Total Force Airmen take on 'Brave Defender'

A 96th Ground Combat Training Squadron fire team leads an enemy combatant back to their vehicles during a demonstration exercise here Oct. 16. Approximately 1,500 active-duty, reserve and National Guard Airmen attend the squadron's "Brave Defender" training each year. "Defender" is a six-week

New command chief for 4th Air Force

Incoming 4th Air Force Commander, Brig. Gen. John C. Flournoy, has selected Chief Master Sgt. Brian Wong of the Air Reserve Personnel Center to serve as 4th Air Force Command Chief.As the command chief, Wong will advise the 4th Air Force commander on all enlisted matters at the highest level of

Air Force Reserve activates intelligence squadron

Air Force Reserve Command's 10th Air Force activated the 38th Intelligence Squadron here October 26.The 38th is one of several new intelligence squadrons standing up under the 655th Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance Group, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, as part of AFRC's latest reserve Intel

Pilot talks career, education at local school

Lt. Col. Paul "Buster" Delmonte, 466th Fighter Squadron commander, answers questions during a presentation at Clinton Elementary School today. Delmonte visited the sixth-grade class as part of Hill AFB's "Heroes Reading" program, which sends Airmen to local schools to read, educate, and tell

Air Reserve Personnel Center podcast 14 - retirement pay

Click on the podcast to hear Brig. Gen. Jay Flournoy, commander of the Air Reserve Personnel Center, talk about calculating retirement pay and how to ensure Air Force Reserve members receive their pay on time.This video is part of a series of podcasts to communicate with Citizen Airmen on a wide

Note to breast cancer: 'I am not your victim'

 I'm sure by now most people don't need to be reminded that October is breast cancer awareness month. How could you have missed it? With all the ribbons, "Save the Ta-Tas" T-shirts, bracelets, earrings, shoe laces and other pink doodads it's fairly hard to forget. Don't get me wrong, this is not a

Force Generation Center gets new commander

Beale reservists form nonprofit to help injured veterans

Patriots Honor, a nonprofit organization created by members of the 13th Reconnaissance Squadron, held its inaugural golf tournament at Lincoln Hills Golf Course, Oct 18. 940th Wing leadership, along with former National Football League players, Medal of Honor recipient James Taylor, veterans and

Enlisted EPME course return policy explained

The Air Force is giving three options to Airmen who were sent back to their home station while in the process of completing their respective Enlisted Professional Military Education course, as a result of the government shutdown.For the 900 affected Airmen who were attending Airman Leadership School

AF civilians to be retroactively paid, urged not to access pay system

Civilian Air Force employees, who were furloughed during the government shutdown, have been authorized to return to work Oct. 17.Civilians, including those who returned to work earlier this month, will be retroactively paid but are urged not to access the pay system, as mass amounts of website