Sept. 12, 2017 Air Force Reserve’s 445th Airlift Wing supports Hurricane Irma relief efforts The Air Force Reserve’s 445th Airlift Wing C-17 Globemaster III and crew departed here Monday en route to Grissom Air Reserve Base to pick up additional supplies for transport to Florida in support of Hurricane Irma relief efforts.
Sept. 12, 2017 Combat Camera flies with Hurricane Hunters It’s not often that Air Force Reservists arrive at Unit Training Assembly “weekend drill” and in short order find themselves flying into an eye of a hurricane, but that’s exactly what happened to Staff Sgt. Kyle Brasier and Staff Sgt. Corban Lundborg, 4th Combat Camera Squadron, Joint Base
Sept. 12, 2017 Westover sends 50 Reserve Citizen Airmen to Homestead About 50 Reserve Citizen Airmen from Westover – in four different career fields – boarded a bus Sept. 11, for a flight aboard a C-5M to Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. Once in Florida, the Airmen will assist with Hurricane Irma relief efforts at the direction of the Federal Emergency Management
Sept. 11, 2017 Travis Reserve Citizen Airman leads way in Oregon forest fire escape Tech. Sgt. Rob Dones was simply out for a 4-mile hike when a giant plume of smoke from a raging forest fire turned a casual date into a 22-hour plus, rescue of more than 140 people.
Sept. 11, 2017 Wright-Patt AF Reserve C-17 transports New York Task Force One, cargo to San Juan The Air Force Reserve’s 445th Airlift Wing transported members of New York’s Task Force One and cargo to San Juan Puerto Rico, September 8.
Sept. 11, 2017 Earth Wind and Fire: Reservists own the skies For the first time in the nearly 70-year history of the Air Force Reserve, all three special mission units have been called to action simultaneously due to a series of catastrophic events that have affected wide swaths of the U.S. Reserve Citizen Airmen from across the country are conducting weather
Sept. 11, 2017 Sister aerial port squadrons load up for FEMA response As Hurricane Irma’s ferocious momentum ravaged parts of the Caribbean Islands Sept. 8, reservists with Westover’s two aerial port squadrons led the Patriot Wing’s response to the huge storm.More than 20 Reserve Citizen Airmen with the 58th and 42nd Aerial Port Squadrons answered the Sept. 8 tasking
Sept. 10, 2017 Guard, Reserve join forces to outrun Hurricane Irma Although not faced directly with Hurricane Irma’s dangerous effects, Airmen with the 459th Air Refueling Wing here had a positive impact on their National Guard counterparts who were in the storm’s path. Prior to the monthly unit training assembly weekend, aircraft maintainers from the 459th ARW
Sept. 10, 2017 Air Force Reserve Wing prepares for Hurricane Irma, supports Harvey relief efforts With the destructive force of Hurricane Irma barreling down on the state of Florida, the Air Force Reserve Command’s 433rd Airlift Wing is preparing its Citizen Airmen to respond when the call arrives for assistance.With natural disasters afoot, the “Alamo Wing” is prepared to provide assistance