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July 31, 2019
Air Force Reserve partners with The Basketball Tournament

Air Force Reserve recruiting picked an ideal location to be the presenting partner for The Basketball Tournament, known as TBT, as record crowds turned out for the Wichita State University regional in late July.TBT, which is in its sixth year, is a 64-team, single-elimination tournament played
July 30, 2019
Some flight ops continue despite HAFB runway construction

Though the Hill Air Force Base runway has been closed for several weeks due to a major runway reconstruction project, that doesn’t mean that all flying operations had to be cancelled. Pilots from the 514th Flight Test Squadron needed to use the taxiway that runs parallel to the runway.
July 29, 2019
Colonel gives deployers tips for getting in the door to civilian jobs

ST. LOUIS -- Chief Master Sgt. Linda Sparks said she was looking to take the next step in her career as a federal civilian employee when she returned from a 6-month Air Force Reserve deployment to Iraq.
July 29, 2019
Air Force Participates in Safe + Sound Week

The Air Force will be participating in Safe + Sound Week Aug. 12-18, 2019. Safe + Sound Week is a nationwide event designed by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to highlight the value of safety and health programs in the workplace and to celebrate the institutions that implement
July 26, 2019
Building stronger Airmen through Resiliency Total Force Partnerships

The stress of performing operations for an extended time, frequent deployments and exposure to extreme violence eventually takes a toll on Airmen. The 655th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Wing, 718th Intelligence Squadron, makes taking care of Airmen a priority, providing services
July 24, 2019
Reserve Citizen Airmen showcase at one of the nation’s biggest air shows

Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 302nd Airlift Wing arrived at one of the nation’s biggest air shows today to showcase the wing’s special aerial firefighting mission.
July 23, 2019
Reserve Citizen Amputee Airman scores 9 medals, new perspective, at Wounded Warrior Games

Hundreds of spectators, families and service members cheered as Team Air Force defeated three-time defending champions, Team Navy, during the wheelchair basketball gold match in a nail-biting edge-of-your-seat competition, 66-60, June 28, 2019, during the Department of Defense Wounded Warrior Games
July 23, 2019
Reserve Fighter Squadron accelerates training in Red Flag 19-3

In order to provide a realistic training environment of air-to-air combat for allied and coalition forces, some pilots take up the role of being the “enemy”. The 64th Aggressors Squadron acts as professional adversaries for Red Flag at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.
July 22, 2019
Airman from 934th AMXS wins Lt. Gen. Leo Marquez Award

The Lt. Gen. Leo Marquez Award is an Air Force-level award that recognizes base-level military and civil service aircraft, munitions, and missile maintenance personnel who have demonstrated the highest degree of sustained job performance, job knowledge, job efficiency and results.This year, the
July 22, 2019
Reserve Citizen Airmen pave the way to accelerated readiness with collaboration

For the last two and a half months the Minneapolis-St. Paul Air Reserve Station’s track and field has been overrun by horses, RED HORSEs. Also known as rapid engineer deployable heavy operational repair squadron engineers, RED HORSE Squadrons are fully-armed, self-sufficient civil engineering units

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