Nov. 22, 2017 Pilot exemplifies Total Force Integration As part of a Total Force Integration initiative, an Air Force Reserve Citizen Airman attended attended the Weapons Instructor Course (WIC) to deploy with his former active-duty squadron.Captivated by the close-air support and combat-search and rescue missions of the A-10C Thunderbolt II, U.S. Air
Nov. 21, 2017 433rd Training Squadron instructor earns top MTI award Master Sgt. Jason Wagner a nine-year Reserve Basic Military Training Instructor with the 340th Flying Training Group’s 433rd Training Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, has earned the Master Military Training Instructor “Blue Rope,” which adorns the iconic campaign hat. The MTI Blue
Nov. 20, 2017 Air Force resolves Yellow Ribbon travel funding issue Air Force leaders have resolved a situation that temporarily limited how many guests the service could fund to accompany Reserve Citizen Airmen to Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program training weekends.“I'm delighted we are going back to the way we've always done it," said Mary Hill, Yellow Ribbon
Nov. 20, 2017 IMA brings religious diversity to AF chaplain team 1st Lt. Brett Campbell, an Air Force Reserve Citizen Airman who is assigned as an Individual Mobilization Augmentee at the 460th Space Wing chapel at Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado, is the first, and only, Buddhist chaplain in the Air Force.
Nov. 20, 2017 343rd Bomb Squadron is spot on The 343rd Bomb Squadron received the Mitchell Award during the Global Strike Competition score posting ceremony held at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Nov. 17.In competing for the Mitchell Award, bomber air crews from throughout the Air Force are given three opportunities to place a single
Nov. 17, 2017 TRICARE Reserve Select policy change A significant change will be made to the Tricare Reserve Select policy regarding re-reinstatement, beginning January 1, 2018.
Nov. 17, 2017 820th IS holds activation ceremony The 820th Intelligence Squadron, a new reserve unit, held their official unit activation and assumption of command ceremony November 4, 2017 at the Strategic Air Command & Aerospace Museum in Ashland, Nebraska.
Nov. 17, 2017 Colorado reservists battle during 'Capture the Flag' event Staff Sgt. Evan Pickard a cyber warfare operations technician assigned to the 960th Network Operations Squadron reviews computer coding during a "Capture the Flag" cyber operations challenge at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., Nov. 4, 2017. Members of the 302nd Communications Flight and 960th NOS
Nov. 16, 2017 307th Bomb Wing maintainers Step Into the Breach When Air Force Global Strike Command needed new Conventional Rotary Launchers prepped for the B-52 Stratofortress inventory this year, they only had to look in their own backyard for help.The CRL is a complex, new weapons platform, but Reserve Citizen Airmen of the 307th Maintenance Squadron
Nov. 14, 2017 La Fave takes command of 22nd Air Force Maj. Gen. Craig L. La Fave took command of 22nd Air Force from Maj. Gen. John P. Stokes during a change of command ceremony Nov. 14.