Luke aeromedical team cares for wounded warriors at Ramstein

A six-member team from the 944th Aeromedical Staging Squadron from Luke Air Force Base, Arizona, recently spent their two week annual tour at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, transporting injured military members and deployed civilians to care facilities. The Luke team worked with the doctors, nurses and

CARCAH manages storm requirements

A man sits in a small side room of the National Hurricane Center in Miami and scans a bank of computer monitors that stream satellite information, communications from weather reconnaissance aircraft, and the flight path data, when the phone rings with news of aircraft being denied clearance into

AFRC commander visits 307th Bomb Wing

Combat training helps Travis reservist save a life

It was the end of his unit training assembly weekend at Travis Air Force Base, Aug. 24, 2014, Master Sgt. Russ Wooten, 79th Air Refueling Squadron first sergeant, was headed home down Route 12 toward Modesto. He had his truck on cruise control at the speed limit, watching the road ahead. Suddenly a

Youngstown first AFRC unit to use new, safer docking system

The 910th Maintenance Squadron is the first Air Force Reserve Command installation to field the new Isochronal inspection docking system. The $1.5 million dock stand system is a complex array of mobile maintenance stands, designed to fit around a C-130 aircraft specifically for performing isochronal

Niagara Airmen load mobile dental clinic bound for Dominican Republic

Members of the 30th Aerial Port Squadron here loaded medical equipment onto a C-17 aircraft out of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, Aug. 26. A 36-foot motor home, converted into a mobile dental clinic was also part of the load destined for the Dominican Republic under the Denton Cargo

Hurricane Hunters, U.S. Naval Academy team up for research during 'Cristobal'

Deployed maintainers keep hurricane hunter mission moving

The pilot prepares the aircraft for takeoff going through the required checklists when she notices the embedded GPS initial navigation system isn't working properly.They can't fly without it so Maj. Dena Williams, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron pilot and aircraft commander for the Aug. 25

Air Force's top leader discusses Reserve future

Citizen Airmen have an advocate at the very top of Air Force.During a visit to Robins Air Force Base, Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James discussed several issues related to the Air Force Reserve's future.As the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard continue to grow in proportion to the

Reservists air drop life-sustaining cargo in Iraq

C-130H Hercules aircrews from here saved lives by delivering food and water to people stranded in Northern Iraq. The missions began at night Aug. 8 for the reservists from Youngstown's 757th Airlift Squadron, who deployed to Southwest Asia as part of the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. They