Serving by sewing

Wendy Schilling, 512th Airlift Wing Spouses Group member and wife of Retired Chief Master Sgt. Jim Schilling, formerly with the 512th Equipment Maintenance Squadron at Dover Air Force Base, was one of eight women who altered 40 shorts May 15 as part of the project Sew Much Comfort. The 512th Airlift Wing is a unit of the Air Force Reserve Command.

Helping servicemembers

Kim McIntyre-Bott, 512th Airlift Wing Spouses Group member and wife of Maj. Roger Bott of the 326th Airlift Squadron at Dover Air Force Base, was one of eight women who altered 40 shorts as part of the project Sew Much Comfort May 15.

Reserve aircrew helps fight war on drugs

Tech. Sgt. Mike Smith (top) and Senior Master Sgt. Jesus Suniga position a trailer to be loaded at a Saint Lucia airport for a return flight Sunday, April 9, 2006. The aircrew delivered construction materials and Reserve civil engineers who are building an operations center and barracks for the police force in support of Saint Lucia's counter-drug operations. Sergeant Smith is a loadmaster with the 300th Airlift Squadron at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., and Sergeant Suniga is with the 433rd Civil Engineer Squadron at Lackland AFB, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Larry A. Simmons)

Reserve aircrew helps fight war on drugs

Airmen from the 300th Airlift Squadron at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., and the 433rd Civil Engineer Squadron at Lackland AFB, Texas, load cargo at a Saint Lucia airport for a return flight on Sunday, April 9, 2006. The aircrew delivered construction materials and Reserve civil engineers who are building an operations center and barracks for the police force in support of Saint Lucia's counter-drug operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Larry A. Simmons)

Reserve aircrew helps fight war on drugs

Airmen from the 300th Airlift Squadron at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., and the 433rd Civil Engineer Squadron at Lackland AFB, Texas, load cargo for transport to Saint Lucia Friday, April 7, 2006. The aircrew was delivering construction materials and Reserve civil engineers who are building an operations center and barracks for the police force in support of Saint Lucia's counter-drug operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Larry A. Simmons)

Desert duty: crew chiefs keep C-130s flying

Master Sgt. Steven Ashley, 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, examines an engine that broke on a C-130 Hercules mission to the Horn of Africa. Senior Airman Christopher Sutton (black shirt), 746th Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, and Senior Master Sgt. David Bright, 746th EAS flight engineer, watch from below. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Ann Peru Knabe)

Patriotic World Tour departs from Robins

ROBINS Air Force Base, GA -- APRIL 5, 2006 -- Members of the Air Force Reserve Command- sponsored 2006 Patriotic World Tour prepare to board a KC-10 Extender from McGuire AFB, N.J., for their 16-day around-the-world trip. The tour is headlined by Lee Greenwood, best known for his international hit "God Bless the U.S.A." Also on the tour are the country music group; Restless Heart, stand-up comedian Dick Hardwick, and six members of the New England Patriots Cheerleaders. The tour is also supported by U.S. Air Force bands. The tour will make eight stops to perform for troops in Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific regions. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Ken Hackman)

Sir Isaac

Dedicated Crew Chief Master Sgt. Gary Tropple, 939th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, stands next to his KC-135 Stratotanker 0102's nose art of Sir Isaac that is a tribute to his eight year-old son Isaac who valiantly fought a battle with brain cancer. (U.S. Air Force Photo by: Master Sgt. Ruby Zarzyczny)

Women In Aviation Conference 2006

Retire Major General Betty Mullins and her husband share a laugh with Command Chief Master Sergeant Amos Moore from the 908th Airlift Squadron at Maxwell AFB, Georgia, in the exhibit hall at the 17th Annual International Women in Aviation Conference held at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and Convention Center in Nashville, Tennessee, March 23-25, 2006. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sergeant Kim Allain)(released)

Courtsy of the USAF

Staff Sergeant Jennifer Yoon, Air Force Reserve 349th Aerospace Medicine Squadron medical technician from Travis Air Force Base, holds the daughter of an El Salvadoran mother who took her three children to see the pediatrician for a check-up.

PERSCO in AOR

Senior Airman Sabrina Harden, 379th Expeditionary Mission Support Group personnel support in contingency operations customer service specialist, tracks transient personnel in the AOR. Airman Harden is deployed from the 141st Air Refueling Wing, an Air National Guard Unit at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wash. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Strang)

Exercise Balikatan 2006

Reservists from the 624th Civil Engineer Squadron and Philippine soldiers came together Feb. 17 to build a basketball court for children living near their barracks at Camp Navarro. (US Army photo by Sgt. Tim Meyer)