Charleston reserve wing first to successfully complete AFRC inspection under new system

The 315th Airlift Wing successfully completed its first ever unit effectiveness inspection here Dec. 11 with an overall rating of "effective" after receiving two "effective" and two "highly effective" assessments in the inspection's four major graded areas.The UEI is a new concept for the Air Force

AFRC commissions artist to document heroism

Maj. Warren Neary, an Individual Mobilization Augmentee historian, was commissioned by the Air Force Reserve Command's History Office to paint scenes of Air Force Airman who were recognized during the 2013 Air Force Association's Air and Space Conference. Neary, a civil-servant historian at Scott

Grissom reservists help send relief to Haiti

Air Force reservists here partnered with Airmen from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and Joint Base Charleston, S.C., to provide more than 45,000 pounds of food to Haiti as part of a humanitarian relief mission under the Denton Program, Dec. 7. The Denton Program is a Department of Defense

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Hurricane season ends, slowest since 1966

Nov. 30 marked the end of the slowest hurricane season since 1966 for the 403rd Wing's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, better known as the Hurricane Hunters."It was a very, very slow hurricane season," said Lt. Col. Jon Talbot, 53rd WRS chief meteorologist.  "Despite the predictions for an

Budget woes cause AF to refine funding priorities

Budget battles here are causing tectonic shifts in the Air Force, the service's leaders said during a Pentagon news conference today.Acting Air Force Secretary Eric Fanning and Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, the Air Force chief of staff, said that even with some relief from sequestration, the service will

4 AF Award honors fallen Scott Airman

Fourth Air Force has named a new award after a 932nd Airlift Wing Airman who lost his life during Operation Enduring Freedom.The "Fourth Air Force Technical Sergeant Anthony C. Campbell Award for Mission Support Group Excellence" honors the explosive ordnance disposal technician who was killed Dec.

Bodyweight exercises: a solution to improving fitness

Do you face the dilemma of waking up thinking about working out, but come to the conclusion it's too early to work out or there's too much to do after work? Some of you may feel you've hit a plateau or feel your workouts have become boring. If so, then bodyweight exercises may give you more options

Air Force's top officer outlines tough budget decisions

With sequestration cemented as law into the foreseeable future, the Air Force's top officer today discussed some tough choices the service faces as its leaders try to pare $12 billion from the budget.In the final session of the Joint Chiefs of Staff series at the American Enterprise Institute here,

Senate confirms James as next secretary of the Air Force

Deborah Lee James will be the next secretary of the Air Force, according to a Senate confirmation vote Dec 13. James provided testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee Sept. 19, before the full Senate voted on her confirmation. Now the president must appoint her before she can assume her new