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Always Ready, Always There: Hero Airman, police officer resuscitates teenager

Senior Airman Fernando Hernandez, a 162nd Force Support Squadron food service shift leader, is being hailed as a hero in his local community for saving the life of a 14-year-old boy this week. Hernandez is a part-time, drill-status Guardsman with the 162nd Wing in Tucson, and he also serves as a full-time police officer with the Nogales Police Department NPD in southern Arizona.

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