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Water, food loaded onto C-130 at Dobbins, bound for Puerto Rico

Hurricane relief efforts continued on the Dobbins flight line as forklifts and K-loaders loaded cases of water and ready-to-eat meals onto a C-130 Hercules Oct. 4.

AFRC leadership thanks Citizen Airmen for hurricane rescue efforts

Air Force Reserve Command leadership spent the day visiting 920th Rescue Wing Reserve Citizen Airmen Oct. 2, to personally thank them for their hard work during and after Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.Lt. Gen. Maryanne Miller, chief of Air Force Reserve, Maj. Gen. Kenneth D. Lewis Jr., AFRC director of

Texas C-5M delivers supplies to Puerto Rico

In the aftermath of three devastating hurricanes that struck Texas, Florida, and the Caribbean region of the U.S. Virgin Islands, the Citizen Airmen of Air Force Reserve Command’s 433rd Airlift Wing flew their 17th mission in a C-5M Super Galaxy in less than a month to answer their nation’s call for

'Double Trouble' in training

On a typical drill weekend morning, Master Sgt. Carl VanDiver, 94th Airlift Wing development and training flight program manager and instructor, leads fitness workouts for the flight. On this particular day, he noticed one trainee whose hair was out of regulations. Since his responsibilities include

Communication equipment loaded onto C-5 at Dobbins, headed for Puerto Rico

A C-5M Super Galaxy from Dover Air Force Base, Delaware landed here to provide airlift for AT&T communication equipment and technicians Oct. 2 and Oct. 4.The airlift mission provided critical infrastructure restoration in support of life-saving activities underway in Puerto Rico.Many of the island’s

Reserve Citizen Airman takes command of UTTR

Col. James “Flash” Frickel took command of the Utah Test and Training Range during an assumption of command ceremony here Oct. 2.    The UTTR is located in Utah’s northwest desert and contains the largest block of overland contiguous special use airspace in the continental U.S. Situated over 2.3

New leader takes the helm at the 71st Intelligence Squadron

The 71st Intelligence Squadron, 655th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group, held a change of command ceremony here honoring the outgoing squadron commander, Col. Julie Spears, and the incoming commander, Lt. Col. Eric Bernkopf, Sept. 23. The 71st IS is one of three 655th ISRG

Colorado Reserve Citizen Airmen join hurricane relief efforts

Two C-130 Hercules aircraft and 18 Reserve Citizen Airmen assigned to the 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, are providing airlift in support of disaster relief and humanitarian assistance operations in the eastern Caribbean areas.Since their departure from Peterson Air Force

Flying Jennies support hurricane relief efforts, transport patients

The U.S. Air Force Reserve’s 815th Airlift Squadron spent the last week supporting relief efforts to Caribbean Islands devastated by Hurricanes Maria and Irma this month.