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  • Air Force Reserve selects top Airmen, first sergeant

    Air Force Reserve Command announced its Outstanding Airmen and First Sergeant of the Year during its annual awards banquet April 14 in Macon, Ga. The selectees are:First sergeant - Senior Master Sgt. Mark E. Barber, 81st Aerial Port Squadron, Charleston AFB, S.C.Senior NCO - Senior Master Sgt.

  • Yellow Ribbon experience benefits military families

    While recently deployed to Iraq for six months, Tech. Sgt. Tracy Miller probably wasn't thinking much about health insurance costs. But after attending the Yellow Ribbon program earlier this year - he is now."This was a very good use of our time," the 440th Airlift Wing Security Forces Airman said.

  • Recruiters prep future Airmen for basic training

    Recruiters from the 419th Fighter Wing  gave some new recruits a taste of the Air Force at a Delayed Enlistment Program team building event April 10. The recruits all recently signed with the Air Force Reserve and will head to Basic Military Training in the coming months.

  • Reservists mobilized to support Afghanistan surge

    More than 1,600 Air Force reservists went on active duty April 5 to support the Afghanistan surge operations.Aircrew members, aircraft maintainers, aerial porters and base operating support forces are among the reservists supporting the movement of an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan.

  • Air Force Safety remodels risk management program

    The U.S. Air Force is introducing four major changes to the Air Force Operational Risk Management program soon.The Air Force ORM is a decision-making process used to systematically evaluate possible courses of action, identify risks and benefits, and determine the best course of action for any given

  • No one escapes the 'Shot Lady'

    It's a Saturday afternoon during the Air Force Reserve's 920th Rescue Wing "drill weekend" and the clinic is buzzing with activity. Servicemembers waiting for flight physicals patiently pass the time chatting while others choke down copious amounts of water in preparation for their random-drug

  • Close circuit inspection

    Air Force Reserve Senior Airman Tony Vitela, an aerospace ground equipment technician assigned to the 452nd Maintenance Squadron, inspects an electrical circuit card of an A/  M32-86 generator at March Air Reserve Base.

  • March welcomes Air Force Reserve's first full-time chaplain

    Standing in front of the wooden altar, leather-bound Bible in hand, Chaplain (Maj.) Craig Benson looks as natural as any other chaplain in the sanctuary of the March Air Reserve Base chapel.What sets Chaplain Benson apart is his status. He is the first of six fulltime chaplains the Air Force Reserve

  • 445th Airlift Wing mobilizes to support Afghanistan operations

    The 445th Airlift Wing began a six-month mobilization April 5 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.A total of 130 Airmen were placed on active duty status to support current military operations. Most of the activated Airmen will remain at the 445th Airlift Wing. Members of the 445th Operations

  • Texas unit wins fuels award

    Texas may not be pumping oil like it used to, but one Air Force Reserve Command unit in the state struck it rich by winning the 2009 AFRC Golden Derrick Award.The 301st Logistics Readiness Squadron's fuel management flight at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth was named the best fuel