions Support Squadron;

Noncommissioned of the Year
Staff Sgt. Juan Garcia, 701st MUNSS;
Tech. Sgt. Kerri Bjofkholm, 52nd OSS;
Tech. Sgt. Todd Boren, 52nd FW;
Tech. Sgt. Edward Medina, 52nd CES;
Staff Sgt. Krista Moreau, 52nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron and
Tech. Sgt. Michael Shaffer, 52nd Maintenance Group;

Senior Noncommissioned of the Year 
Master Sgt. Rodney Cronrath, 701st MUNSS;
Master Sgt. Dave Adkins, 52nd AMDS;
Master Sgt. Dennis Kuhn, 52nd Equipment Maintenance Squadron;
Master Sgt. Douglas Mitchell; 52nd CES;
Master Sgt. Sheldon Smith, 52nd FW and
Senior Master Sgt. Patrick Wilson, 52nd Operations Group;

Company Grade Officer of the Year
Capt. Michael Curry, 52nd Logistics Readiness Squadron;
Capt. Jeannie Berry, 52nd Medical Operations Squadron;
Capt. Matthew Kaercher, 81st Fighter Squadron;
Capt. Robert Merwin, 52nd Equipment Maintenance Squadron;
Capt. Robert Kochan, 701st MUNSS and
Capt. Kurt Schmidbauer, 52nd Comptroller Squadron

First Sergeant of the Year 
Master Sgt. Michael Garcia, 606th Air Control Squadron;
Master Sgt. Nicole Johnson, 52nd AMXS;
Senior Master Sgt. Cheryl Nurse, 52nd MDG;
Senior Master Sgt. Gregory Nygaard, 52nd CES and
Master Sgt. Brian Teets, 704th Munitions Support Squadron;

Civilian Category I of the Year 
Virginia Phillips, 52nd Force Support Squadron;
Angela Aponte, 52nd MXG;
John Dymond, 52nd OSS;
Andrea Fritzen, 52nd AMDS;
Ursula Tolbert, 52nd CPTS and
Lisa Wicks, 701st MUNSS

Civilian Category II of the Year
Kimberly Huffman, 52nd Medical Support Squadron;
Klaus van den Boom, 52nd FW;
Inge Lersch, 52nd CES and
Brian Valentine, 52nd OSS;

Honor Guard Member of the Year
Staff Sgt. Christopher Johnson, 52nd Communications Squadron;
Staff Sgt. Lee Haynor, 52nd LRS and
Senior Airman Justin Lemmon, 52nd EMS

Volunteer of the Year
Mrs. Keyra Elmo, 52nd EMS;
Mrs. Holly Cope, 702nd Munitions Support Squadron;
Mrs. Renee Evans, 52nd FSS;
Mrs. Janet Saylor, 726th Air Mobility Squadron and
Mrs. Linsha Wingate, American Red Cross
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