Reserve F-16 unit honors fallen Airmen

Three F-16s from the 301st Fighter Wing, Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas, and an F-4 from Detachment 1, 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron, Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., fly the missing man formation over a memorial service Jan. 14, 2011 at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. The service honored Col. James E. Dennany and Maj. Robert L. Tucci, who were reported missing in action after their F-4 went down during a mission over Laos Nov. 12, 1969. (U.S. Air Force photo/SrA Melissa Harvey)

Plan affects Reserve fighter units in 3 states

Air Force F-35's number AF-1 and AF-2 arrive at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., for test and evaluation in May 2005. The Air Force plans to start basing F-35s in 2013 at Hill AFB, Utah, and Luke AFB, Ariz., where Air Force Reserve Command has associate units with Regular Air Force wings. (Lockheed Martin file photo/Tom Reynolds)

Elmendorf reservists meet Tuskegee Airmen at convention

Retired Lt. Col. James Warren, one of the original Tuskegee Airmen, swaps flying stories with Maj. Kevin Sutterfield of the 302nd Fighter Squadron during the Tuskegee Airmen's 38th Annual National Convention Aug. 6, 2009. Colonel Warren is the honorary commander of the Air Force Reserve Command's 477th Fighter Group, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, and a former member of the 477th Bombardment Group. The 477th BG activated during World War II as part of the historic Tuskegee Airmen. The group was reactivated in 2007 when the 477th Fighter Group became the Air Force Reserve Command's first F-22 Raptor unit. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Cary McPartlin)

Daddy's home

Brayden Flink hugs his father, Staff Sgt. Jacob Flink, a 419th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, upon his return to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, May 28, 2009. Sergeant Flink was among nearly 300 Airmen from the 419th and 388th Fighter Wings who returned after a four-month deployment in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kyle Brasier)

First Flight

Col. Donald Lindberg, commander of Detachment 1, 301st Fighter Wing, prepares to fly his first F-22A sortie at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., Jan. 8, 2009. The detachment is the Air Force Reserve's second classic associate F-22A. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Chris Flahive)

Homestead pilot gives thanks

F-16's from the 482nd Fighter Wing, Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., fly over Ft. Jefferson, Dry Tortugas National Park. (U.S. Air Force graphic art/Robert G. Steele)

F-15 first fighter to fly with synthetic fuel blend

An F-15E Strike Eagle goes through flight simulation testing at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., using a synthetic fuel mixture. This was the first test using synthetic fuel in a fighter. The Air Force previously tested synthetic fuel blends in a C-17 Globemaster III, B-52 Stratofortress and B-1B Lancer aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Claude Lazzara)

F-15 first fighter to fly with synthetic fuel blend

Ryan Mead, left, an F-15 fuels engineer from the 830th Aircraft Sustainment Group, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., and Daryl Fortenberry, an aircraft mechanic, 561st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, conduct fuel density testing to ensure the proper weight for the aircraft's fuel requirements. The test was accomplished prior to the first test flight of a fighter aircraft using synthetic fuel. (U.S. Air Force photo/Claude Lazarro)

Air Force Reserve unit grows to meet total force needs

Senior Airman Gregory Strouse (left), 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-16 weapons load crew member; Staff Sgt. Sean Minnick (center), 926th Group Detachment 2 F-16 weapons loader team chief; and Senior Airman David Garrison, 57th AMXS F-16 weapons load crew member, load a missile onto an F-16 July 24, 2008, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)

Air Force Reserve unit grows to meet total force needs

Staff Sgts. Richard Cordova (left), an F-15 weapons specialist in the 926th Group Detachment 2, and Michael Adams, an F-15 expediter in the 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, sign off on a weapons second-look inspection July 24, 2008, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The 926th Group is an Air Force Reserve classic associate unit to the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis AFB. Through Total Force Integration, reservists like Sergeant Cordova integrate with Airmen in the Regular Air Force to accomplish the USAFWC's mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)

Bilateral Training

Corporal (Cpl) Marc-Andre Poirier from Sherbrooke, Quebec, checks a Canadian Forces CF-18 Feb. 22 during the bilateral exercise, CHUMEX, at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. The three-week exercise pitted Canadian CF-18s against F-16s from Homestead’s 93rd Fighter Squadron. F-15s from the Florida Air National Guard also participated, and all of the fighters got support from an Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft from Tinker A.F.B, Okla. and a CC-130 refueling tanker from the Canadian Air Force. (Canadian Air Force photo/Cpl. J.A. Wilson)

Operation Iraqi Freedom

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Airmen 1st Class Erick Campos and Nicholas Cross, 332nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Aerial Port Flight cargo processors, import cargo into a computer program for processing Mar. 14. Cargo processors also inspect pallets and loose cargo that comes through Balad. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman First Class Nathan Doza)