June issue of Citizen Airman is available online

The June issue of Citizen Airman is now available on the web at http://www.citamn.afrc.af.mil/.  Contents include feature articles on a new program that uses technology to provide aircraft maintainers easier access to technical orders. Also featured in this issue is the first of a four-part series

Tinker reservist survives monster tornado

What started out as a sunny, routine day for one member of the 507th Force Support Squadron and the estimated 250 staff and patients at the Moore Medical Center took a sudden turn for the worse on May 20 as a mammoth 1.3 mile wide tornado bore down on them. Senior Master Sgt. Jennifer Nikki Johnson,

Airmen picking up pieces in tornado's aftermath

Members of Team Tinker are picking up the pieces after one of the largest and most costly tornadoes in history ripped through Moore, Okla., May 20. More than 20 Airman and their families in the 507th Air Refueling Wing suffered either minor damage or a total loss after the deadly storm passed.

Total Force ops in Libya change air refueling tactics

The world's top experts in air to air refueling recognized the Total Force contributions to NATO's Operation Unified Protector during an April meeting in Orlando, Fla.Flown from March 19, 2011 to Oct. 31, 2011, the no-fly zone over Libya was patrolled by aircraft from 16 countries and fueled by

Rescue Group Airmen pull hiker from Southern Arizona mountain range

Late Wednesday night Airmen from the 943rd Rescue Group set out in a HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter for a training mission when they were notified that a hiker was unconscious from a fall, and needed help. The Aircrew flew back to Davis-Monthan AFB download their weapons, fueled up and picked up a

Oklahoma tornado relief in pictures

View the photo slide show here: www.af.mil/photos/slideshow.aspOr cycle through the photos in the upper right. 

Westover unveils $5 million Mobile Tail Enclosure

Troops from the 439th Maintenance Squadron prepare to tow a C-5 Galaxy into Westover's Regional Isochronal dock, May 22, 2013, to test the newly-constructed mobile tail enclosure. Crews broke ground April 1, 2012, for the $5 million MTE, is a moveable structure on rails that will protect maintenance

Team Robins honors military, civilians

AF leaders remind force to be safe this summer

With Memorial Day kicking off this year's Critical Days of Summer Safety campaign, Air Force senior leaders have asked Airmen to be as intense about safety as they are about accomplishing the mission.Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley, Air Force Chief of Staff Mark Welsh, and the Chief Master

Team March hosts 18th Air Force commander

Lt. Gen. Darren McDew, 18th Air Force commander, visited here recently to meet Airmen, observe their mission, and learn about the challenges they face. During his visit McDew praised the efforts of March Airmen, noting that AMC's success builds on the power of the total force."We have 40 plus years