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  • Staff Sgt. David Nichols, aircraft maintainer and Junior Enlisted Council member, helps pick up trash in front of the base as part of the council’s ‘Adopt Valencia’ monthly cleanup effort. The JEC takes on several projects each year to improve the base and the local community. (Air National Guard photo by Capt. Gabe Johnson)

    JEC: developing leaders, making a difference

    Junior Enlisted Council mission: "Giving voice to the junior enlisted ranks, while playing an integral part in leadership development." Getting involved The 162nd Fighter Wing Junior Enlisted Council (JEC) is the wing's leading organization for the development of its junior members and serves as a powerful volunteer force for base and community
  • Jimmy "Jet" Bracamonte, once an active member of the 162nd Fighter Wing, continues to help fellow Guardsmen through a foundation named for him - The Jimmy Jet Foundation.

    What is the Jimmy Jet Foundation?

    You may have eaten a Jimmy Jet breakfast burrito at a unit training assembly. You may have purchased a wing or squadron shirt from a Jimmy Jet Foundation member. And you may have asked yourself, "Who is Jimmy Jet, and what is this foundation?" The Jimmy Jet Foundation (JJF) is a non-profit Arizona Corporation serving the 162nd Fighter Wing members,
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