Gianetto, Joseph, II, SMSgt

Aerospace Maintenance
 
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Current Service Status
USAF Retired
Current/Last Rank
Senior Master Sergeant
Current/Last Primary AFSC/MOS
2A3X0-Aircraft Maintenance Supervisor
Current/Last AFSC Group
Aerospace Maintenance
Primary Unit
1980-2011, 2A3X0, 174th Fighter Wing
Previously Held AFSC/MOS
99000-Basic Airman
43171A-Aircraft Maintenance Technician
43151A-Aircraft Maintenance Specialist
43171F-Aircraft Maintenance Technician
2R1X1-Maintenance Management Production
Service Years
1971 - 2011
Official/Unofficial US Air Force Certificates
Cold War Certificate
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Senior Master Sergeant

 Official Badges 

Base Honor Guard Air Force Retired


 Unofficial Badges 

Cold War Medal Blue Star First Sergeant Vietnam Veteran 50th Commemoration




 Military Associations and Other Affiliations
Air & Space Forces Association (AFA)AFSA 174Post 5885, Quattrini-Dehm PostEnlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States (EANGUS)
Chapter 50Post 787American Veterans (AMVETS)Disabled American Veterans (DAV)
  1981, Air & Space Forces Association (AFA) - Assoc. Page
  1989, Air Force Sergeants Association (AFSA), AFSA 174 (Executive Officer) (Griffiss AFB, New York) - Chap. Page
  1990, Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States (VFW), Post 5885, Quattrini-Dehm Post (Oswego, New York) - Chap. Page
  1991, Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the United States (EANGUS) - Assoc. Page
  1995, Air National Guard NCO Academy Graduate Association, Chapter 50 (Syracuse, New York)
  2007, American Legion, Post 787 (Vice President) (Cicero, New York) - Chap. Page
  2011, American Veterans (AMVETS) - Assoc. Page
  2012, Disabled American Veterans (DAV) - Assoc. Page

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Operation Southern Watch (Iraq)
From Month/Year
January / 1992		 To Month/Year
September / 2003

Description
Operation Southern Watch was an air-centric military operation conducted by the United States Department of Defense from Summer 1992 to Spring 2003.

United States Central Command's Joint Task Force Southwest Asia (JTF-SWA) had the mission of monitoring and controlling the airspace south of the 32nd Parallel (extended to the 33rd Parallel in 1996) in southern and south-central Iraq during the period following the end of the 1991 Gulf War until the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Operation Southern Watch began on 27 August 1992 with the stated purpose of ensuring Iraqi compliance with United Nations Security Council Resolution 688 (UNSCR 688) of 5 April 1991, which demanded that Iraq "immediately end this repression and express the hope in the same context that an open dialogue will take place to ensure that the human and political rights of all Iraqi citizens are respected." Nothing in the resolution spelled out the Iraqi no-fly zones or Operation Southern Watch.

Iraqi bombing and strafing attacks against the Shi’ite Muslims in Southern Iraq during the remainder of 1991 and during 1992 indicated Saddam Hussein chose not to comply with the resolution. Forces from Saudi Arabia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France participated in Operation Southern Watch. The commander of JTF-SWA, an aeronautically rated United States Air Force (USAF) Major General, assisted by an aeronautically designated United States Navy (USN) Rear Admiral, reported directly to the Commander, United States Central Command (USCENTCOM).

Military engagements in Southern Watch occurred with regularity, with Coalition aircraft routinely being shot at by Iraqi air defense forces, though they were usually only reported in the Western press occasionally. An intensification was noted prior to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, though it was said at the time to just be in response to increasing activity by Iraqi air-defense forces. It is now known that this increased activity occurred during an operation known as Operation Southern Focus.
   
My Participation in This Battle or Operation
From Month/Year
January / 2000		 To Month/Year
December / 2000
 
Last Updated:
Mar 16, 2020
   
Personal Memories
   
My Photos From This Battle or Operation
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