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Combat operations director: protection is still his games.(Walter Manwill )
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Airman
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May 1, 2008
- Author:
- Langton, Joel
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Protecting people is his business, and Lt. Col. Walter Manwill takes it personally.
The former Brigham Young University offensive lineman once protected his quarterback Jim McMahon, who later went on to the Chicago Bears and 1985 Super Bowl fame.
Today the colonel protects hundreds of American and coalition warriors, sending in overwhelming, integrated airpower to block the enemy's every move.
Colonel Manwill is director of the combat operations division at U.S. Air Forces Central's combined air and space operations center at a base in Southwest Asia. He leads a team of military professionals that ensures airpower is overhead, ...