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Show 12 Hilltop Times July 29. 2004 Colonel (Ret.) Air Force News James L Marberry Airmen helping Army at Iraq refueling point 00 charge and an air boss. by Master Sgt. Debbie Aragon The location has four fueling points. There are times when all four are occupied by helicopters, Sergeant Huntoon said. These include AH-6Apaches, CH-4Chinooks, UH-6- 0 Black Hawks or OH-5Scouts. When an aircrew radios in for fuel, everyone gets up and runs, Sergeant Huntoon said of his Air Force team. At a minimum, two people are needed to refuel one helicopter one remains at the pump while the other carries the fuel hose to the aircraft. "When the aircraft crews call in, you never know if they're going on an actual hot mission so you always want to get out there and get them off the ground right away," Sergeant Johnston said. In the back of his head, the staff sergeant said he is always thinking, "this could be the real deal." "They could be going out to help a convoy that's being attacked or they're going up to help someone who's been hurt. It's a rush because you want to really get out there and refuel them fast," he said. By "hot refueling" aircraft, the helicopter ground time is cut significantly, according to Sergeant Huntoon. "Hot refueling" means filling the fuel tanks with the engines still running. "The average time on the ground is 407th Air Expeditionary Group Public Affairs TALI J LAB, Iraq (AFPN) With rotors spinning at 1,600 revolutions per minute above his head, the Airman grips the fuel hose draped over his shoulder and pushes forward through the dust and sand. Time is everything in this environment and he knows it. The mission he has been tasked to do is not something he had ever dreamed he would be doing, but it is something the Air Force has asked him to do and he has stepped up to the plate. He and 15 other Airmen are assigned to the U.S. Army's 439th Petroleum, Oil and Lubricant Forward-Are- a RefueHng Point here. "It's an adrenaline rush," said Staff Sgt. Rocky Johnston of his job here to refuel aircraft while their engines are still running. He services Amer- ican as well as coalition helicopters' within this area of responsibility. "If there (are helicopters) going from Kuwait to Baghdad, from Baghdad to wherever, if they pass through our airspace and they need fuel, they can drop in and we top off their fuel so they can do the mission," said Tech. Sgt. Michael Huntoon, the refueling point's noncommissioned officer in 4 Colonel (Ret.) James L. Marberry. 62. passed away on July 26, 2004 and has gone to be with our Heavenly Father after a courageous battle with lung cancer. An avid hunter and fisherman, Colonel Marberry was born November in 1941 Marks, 4, Mississippi and was married to Joyce Logan of Cleveland. Mississippi on September 1, 1962. He was a loving, devoted husband, father, grandfather, brother, son and friend. He enriched every life he touched, loved helping other people and was an inspiration to many, with his greatest love of all being his family. A graduate from Cleveland Cleveland School, High Mississippi, he attended Delta State College, Cleveland, 1959 to Mississippi, from with a 1963. graduating Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting. Colonel Marberry received nis commission as a second lieutenant through Officer Training School (OTS) in December 1963. He is a graduate of Squadron Officer School and Air Command and Staff College. Colonel attended the Marberry Transportation Officer Training course at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, after OTS. Among his many military he has accomplishments, served as a transportation officer and staff officer at McChord Air Force Base, Air Elmendorf Washington; Force Base, Alaska; the 89th Airlift Military Wing (Special Missions), Andrews Air Force Base. D.C.; Washington, Detachment Commander, Clark Air Base, Philippines; Air Force and Vietnamese advisor at Danang Air Base, Republic of Vietnam. He has also served as a squadron Air at Shaw commander Force Base, South Carolina; transportation staff officer at HQ U.S. European Command, Stuttgart, Germany; and as Chief of the Transportation Operations Division, Hill Air Force Base, Utah. Colonel Marberry was assigned to HQ Air Force Logistics Command at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, in August 1984 as the director of transportation for the command. He served in that position until April 1986 when he was reassigned to Hill Air Force Base. Utah, to serve as the Inspector General of the Ogden Air Logistics Center. Colonel Marberry's military awards include the Bronze Defense Meritorious Star, Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Air Force Commendation Medal, and the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award with five oak leaf clusters. Other awards he also received were the Unit Philippine Presidential Vietnam Service Citation, of Vietnam Medal, Republic Air Service the Medal, Air Force Organizational Excellence Award as well as the Transportation Officer of the Year award. He was promoted to Colonel on August 1, 1984 and retired from the Air Force with full honors on December 31, 1989. After retiring, he went to work for USPA & IRA as a registered representative for two years. He then went to work for the Royal Saudi Air Force Headquarters as a Senior Transportation Analyst in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia until 1995. He and his wife Joyce, returned to the United States and retired to Las Vegas, Nevada. He is survived by his beloved soul mate and wife of 41 years, Joyce; sister, Rhonda (Ronnie and Leslie) Turner of Merigold, Mississippi. Four daughters, Margaret Dismukes of Piano, Texas; Lee Howard, Michelle (Erik) Hershberger and Kathlyn Marberry of Las Vegas, Nevada. Grandchildren Shannon Amber Dismukes, & Howard Max Howard-MarberrBrock & Brant and Matthew Hershberger Marberry and one devoted dog, Happy. He was preceded in death by his father James Hugh Marberry, mother Oma Lee Marberry and brother William Clay Marberry. The and the viewing Celebration of Jim's life will be from 5 p.m. - 9 p.m., Thursday. July 29th, at Palms Mortuary, 7600 South Eastern Avenue. Funeral service will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, July 30th at the Nellis Air Force Base Photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Huntoon 7 Airman 1st Class Michael Brown, center, refuels a U.S. Marine under the watchful eye of an aircrew member as Airman 1st Class Shaun Chadwick, right, stands fire guard. The helicopter is just one of many aircraft Airmen service at Tallll AB, Iraq. They are Refueling assigned to the U.S. Army's 439th Petroleum, Oil and Lubricant Forward-Are- a Point. CH-53- E 8 people fire in their entire careers," Sergeant Johnston said. about two to five minutes; that includes the 30 seconds it takes for us to respond once we get the call," he said. "At home station, aircraft will land, the pilots call the maintenance operations center and the controllers direct us where we need to go to fuel them. Here, pilots call us directly and the air boss guides them to where we want them to be," Sergeant Huntoon said. "It's kind of nice to direct flight-lin- e ops instead of the other way around," Sergeant Johnston said. "It's been a big shift because as air boss, I'm in control of what's happening out there." To prepare for this deployment, all 16 Airmen attended special training in Kuwait with the Army. "It was different than what the Air Force would have done," Sergeant Huntoon said, and included e training. convoy "We fired more rounds in training with the Army than most Air Force "It was a real field version of survive to operate," Sergeant Huntoon said. "These are the guys who are out in the field on the convoys ... they train hard because they train to be able to live. "Although our normal Air Force deployment may be in a forward loca- tion like Tallil, it's our pilots who are the ones going up to do the fighting," the technical sergeant said. "With the Army, it's, them .. . they're the ones putting the bullets in the air." "All of our training, from basic training to exercises at home station to the training we received in Kuwait, prepared us for this; to operate in this type of an environment," Sergeant Johnston said. "We just have a strong desire to do the job," Sergeant Huntoon said. 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