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  • Reservists complete combat aviation advisor training

    Training with their active-duty counterparts, five 919th Special Operations Wing reservists completed the baseline certification course May 27 that will lead to their recognition as combat aviation advisors.This was the first time Air Force reservists have taken this elite special operations course.

  • Reservist turns Ironman dream into reality

    "Someday" is a word people often say when they want to do something or make a change in their lives. It's not always possible.That someday, however, became a reality for Staff Sgt. David D. Staffeld, an avionics specialist with the 301st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Naval Air Station Joint

  • 446th Airlift Wing commander to pass torch in June

    Col. William Flanigan will be passing the 446th Airlift Wing flag to Col. Bruce Bowers in mid-June, ending an almost four-year stint as commander of the only Air Force Reserve wing in Washington. Colonel Flanigan will serve as the Crisis Action Team director at Robins Air Force Base, Ga. Colonel

  • Team effort key in successful Endeavour landing

    Rescue Wing Airmen from the Air Force Reserve's 920th Rescue Wing here, put the finishing touches on a successful launch of space shuttle Endeavour as they ventured into the dark during the early morning hours of June 1 to serve as guardians of the astronauts upon its final return from

  • Killed-in-action tanker pilot to be honored in building dedication

    The 911th Air Refueling Squadron will honor a fallen tanker pilot later this month by dedicating a new auditorium in his name. The event comes exactly 43 years to the day that the late Maj. Robert Francis Woods was declared missing in action after his plane crashed over Vietnam, and four years after

  • March first reponders, others test emergency communications

    A major disaster is not the time for first responders to learn they cannot communicate with each other by radio.To ensure they are connected, more than 20 Southern California agencies gathered at the Ben Clark Training Center May 19 for the Third Annual Multi-Agency Communications Interoperability

  • Reserve aeromedical team trains at Global Medic

    Staff Sgt. Martin Duran, an Air Force Reserve aeromedical evacuation technician with the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., was one of many Airmen supporting Global Medic 2011 and Warrior 91 11-01 at Fort Hunter-Liggett, Calif., in May 2011. According to an Air

  • Hill pilot featured in AF Reserve ad

    The 419th Fighter Wing hosted Blaine Warren Advertising as they filmed an Air Force Reserve public service announcement here May 25. The commercial, due to air nationally in the fall, features 419th pilot Maj. Bart Wilbanks as he reunites with his family, played by local actors. Stay connected -

  • Reserve electricians find the spark

    Sparks are flying at the Silver Flag training site here, but not the romantic kind. It's the electric specialists from the 446th Civil Engineer Squadron, keeping the juice flowing for more than 170 trainees, including 30 Reservists from the 446th CES.The Reservist from McChord Field, Wash., are here

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