Feb. 3, 2009 Westover center wins family readiness award The 439th Airlift Wing Airman and Family Readiness Center, Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., will receive a Department of Defense-level award in February for helping deployed Airmen and their families. Each year military reserve components name their 2008 Department of Defense Reserve Family
Feb. 2, 2009 Father, son prep jets together for flight in Iraq An F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 301st Fighter Wing out of Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, pulls into a hangar here for alert-status preparation. A frenzy of crew chiefs work together to get the aircraft turned around quickly for the next go. Among the crew chiefs, a master
Feb. 2, 2009 McChord serves as safe haven for aircraft, Airmen from Alaska Airmen here are supporting a precautionary redeployment of Air Force aircraft from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska to McChord. The aircraft and about 200 Airmen who operate and maintain them are being temporarily relocated in light of increased activity associated with Mount Redoubt, a volcano
Jan. 30, 2009 Air Force Reserve firefighters from Dover deploy to Iraq Eight reservists from 512th Airlift Wing deployed to Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq, in January. While assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, the 512th AW "Liberty Wing" Airmen will provide base operations, such as crash rescue, medical response and response to structure and
Jan. 28, 2009 First-timers share thoughts on wing OEF deployment A queue of empty buses sat idling outside this base's massive logistics readiness center Jan. 26. Nearby, dozens of Duke Field reservists and Eglin Airmen relaxed and chatted before boarding an awaiting aircraft that would airlift them toward an Operation Enduring Freedom assignment. Clearly most of
Jan. 28, 2009 ARPC releases 2009 Guard, Reserve Personnel fact sheets The Air Reserve Personnel Center released the 2009 Guard and Reserve Personnel Fact Sheets today. This publication offers valuable information on a variety of subjects including pay charts, promotion and retirement information, entitlement benefits and assignment information. The publication is
Jan. 27, 2009 Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters fly Alaska winter storms Hurricane Hunter aircraft deployed to Anchorage, Alaska, Jan. 17 for a month-long mission in support of the 2009 Winter Storm Reconnaissance program. In addition to two WC-130J aircraft, the 403rd Wing put together a team of Air Force Reservists including aircrews, operations, maintenance, aerial
Jan. 26, 2009 Instinct leads reservist to thwart escape "He just looked suspicious," remarked Staff Sgt. Otis T. Luke, referring to the Iraqi detainee he prevented from escaping from a medical facility. Sergeant Luke was awarded the Air Force Achievement Medal in late-December for thwarting a detainee's escape attempt while deployed to Iraq last
Jan. 26, 2009 Command of 4th Air Force changes hands Hundreds of people here watched Maj. Gen. Robert E. Duignan turn over command of 4th Air Force to Brig. Gen. Eric W. Crabtree Jan. 25. Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., chief of Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command, presided over the ceremony. After relinquishing command,
Charleston Reservist wins top Air Force photographer award Staff Sgt. Joseph Leveille, of the 315th Airlift Wing’s 4th Combat Camera Squadron here at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, was named Air Force Military Photographer of the Year this week.
2023 AFRC A1 awards announced Col. Edward Segura, Air Force Reserve Command’s director of manpower, personnel and services, announces AFRC’s 2023 A1 award winners.
Command announces nominees for FY23 Air Force Small Business Awards Air Force Reserve Command announces nominees for FY23 Air Force Small Business Awards
AFGSC names 2023 Global Strike Challenge winners Air Force Global Strike Command announced the winners of Global Strike Challenge 2023 at the multi-month competition’s capstone event Nov. 8.