Oct. 20, 2017 Reserve Citizen Airmen perform lifesaving efforts in aftermath of mass shooting Senior Airman Jon Brauch was heading to work on the Las Vegas Strip when he heard the gun fire. He had a good view of the overpass between the Excalibur and Tropicana hotels, so he began to surveil the area. Suddenly, hordes of people were running in his direction. Several were severely injured.
Oct. 20, 2017 Reserve Citizen Airman’s heroic actions save a life For Maj. Robert Simmons, 45th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Medical Service Corps Officer, Saturday of the July Unit Training Assembly was much like any other that included routine tasks such as computer based training, administrative meetings and other military training requirements; however,
Oct. 19, 2017 Defenders gain air assault skills Imagine standing at the open door of a Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter with its four blades spinning deafeningly above and the ground 90 feet below -- and then stepping over the edge. So far, three members of the 403rd Security Forces Squadron have done just that as the culmination of their
Oct. 18, 2017 Reserve Citizen Airmen undergo intensive pre-deployment training A team of 39 Reserve Citizen Airman Guardian Angels from the 308th Rescue Squadron traveled to Perry, Georgia, Oct. 12, 2017 for an intensive five-day training exercise at the Guardian Centers state-of-the-art urban training facility before gearing up for their upcoming deployment.Supported by two
Oct. 17, 2017 RIO Connect app revolutionizes access to information The latest release of the RIO Connect Individual Mobilization Augmentee Mobile Wingman application now enables Reserve Citizen Airmen to access common access card-secured sites from their mobile devices when paired with a mobile CAC reader and associated software.
Oct. 17, 2017 Reserve Citizen Airmen battle hurricanes on many fronts, save lives As tens of thousands of people continue to deal with the impact of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria, Reservists throughout the country are fighting the worst of Mother Nature’s wrath.At the 433rd Airlift Wing located at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Reservists delivered medical personnel,
Oct. 16, 2017 Reserve Citizen Airmen support successful rocket launches Members of the 920th Rescue Wing assisted in two successful rocket launches Oct. 11 and 15 from Cape Canaveral, Florida.Aircrew aboard an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter worked attentively to clear the Eastern Test Range and ensure the Atlantic coastline beneath the rockets’ paths was clear of vessels
Oct. 16, 2017 2018 Brig. Gen. Wilma Vaught Visionary Leadership Award nominee Maj. Christina L. Hopper from the 5th Flying Training Squadron at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma is the Air Force Reserve Command's 2018 Brig. Gen. Wilma Vaught Visionary Leadership Award nominee.
Oct. 13, 2017 Reserve Citizen Airman named AFRC Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy nominee Lt. Col. Ivan J. Deroche, 403rd Operations Group chief of standardization and evaluation, was recently named the Air Force Reserve Command's nominee for the 2017 National Aeronautical Association’s Wright Brothers Memorial Trophy.
Oct. 13, 2017 315th AW leaders take on ‘Mountain to Coast” bike tour Being over the hill is no excuse for not making it over the next hill. A few 315th Airlift Wing senior leaders proved it by completing the seven-day, 450-mile 19th Annual Mountain to Coast bike ride in North Carolina.