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  • Night out with the Hurricanes event partners base, team

    The 482nd Fighter Wing Reserve Recruiting Flight partnered with the University of Miami men's basketball team for a "Night out with the Hurricanes" event for military members and their families Jan. 6.During their visit here, the basketball players ventured to the flight line to check out an F-16

  • Reservist graduates CCAF, becomes first in family with college degree

    Tech. Sgt. Melena Quetel became the first of 11 children in her family to receive a college degree Dec. 6, 2014, at the Community College of the Air Force graduation ceremony here.Thirty-four years after she graduated high school, the 46th Aerial Port Squadron reservist declared, "there's no such

  • Reservist saves critically injured teens after watercraft accident

    Like millions of Americans, Senior Master Sgt. Steph Schwarz was looking forward to watching the NFL playoffs Sunday afternoon. Instead, he ended up responding to the scene of an accident that played out in his backyard."I heard a crash from outside that was loud enough to make me jump out of my

  • Pittsburgh Airman helps at car accident, prevents certain disaster

    An Airman here helped prevent certain disaster when he assisted accident victims on a snow-covered interstate highway Jan. 6.Senior Master Sgt. Bruce Zimmerman, 911th Security Forces Squadron operations superintendent, was driving to work for the early shift when a couple of miles in front of him, a

  • Command announces 2014 Medical Award winners

    Air Force Reserve Command announced the winners of the 2014 MedicalAwards.Winners, by category are:Nursing Leadership ExcellenceAward -- Lt. Col. Kelly E. Compas, 932nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron, Scott AirForce Base, Illinois.Outstanding Field Grade Officer assigned to aReserve Ground Medical Unit

  • Command announces 2014 Medical Award winners

    Air Force Reserve Command announced the winners of the 2014 Medical Awards.Winners, by category are:Nursing Leadership Excellence Award -- Lt. Col. Kelly E. Compas, 932nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois.Outstanding Field Grade Officer assigned to a Reserve Ground Medical

  • 2014 Air Force year in photos

    A C-130J Hercules and WC-130J Hercules fly in formation during an Operation Surge Capacity exercise April, 5, 2014, over the Mississippi Gulf Coast region. Aircraft from the 815th and 345th Airlift Squadrons and 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron participated in the large-scale training exercise

  • DoD Releases 2015 Military Pay and Compensation Rates

    Today, the Department of Defense announced the 2015 military pay and compensation rates for service members, with most service members receiving a one percent increase in basic pay.The new rates for basic pay, basic allowance for housing, basic allowance for subsistence, and the cost of living

  • Reserve PJ's among Mackay Trophy honorees for meritorious flight

    In the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum, in the same exhibit hall with Charles Lindbergh's Spirit of St. Louis and the Wright Brothers' 1903 flyer, under a case of protective glass, stands a massive silver cup, lined in gold, atop a three-tiered mahogany pedestal.The pedestal