Rescue squadron implements successful paramedic ride along program

Pararescuemen are among the most highly trained emergency trauma specialist in the U.S. Armed Forces and in order to maintain the highest level of medical trauma readiness PJ's continually work on perfecting their emergency medical skills. The 304th Rescue Squadron, based at the Portland Air

Airmen train in international exercise

Leaders in the 914th Airlift Wing wanted to showcase the wing's capabilities, so they sent some of their most experienced Airmen to Maple Flag, a combined exercise at Edmonton International Airport and Cold Lake Air Weapons Range, Alberta, Canada.Several other Air Force Reserve Command units took

Congressman, staffers fly with 934th on training mission

Homestead fitness center reopens after $4.5 million facelift

After $4.5 million in renovations, the Sam Johnson Fitness Center, which is named after the highly decorated Air Force fighter pilot who flew combat missions in both the Korean and Vietnam Wars and spent nearly seven years as a Prisoner of War in Hanoi, reopened here May 27.The renovations to the

Texas mobility Airmen impress AFRC logistics director

Brig. Gen. Gary Blaszkiewicz, director of Logistics, Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command, visited the 433rd Logistics Readiness, 26th and 74th Aerial Port Squadrons, June 7-8. His tour began with a mission briefing at the 433rd LRS. Afterwards, he addressed the Airmen and presented Senior Master

McConnell Reservists provide final air refueling for 188th Fighter Wing

Citizen Airmen provide free medical services during Tropic Care

Reservists from the 440th Medical Squadron here, are heading to Kauai, Hawaii in support of Tropic Care 2014. The federal program, which began in 2012, allows medical professionals from the armed forces to provide free health care services for the island's residents, between June 16 and June 26.

For the fallen and their families

All Air Force careers start with the same solemn promise, but there is no way to tell how they will end. When Airmen take the oath of enlistment, they are aware others who have made the same promise, sacrificed their lives in service to their country.When an Airman falls, there is a team of people

Whiteman teen leads care package drive

The military family extends beyond those who put on the uniform, it extends to the civilians working beside them and their parents, spouses and children.The bond of the military family was exemplified through the daughter of two members of Team Whiteman, 14-year-old Warrensburg Middle School student

Hurricane Hunters fly first storm reconnaissance mission of season

The Hurricane Hunters of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron flew to the southwest quadrant of the Gulf of Mexico June 6 to gather weather data in their first storm reconnaissance mission of the 2014 Atlantic basin hurricane season.According to Maj. John Brady, an aerial weather reconnaissance