June 2, 2017 Top Recruiter: Family the driving force behind her success While Master Sgt. Alisa Merriott was having arguably one of the greatest production years ever for an Air Force Reserve recruiter, she was also dealing with a great personal hardship. Her mother, Arline Kabele, had been diagnosed with stage-four brain cancer and was given three months to live. On a
June 2, 2017 A Tiger's Tale: To salute or not salute There are many times in the military when service members are faced with making a quick decision about whether or not to render a salute. But very rarely does someone find himself in a situation where he is being coined by a major command commander while dressed in an orange and white tiger outfit
May 31, 2017 Total Force wingmen enable MQ-1, MQ-9 mission In the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper community, active duty, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Airmen incorporate as a total force integration to provide 60 combat lines or 60 aircraft in the air, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. This team of aircrew, maintenance and other
May 31, 2017 Peterson enlisted reservists honored by local community Two Citizen Airmen from the 302nd Airlift Wing were recognized by the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Corporation’s Military Affairs Council during the 2017 Armed Forces Week awards luncheon held May 15, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.In the Airman category, Senior
May 31, 2017 Carolina skies turn grey during large formation exercise Aircrews from the 315th and 437th Airlift Wings took off the morning of May 25, from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, in 18 C-17 Globemaster IIIs as part of a large formation exercise over Carolina skies. Exercise Bonny Jack was a joint service exercise with about 1,600 paratroopers from the
May 31, 2017 655th ISRG reservist witnesses attack in Stockholm, assists authorities 655th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group member Maj. Roberts was in Stockholm, Sweden, April 7, 2017, completing the last day of his civilian job when a terror attack was perpetrated on the famous Drottninggatan Shopping Street. Roberts, regarded as one of the world’s top experts on
May 30, 2017 Hill Airmen generate 3,000th F-35A sortie, adopt upgraded ALIS Recently, the F-35A Lighting II, departed Hill Air Force Base for the 3,000th sortie generated by maintainers from the active duty 388th Fighter Wing and reserve 419th Fighter Wing.That sortie, and all others flown that day was carried out with the new version of the Autonomic Logistics Information
May 30, 2017 Pilots fly over WWII crash site in Utah desert Pilots from the 419th and 388th Fighter Wings honored fallen World War II veterans with an F-16 flyover above Loa, Utah, Memorial Day. Loa, located in Wayne County, lies outside the site of a crash in July 1943, when an AT-18 bomber came apart midair over the remote Utah desert during a flight from
May 30, 2017 2016 Air Force Association Outstanding Reserve Aircrew The crew of GLIDE 68 displayed outstanding operational expertise and professional skill by ensuring the success of the first C-130H combat airdrop mission originating from the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing.
May 30, 2017 2016 Lt. Gen. John P. Flynn IG Award winner The 2016 Lt. Gen. John P. Flynn Inspector General Award winner is the 310th Space Wing, Inspector General Investigations and Complaints from Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado for the Reserve/Guard category.