Oct. 3, 2014 ARPC members celebrate quarterly fitness event Service members, civilians and their families celebrated the Air Reserve Personnel Center's Commander's Fitness Enhancement Program quarterly event here Oct. 3.Col. Sean McElhaney Pahia, Air Reserve Personnel Center vice commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Ruthe Flores, ARPC command chief, presented
Oct. 3, 2014 Brothers in arms Only one percent of Air Force enlisted personnel achieve the rank of chief master sergeant. However, two brothers from Buffalo, New York achieved that rare accomplishment.Through the best of times and the worst of times, Chief Master Sgt. Lee and Norman Green pushed each other."The relationship
Oct. 2, 2014 ATC Zero: Grissom steps up, supports air traffic crisis Chicago's Air Route Traffic Control Center controlled more than 3 million air operations last year with hundreds of millions of lives in the hands of their air traffic controllers, but when Chicago's radar scopes went black Sept. 26, many of those lives fell safely into the hands of Grissom's
Oct. 2, 2014 Airmen read their way to brighter Air Force future General Mark A. Welsh III, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, called on Airmen to submit suggestions for the 2015 Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force Professional Reading Program, which was created as a way of developing Airmen.The goal of this reading program is to develop a common frame of
Oct. 1, 2014 Ohio reserve loadmasters train ANG, Army Reserve personnel Ohio Army and Air National Gaurdsmen at the Toledo Express Airport here got familiarization training with the C-17 Globemaster III from the Air Force Reserve's 89th Airlift Squadron, from nearby Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Sixteen loadmasters from 89th AS showed the Guardsmen how to
Oct. 1, 2014 Wingman Toolkit is going Total Force The Wingman Toolkit is going Total Force this fall with a brand new mobile app and website.For years, the toolkit has been the one-stop shop for Air Force Reservists looking to achieve and maintain wellness. Starting this fall, it will be expanding its reach to include all members of the Air Force
Sept. 30, 2014 Youngstown aerial spray team fights cheat grass, potential fires in Idaho An aerial spray team from the 910th Airlift Wing, Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, helped prevent the spread of invasive cheat grass and the potential of fires on the Saylor Creek bomb range here during a 12-day mission that ended Sept. 26. The team, made up of aircrews and entomologists,
Sept. 30, 2014 Reserve aeromedical teams test readiness skills at Calamityville The 445th Airlift Wing honed its medical readiness skills during a wing-wide training exercise Sept. 13 - 14 at the state-of-the-art Calamityville facility at the National Center for Medical Readiness here.Approximately 400 members took part in this year's scenario-driven disaster response exercise
Sept. 30, 2014 October issue of Citizen Airman is online The October issue of Citizen Airman magazine is available on the web at http://www.citamn.afrc.af.mil/.The cover story talks about how the Air Force's new air expeditionary force construct will impact Reservists. Bo Joyner, associate editor, focuses the spotlight on the new commanders of 22nd Air