Jan. 15, 2015 State of the Air Force Senior Air Force officials will brief the press at 2 p.m. EST, Jan. 15. Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III will discuss the current state of the Air Force, as well as, share their thoughts on the future of the Air Force. Airmen can watch
Jan. 15, 2015 WW II Vet presented overdue medal at Dobbins ceremony An 89-year-old World War II veteran was surprised by a special treat and membersof his family during the 94th Airlift Wing commander's call Jan.10. U.S. Army Air Corp Staff Sgt. William Hughey and his wife of 50years were invited to the January unit training assembly as a special guest.What he
Jan. 13, 2015 Welder sparks commander's interest The commander of the 476th Fighter Group at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, was so impressed with the work done by Airman in metals fabrication shop that he decided to spend part of the next unit training assemby there to learn more about their craft.Master Sgt. Kristopher Prouty, an Aircraft Metals
Jan. 12, 2015 Homestead units garner Info Dominance awards The 482nd Communication Squadron at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, received the Lt. Gen. Harold W. Grant Outstanding Unit award and three Information Dominance individual awards. This is the second year in a row for the 482nd CS to win the top unit award.The unit award honors Lt. Gen. Harold
Jan. 12, 2015 MacDill Reservist renders first-aid, saves father of four An Air Force Reservist rendered life-saving aid after witnessing a pedestrian get struck by a truck in Cape Canaveral, Florida, Jan. 2.Master Sgt. Terry Willis, 927th Maintenance Squadron, was vacationing with his family when they saw a man get struck at an intersection.Willis instinctively stepped
Jan. 12, 2015 MA support moves to Pentagon The Headquarters Individual Reservist Readiness and Integration Organization's support for Air Force Reserve Mobilization Assistants moved from Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado, to the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., Dec. 15.The MA population is now managed by HQ RIO Detachment 7, Operating
Jan. 12, 2015 Reserve C-17 crews familiarize Guardsmen with helo loading Air Force Reserve crews taught South Carolina Army National Guardsmen how to load UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters onto an Air Force C-17 Globemaster III during familiarization training at McEntire Joint National Guard Base here Jan. 10.A crew from the 315th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, South
Jan. 11, 2015 WW II Vet presented overdue medal at Dobbins ceremony An 89-year-old World War II veteran was surprised by a special treat and members of his family during the 94th Airlift Wing commander's call Jan. 10. U.S. Army Air Corps Staff Sgt. William Hughey and his wife of 50 years were invited to the January unit training assembly as a special guest. What he
Jan. 11, 2015 Florida reservists welcome civilian employers during bosslift Civilian employers of Air Force Reservists and members of the state Employers Support of the Guard and Reserve committee took flight aboard a KC-135 Stratotanker for a firsthand look at an air-to-air refueling mission during the 927th Air Refueling Wing Bosslift, Jan. 10.The bosslift began with a
Jan. 10, 2015 Rescue reservists support Space-X rocket launch Wing reservists supported the successful launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule from Space Launch Complex 40 at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 4:47 a.m Jan. 10..The Dragon capsule contains supplies bound for the International Space Station, which is orbiting more than 200