Air Force Reserve adjusts to meet operational demands

Col. Robert Nordberg, right, commander of the 917th Operations Group, shows Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., commander of Air Force Reserve Command, the Combat Flight Instructor Course book in the group's 93rd Bomb Squadron facilities at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on Sept. 25, 2009. Since the 1950s, every instructor in the B-52s completing the course has signed the book. As part of his duties, General Stenner routinely travels around the United States and overseas meeting Airmen. On this trip, he met with Lt. Gen. Frank Klotz, commander of Global Strike Command, at Barksdale AFB. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jeff Walston)

Reservist deploys to Iraq to command air expeditionary group

Col. Eric S. Overturf speaks to the men and women of the 506th Air Expeditionary Group at Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq, after assuming command of the group April 30, 2009. Colonel Overturf is an Air Force reservist who commanded the 477th Fighter Group, an F-22 classic associate unit, at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, before deploying to Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Eunique Stevens)

Commander speaks to Congress about Air Force Reserve

Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., right, chief of Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command, testifies before the U.S. Senate's Subcommittee on Appropriations in Washington, D.C., March 25, 2009. Testifying with General Stenner were the chiefs of the other reserve components. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Mike R. Smith)

Commander shares vision with reservists in Utah

Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., chief of Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command, speaks at an awards banquet conducted by the 419th Fighter Wing at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Feb. 7, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/Alex Lloyd)

Air Force reservists participate in inaugural parade

From the presidential reviewing stand, First Lady Michelle Obama, an unidentified woman, President Barack Obama, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, and Vice President Joe Biden salute the Air Force Reserve Command's 459th Air Refueling Wing during the presidential inaugural parade Jan. 20, 2009. The 90-member, all-volunteer marching unit is based at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Amaani Lyle)

AFRC commander visits unit

Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., (right) jokes with Lt. Col. David Condit, 731st Airlift Squadron navigator, after a modular airborne firefighting system orientation flight Nov. 12, 2008, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. General Stenner, commander of Air Force Reserve Command, visited the base to gain a better understanding of the command's 302nd Airlift Wing and its sister unit, the 310th Space Wing, based at Schriever AFB, Colo. Colonel Condit is the program manager for the 302nd AW's MAFFS program. C-130 aircraft equipped with MAFFSs are used to fight wild land fires when called upon by state officials in the United States after all other firefighting methods have been exhausted. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ann Skarban)