AF leaders celebrate AF Reserve Birthday

Celebrating the Air Force Reserve's 68th birthday during a April 14, 2016, Pentagon ceremony are, from left, Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody, Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James, Master Sgt. Kandi Costa, Lt. Gen. James F.

Dover reservists fly to Florida for Liberty Sands

About 100 members in 14 Air Force career fields from Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, embarked upon Liberty Sands - a six-day, off-station training event for the 709th Airlift Squadron March 29 to April 2 at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida.

Services blend as one team at training event

You see a lot of different battle dress uniform camouflage patterns at an Innovative Readiness Training event. There’s Air Force and Army green mixed with a healthy dose of Navy blue. And although you can’t tell it from anyone’s uniform, there are active-duty, reserve and National Guard members from

AF names candidate bases, criteria for choosing next F-35A sites

Air Force officials announced April 12 that Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona; Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida; Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas; and Whiteman AFB, Missouri, are candidate bases for the first Reserve-led F-35A Lightning II location.

Reservists motivated to help others

Lt. Col. (Dr.) Joni Scott-Weideman is just one of more than 100 service members from across the United States who is spending long April days here supporting Operation Arctic Care, an Innovative Readiness Training project designed to give military members valuable training while providing

Dover Reservist gains international attention

AFRC announces aeromedical evacuation awards

Air Force Reserve Command has announced the winners of the 2015 aeromedical evacuation awards:-- 315th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina: Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron of the Year.-- First Lt. Addie B. Balde, 45th AES, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida:

Intel squadron achieves full operational capability

After only 18 months – 6 months ahead of schedule – the 28th Intelligence Squadron at Hurlburt Field, Florida, achieved full operational capability.The milestone was achieved after Staff Sgt. Kyle Cook performed a check ride as an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operator in a special

“Sir, I assume command; but first … let me take a selfie!”

A Tucson attorney and prior Navy man assumed command of the 305th Rescue Squadron in a ceremony April 3 at the 943rd Maintenance Squadron hangar.

Minneapolis saves time, money with mass physicals

Members of the 934th Airlift Wing completed their Preventative Health Assessments en masse during the April unit training assembly, setting a benchmark within Air Force Reserve Command. The 934th Aeromedical Staging Squadron conducted the PHAs, evaluating 945 Airmen during 350 long physicals and