Aiming high

U.S,. Air Force JROTC cadets from a local Atlanta High School wait to board a C-130 April 14. More than 1,000 cadets flew on the aircraft and visited static displays inside a hangar April 14-15 to learn about careers in the U.S,. Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Peek)

Best NDI lab in Air Force

Master Sgt. Teresa Lapcheske of the 908th Maintenance Squadron's Nondestructive Inspection Lab performs a weekly system check on a magnetic particle unit. The unit examines parts, especially aircraft parts, for abnormalities. The lab at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., went from a poor rating on its last inspection five years ago to being named the 2009 U.S. Air Force NDI Lab of the Year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jeff Melvin)

AFRC announces 2008 Outstanding Airmen of Year

Air Force Reserve Command's Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2008 (from left) Senior NCO -- Senior Master Sgt. Gregory D. Taylor, 908th Airlift Wing, Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.; First Sgt. -- Senior Master Sgt. James Felton, Jr. , 445th Airlift Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio; NCO -- Tech. Sgt. Phillip M. Balson, 507th Air Refueling Wing, Tinker AFB, Okla ; Airman -- Senior Airman Channel H. Bolton-Scholl, 446th Airlift Wing, McChord AFB, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photos/Staff Sgt. Celena Wilson)

Bolton-Scholl is AFRC's Outstanding Airman of the Year

AFRC's Outstanding Airman of the Year is Senior Airman Channel H. Bolton-Scholl, an aircraft maintenance specialist assigned to 446th Maintenance Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Wash. The Eugene, Ore., native joined the Air Force Reserve in March 2005. She is currently assigned as a crew chief performing home station check inspections on the C-17A Globemaster III. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Celena Wilson)

Balson is AFRC's Outstanding NCO of the Year

AFRC Outstanding NCO of 2008 is Tech. Sgt. Phillip M. Balson, a network infrastructure craftsman assigned to the 35th Combat Communications Squadron, Tinker AFB, Okla. This traditional reservist is a native of Oklahoma City, Okla., and joined the Air Force Reserve in 2003. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Celena Wilson)

Deployed reservists meet the boss

Staff Sergeant Charles Shipman, a Security Forces Airman with the 315th Airlift Wing, Charleston AFB, S.C., receives a coin from Air Force Reserve Command Commander Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., while deployed to Iraq, as a sign of his hard work and dedication to the joint CE/SFS Ballistic Tower project. The Ballistic Tower project’s mission is to replace old dilapidated towers that offered little protection from enemy attacks.

Guided tour

JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- Master Sgt. Ronald Sion, 332nd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons expeditor, gives Lt. Gen. Charles Stenner, chief of Air Force Reserve and Air Force Reserve Command commander, a tour of an F-16 Fighting Falcon here April 11. General Stenner visited JBB to meet Reservists, evaluate combat capabilities, and assess training and other Reserve requirements in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as part of a multi-base tour in the area of responsibility. A native of Honolulu, Sergeant Sion is deployed here from Carswell Air Reserve Station, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Lionel Castellano)

Guided tour

JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- Master Sgt. Ronald Sion, 332nd Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron weapons expeditor, gives Lt. Gen. Charles Stenner, chief of Air Force Reserve and Air Force Reserve Command commander, a tour of an F-16 Fighting Falcon here April 11. General Stenner visited JBB to meet Reservists, evaluate combat capabilities, and assess training and other Reserve requirements in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom as part of a multi-base tour in the area of responsibility. A native of Honolulu, Sergeant Sion is deployed here from Carswell Air Reserve Station, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Lionel Castellano)

Reserve commander meets with deployed reservists

Brig. Gen. Michael Moeller (left), commander of the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing, speaks with Lt. Gen. Charles Stenner April 6 while looking over the business end of a B-1B Lancer at an air base in Southwest Asia. General Stenner is commander of Air Force Reserve Command and chief of the Air Force Reserve. He visited many areas of the base and numerous Reserve Airmen who are deployed here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Satran)

Reserve commander meets with deployed reservists

Lt. Gen. Charles Stenner, commander of Air Force Reserve Command and chief of the Air Force Reserve, discusses B-1B Lancer weapons loads April 6 with Senior Airman Timothy Bradford during a tour of an air base in Southwest Asia. General Stenner visited many areas of the base and spoke with numerous Airmen. Airman Bradford, a maintainer with the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, is deployed from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Andrew Satran)

AFRC/CC addresses Kirkuk Total Force Team

KIRKUK REGIONAL AIR BASE, Iraq – Lt. Gen. Charles Stenner Jr., Air Force Reserve Command commander, meets with a group of active-duty, Reserve, and Guard Airmen assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron during his visit here April 10. General Stenner spoke with Airmen here about the value of total force integration in a deployed environment. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Eunique Stevens)

AFRC/CC addresses Kirkuk Total Force Team

KIRKUK REGIONAL AIR BASE, Iraq – Lt. Gen. Charles Stenner Jr., Air Force Reserve Command commander, speaks to a group of active-duty, Reserve, and Guard Airmen assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron during his visit here April 10. General Stenner stressed the value of total force integration in a deployed environment to Airmen here. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Eunique Stevens)