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

87 APS visits children's hospital

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

Commander thanks 22nd AF members, wishes all safe holiday season

As we look forward to this holiday season and the New Year, I want to take a moment to express my gratitude to each of you, your families and employers for the sacrifices you make for our country each and every day.The holidays provide an opportunity to reflect on the daily blessings we take for

From Plane to Table: Reserve aircrew deliver food to thousands in Nicaragua

Donna Wright was anxiously peering out through a rusty fence on a humid Saturday afternoon when a C-5M Super Galaxy touched down on the runway. She waved at the pilots as the mammoth plane made its way to a parking spot close to the passenger terminal. It was a rainy day in Managua, Nicaragua, so

315th AW teams with Army for deployment Exercise

The 315th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, moved more than a million pounds of combat fighting power Dec. 10 and 11 from Hunter Army Airfield here during a joint-force emergency deployment readiness exercise with the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division. The two-day exercise

Dobbins Civilian Personnel Office achieves "second-to-none" status

For the fourth consecutive year, the 94th Force Support Squadron civilian personnel office was chosen as the Air Force Reserve Command Civilian Personnel Program of the Year for their excellence in taking care of the civilian workforce here.It's been the same team for those four years, said Kelly

Desert University gives Airmen realstic deployment training

Three aerial delivery personnel walked through dust and shrubs, avoiding the cacti and thistles, searching for a pallet that was dropped from 18,000 feet just over an hour ago. The sun was setting on the horizon, giving the mountains in the distance an eerie look and casting long, slender shadows

ARPC announces colonel promotions

Air Reserve Personnel Center officials here announced results for the 2014 Air Force Reserve Line and Nonline Colonel Promotion Selection Boards today.The selection boards convened at the center Oct. 6, 2014 to determine those officers qualified to assume the next higher grade. Board members

Fighter wing sends Christmas presents to its biggest fans

A lot of Airmen are football fans. And the feeling is mutual.The Kansas City Chiefs requested thirteen XXXL T-shirts from the 442d Fighter Wing , which they promised to "wear with pride."Chiefs chairman and CEO Clark Hunt expressed his support of the relationship in 2012 by writing, "For more than