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  • Commander meets USAFA volleyball team

    Lt. Gen. James F. Jackson, commander, Air Force Reserve Command and chief of the Air Force Reserve, met the U.S. Air Force Academy women's volleyball team during the Service Academy Challenge at the Pentagon. The USAFA team lost to West Point 3-2, but beat Harvard in the Sept. 11 matches. The team

  • Time with MAJCOM commanders at the four-star forum

    Members of the Air Force, Air Force Association and defense industry were invited to a Q-and-A session with Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James M. Cody and several major command commanders during a four-star forum at the AFA Air and Space

  • AF leadership talks total force

    Members of senior leadership from the active-duty Air Force, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve, as well as the principal deputy to the secretary of the Air Force for manpower and reserve affairs, convened for a discussion panel regarding the status of the total force at the Air Force

  • AFA recognizes reservists at annual event

    The Air Force Association’s Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition concluded Sept. 16 with six awards going to Air Force Reserve Command.   Four awards went to individuals and two to organizations with ties to the command.  Maj. Warren Neary, an AFRC historian, received the Gill Robb

  • As civilian, reservist 'leads' in fight against forest fires

    In a year that has seen nearly 9 million acres lost to forest fires, the most since 2006, one Air Force Reservist is playing a lead role in beating back the flames. Col. Paul “Buster” Delmonte is an aerial firefighter with the U.S. Forest Service as a civilian. He is a lead plane pilot, escorting

  • A-10 pilot explores roots in Lithuania

    One of the Air Force Reserve A-10 pilots making the historic landing in Latvia is exploring his personal history in Lithuania. Lt. Col. Michael Leonas, 303rd Fighter Squadron, 442nd Fighter Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., landed at Kaunas Airport Sept. 9, marking the first A-10s to land in the

  • Security forces demonstrates UAS capabilities

    A four-by-four foot unmanned aerial system soars almost noiselessly through the deep blue and white skies of Wyoming.  To anyone on the ground, it looks like a soaring bird or, if high enough, just a dark speck in the Western sky.That bird or unnoticed spot is being controlled by an Airman on the

  • Combat casualty course provides life-saving training

    Airmen with the 302nd Airlift Wing and 21st Space Wing here participated in Tactical Combat Casualty Care training in August.Tech. Sgt. Bradley Belcher, 302nd Aeromedical Staging Squadron led the course. He is certified in combat casualty care through the National Association for Emergency Medical

  • Tinker AWACS assist with Navy pre-deployment training

    Reservists from the 513th Air Control Group returned last week from Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California, where they provided Airborne Warning and Control System support to the Navy's Joint Task Force Exercise off the coast of Southern California.The exercise, led by the Navy's

  • Reserve Airmen clear path for rocket launch

    Reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing provided range clearance and safety support for the successful launch of a military communications satellite on board a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket today at 6:18 a.m. from nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.The satellite is the Navy's Mobile User