August 2010 issue of Citizen Airman now available

August 2010 issue of Citizen Airman now available

Pilot gets closer to realizing dream of becoming astronaut

Maj. Olivia Elliott, an A-10 pilot with the 303rd Fighter Squadron at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., was selected to attend Test Pilot School at Edwards AFB, Calif. She is hoping that the school will ultimately lead to her realizing her dream of becoming an astronaut. (Courtesy photo)

Spill Busters: Reserve's aerial spray specialists assist with oil cleanup effort

Tech. Sgt. Phil Walsh of the 910th Airlift Wing at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, checks the satellite signal on an aircraft tracking device at Stennis International Airport, Miss., May 10. Members of the wing were deployed to the state to assist with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. (Tech. Sgt. Prentice Colter)

Spill Busters: Reserve's aerial spray specialists assist with oil cleanup effort

Staff Sgt. Jeremy Rogers, an aerial spray maintainer, repairs a spray nozzle on a C-130 Hercules aircraft. (Tech. Sgt. Prentice Colter)

Citizen Airmen deliver aerial spray briefing on Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON DC -- Air Force Reserve Maj. Mark Briedenbaugh, an entomologist assigned to the 910th Airlift Wing, based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, speaks to a group of Congressional staffers here, June 8. Major Briedenbaugh and a small team of Citizen Airmen from the 910th spoke to the group about the unit's aerial spray mission and the wing's recent operations in the Gulf of Mexico. The airlift wing's 757th Airlift Squadron is home to the Department of Defense's only large area, fixed wing aerial spray squadron. The 757th was part of the ongoing multi-agency effort to combat the massive oil spill resulting from the April 20th sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform. The airlift squadron completed their work as part of the initial repsonse force for the oil spill as civilian aerial spray assets became available to continue the oil dispersing mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bob Barko Jr.)

Citizen Airmen deliver aerial spray briefing on Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON DC -- Air Force Reserve Maj. Mark Briedenbaugh, an entomologist assigned to the 910th Airlift Wing, based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, speaks to a group of Congressional staffers here, June 7. Major Briedenbaugh and a small team of Citizen Airmen from the 910th spoke to the group about the unit's aerial spray mission and the wing's recent operations in the Gulf of Mexico. The airlift wing's 757th Airlift Squadron is home to the Department of Defense's only large area, fixed wing aerial spray squadron. The 757th was part of the ongoing multi-agency effort to combat the massive oil spill resulting from the April 20th sinking of the Deepwater Horizon drilling platform. The airlift squadron completed their work as part of the initial repsonse force for the oil spill as civilian aerial spray assets became available to continue the oil dispersing mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bob Barko Jr.)