June 12, 2017 Vice President Pence pledges support while visiting Dobbins Air Reserve Base While visiting Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia June 9, 2017 and recognizing it as the largest joint service training Reserve base in the world, Vice President Mike Pence pledged the administration’s full support of our military service members and our national defense.The vice president brought
June 12, 2017 Father’s influence creates legacy of pilots Having a fighter pilot inspire you to join the Air Force is fairly common, but having that inspiration living in the same house adds a different outlook.
June 12, 2017 AFROTC accepting instructor, detachment commander applications for summer 2018 Air Force officials have announced 81 projected Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps instructor vacancies and 13 detachment commander positions available for summer 2018. Officers eligible for instructor slots include first lieutenants, captains or majors. Active-duty rated officers, line of
June 8, 2017 Deployed rescue maintainers win maintenance effectiveness award Fifty maintainers from the 920th Maintenance Group have won the 2016 Maintenance Effectiveness Award at the major command level. The award is the highest level of squadron recognition in the Air Force maintenance career field. Air Combat Command awarded the 2016 MEA to the 455th Expeditionary
June 8, 2017 Reserve Citizen Airman reaches for the stars NASA announced June 7, that Reserve Citizen Airman Lt. Col. Robert “Farmer” Hines Jr., 84th Test and Evaluation Squadron test pilot at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, is part of the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class.
June 7, 2017 Three former 302nd AW members take ‘LEAD' to Academy graduation After five years of U.S. Air Force Academy education, three cadets, previously members of the Air Force Reserve Command’s 302nd Airlift Wing, commissioned as Air Force officers and graduated May 24, 2017. Now the former enlisted Airmen of the 302nd AW will continue their military careers as second
June 7, 2017 Defense Department Launches Retirement System Comparison Calculator The Department of Defense officially launched the Blended Retirement System (BRS) comparison calculator Tuesday, providing BRS opt-in eligible service members their first opportunity for an individualized comparison of retirement systems. The comprehensive tool, in combination with the mandatory
June 6, 2017 Thunder Over the Valley takes flight for Father's Day weekend A free, public air show is scheduled to kick off at 9 a.m., June 17-18, 2017, at Youngstown Air Reserve Station.
June 6, 2017 Ransomware: How to stay safe In mid-May a worldwide ransomware cyberattack infected more than 200,000 computers in 150 countries. Luckily, shortly after the attack began, a web security researcher was able to discover an effective kill switch that slowed the spread of the infection, effectively halting the outbreak. Ransomware