$24M hydrant fueling system project announced at Westover

Some 40 civic, business, and military leaders gathered at a ceremony June 24 announcing a $24.4 million contract to fund a new fuel hydrant system on base. The ceremony took place on the C-5 aircraft ramp at Westover, in the shadow of a C-5 Galaxy, the largest aircraft in the U.S. military. Opening

Portland pararescuemen searching for missing hiker on Mount Hood

The 304th Rescue Squadron is  supporting an ongoing search-and-rescue mission for a climber who went missing on Mount Hood Saturday. Four Pararescuemen, also known as PJs, and 1 Combat Rescue Officer were activated by the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center to participate alongside volunteer

Reservists deliver Dover's 11th C-5M

History was recorded and heritage was remembered when the base received its 11th C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft June 21.Maj. Gen. Craig N. Gourley, Air Force Reserve Command vice commander, piloted the newly modernized aircraft from Marietta, Ga. He was accompanied by a team of 709th Airlift Squadron

Guard joins Reserve C-130s fighting Rocky Mountain fires

The U.S. Forest Service, through the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, requested the activation of two additional Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped military C-130 aircraft to assist in battling wildland fires. Two aircraft from the 146th Airlift Wing, California Air

Joint mass casualty exercise tests Fort Worth personnel

Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, Navy and Civil Air Patrol personnel conducted a joint mass casualty exercise here June 23.  "The goal is to facilitate learning in a joint effort as well as individual training requirements so that we could actually answer and work a mass casualty," said Maj.

Scott holds medical decontamination exercise

Reserve C-130s respond to Lime Gulch fire

Two Air Force Reserve Command C-130s equipped with U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems responded to the Lime Gulch fire in southern Jefferson County, Colo. June 19.The U.S. Forest Service-generated launch order was received shortly after 2 p.m. by the AF Reserve aircrews who

Refueling the Bone

A B-1B Lancer assigned to the 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, approaches the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., during an air refueling training mission June 20, 2013. The KC-135 was being operated by an aircrew made up of the Air Force

Reserve C-130 spray away mosquitos at Charleston

An Air Force Reserve aircrew flying a C-130 Hercules assigned to the 910th Airlift Wing, Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, performs aerial spraying of mosquitos June 15, 2013, over Joint Base Charleston - Weapons Station, S.C. The insecticide the unit uses is mixed with water to dilute the

Reserve aerial spray unit swats 'skeeters' at JB Charleston

"There must be thousands of 'em, millions of 'em. What are they doing?""It looks like they're preparing an invasion."Even though this dialogue is from the 1996 science fiction blockbuster film, "Independence Day," it is an accurate description of the annual real-life assault from saltwater marsh