Chaplain Candidates visit Joint Base Charleston

Members come home from deployment, leave behind good deeds

Roughly 50 Airmen from Grissom's 434th Security Forces Squadron and 434th Civil Engineering Squadron returned home from a 180-day deployment to Southwest Asia July 21-22.The members were greeted by friends and family, and their smiles and cheers pierced air as they watched the KC-135 Stratotanker

Last 307 RHS mission benefits Autistic children

When the 307th RED HORSE shuts and locks the doors on Aug. 31, it will leave Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana with a living legacy of construction projects, both military and humanitarian, around the world for thousands to remember what it was.After being notified the unit would be inactivated,

August issue of Citizen Airman is online

The August issue of Citizen Airman is now available on the web  at Citizen Airman Magazine. The cover story is a Profiles in Leadership piece on Howard Cannon. Cannon survived a plane crash in World War II as a member of the Army Air Corps, attained the rank of major general in the Air Force Reserve

AWACS reservists team up with E-3 program managers

For the first time in the history of the E-3 Sentry, reservists from the 513th Air Control Group invited E-3 program managers from Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., on board to showcase the Block 40/45 upgrade during a training mission on July 19.The program managers, who are responsible for upgrades

Operation Patriot Angler gets off to cool start

Members of the  944th Fighter Wing departed Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, July 25, leaving behind temperatures closing in on the century mark for the balmy 65-degree weather at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska. By Arizona standards, it was a cool start for the 944th Logistics Readiness

Reservist among Air Force 12 Outstanding Airmen

A reservist from the 908th Security Forces Squadron, Maxwell AFB, Alabama, is one of the Air Force’s 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year. Staff Sgt. Kresston Davis was a senior airman when she was nominated for the award by Air Force Reserve Command. Thirty-four nominees from other major commands,

Starbase summer students boldly go into STEM

Summer vacation for elementary school students typically consists of swimming, sleeping late and socializing. This is not the case for nearly 25 students attending DoD STARBASE-Kelly, one of the hands-on, week-long courses offered at the 433rd Airlift Wing, here, The program is designed to motivate

Wright-Pat reservists host dream flight

The 445th Airlift Wing hosted more than 180 students ages 14-18 and their chaperons visited during their visit to the wing July 22, 2015 as part of the 16th Annual Delta Airlines sponsored Dream Flight program. Delta Airlines and the Organization of

AFA to recognize Airmen, organizations in September

Two reservists and two organizations with ties to the Air Force Reserve will receive Air Force-level awards at the Air Force Association’s 2015 Air and Space Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, Sept. 14-16. Lt. Col. John Marks, 303rd Fighter Squadron, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, is being