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  • McConnell Airman rescues 8 from fire

    When he smelled the smoke Staff Sgt. Thomas Carter, knew he had to act fast if he was going to save himself, and the eight other tenants of his apartment complex in Salina, Kan.On Jan. 5, Carter, a 931st Maintenance Squadron crew chief and traditional reservist, had barely been home from work for

  • Reservists take on ‘enemy’ at F-35A Red Flag debut

    Nine Air Force Reserve F-35A pilots and 16 maintainers from the 419th Fighter Wing are taking on the world’s greatest aggressor fleet during Red Flag 17-1 held at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.    The reservists joined about 200 personnel and 13 F-35A Lightning IIs from the active duty 388th FW to

  • Construction begins on new AF Reserve headquarters

    Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command broke ground on construction of phase one of the new consolidated mission complex in a ceremony here Feb. 2.Lt. Gen. Maryanne Miller, AFRC commander, joined by Col. Jeffrey King, 78th Air Base Wing commander, Warner Robins Mayor Randy Toms and Houston County

  • Alamo Wing hits the airwaves

    Col. Thomas K. Smith, Jr., 433rd Airlift Wing commander, arrived at the KLUP radio station early Saturday morning Jan. 28 for a unique opportunity to speak to residents of the Alamo city.

  • Rescue Reservists land in Horn of Africa and Afghanistan

    Two groups of Citizen Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing deployed to two overseas locations to provide personnel recovery support to ongoing operations.  A group of fixed-wing aviator, maintenance and support personnel landed in Africa for four months as part of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of

  • Maintenance crews swap out rescue choppers for combat ops

    Combat is hard on the body; it’s especially hard on the body of military choppers flown over Afghanistan’s jagged mountains and through its never-ending dust. To ensure the flying safety of Air Force choppers used to save lives in combat, maintenance crews from the 920th Rescue Wing swap out an

  • Medal of Honor recipient visits Patrick AFB

    It's not everyday you get to meet someone who's been featured on a postage stamp. On Jan. 31, 2017, personnel from Patrick Air Force Base gathered to hear from a special visitor whose likeness was placed on the top right-hand corner of millions of envelopes sent through the U.S. postal system, Medal