Command Safety Award Selections for Fiscal Year 2019

The following units and individuals were selected for recognition of their outstanding safety accomplishments for FY19.The general category safety award winners are:AFRC Safety Office of the Year Award – 307th Bomb Wing Safety OfficeThe flight safety award winners are:AFRC Aircrew of Distinction

Reserve Citizen Airman reaches 10,000 flight hours

Chief Master Sgt. Terry Studstill, 700th Airlift Squadron flight engineer superintendent, completed 10,000 flight hours this past weekend on a C-130H3 Hercules bound for Key West, Florida.

Soaring with Eagles: Outstanding Airman flies with FLTS

Two A-10 pilots receive Distinguished Flying Cross for strikes on Taliban

Only seven medals carry more significance than the Distinguished Flying Cross, and, of those, only three are given for combat excellence. One of those three is the Congressional Medal of Honor. In simpler terms--it’s a rare medal.

Loadmaster first Reservist to complete USAF Weapons School Advanced Instructor Course

Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Parker, 815th Airlift Squadron instructor loadmaster, returned this week after completing the U.S. Air Force Weapons School Advanced Instructor Course as the first Reserve Citizen Airman to be selected for the school and as the distinguished graduate.

MacDill supports joint force exercise

For around a week, the skies over MacDill Air Force Base, Florida buzzed with the sounds of HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters, as the base hosted a Joint Force deployment readiness exercise.

Reserve Team pulls off a trifecta at Global Strike Competition

Reserve Citizen Airmen of the 343rd Bomb Squadron took three of four bomber awards during this year's Global Strike Competition.

New 403rd Wing Chaplain

Before Maj. Bitrus Cobongs became the new 403rd Wing Chaplain, he was a young student from Nigeria attending the Dallas Theological Seminary. His ambition had been to return to Africa to teach, but the events of Sept.11, 2001 led him to join the U.S. military. “That’s how the chaplaincy came to me,”

Raincross Aircrew Excellence Award won by 315 Airlift Wing

A Charleston C-17 Globemaster III aircrew won the 4th Air Force Aircrew Excellence Award, Nov. 19, for actions during a mission from Panama to the country of Curacao, located in the Lesser Antilles, earlier in the year. The award recognized the contributions of aircrew members, under the call sign

Teaching the next generation

Before they “hit the ground running” at basic military training, future members of the 931st Air Refueling Wing often get a test run at the Development and Training Flight.The program, which was founded at McConnell more than seven years ago, is a Reserve program which helps prepare future Airmen