Remember the Alamo

The 433rd Airlift Wing participated in the 88th annual Pilgrimage to the Alamo--a memorial tribute to the Alamo heroes and the heritage of Texas held during Fiesta Week here April 22. A solemn wreath-bearing procession of historic, civic, patriotic, military and school groups departed from Municipal

Reserve bomber crew participates in first nuclear exercise

Arizona reservists assist homeless veterans

Members of the 944th Fighter Wing volunteered their time to help homeless veterans at the 12th annual Arizona StandDown. The Arizona StandDown, held at the Arizona State Fairgrounds Veteran's Coliseum, is a three-day event aimed at getting homeless veterans in the valley off of the streets and into

Utah reservists return to warm welcome

Master Sgt. Kirk Andrascik, 419th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, embraces his wife, Jenna, upon returning to Hill Air Force Base today following a four-month deployment to Kunsan Air Base in the Republic of Korea. Nearly 30 Air Force Reservists from the 419th Fighter Wing and nearly 120 active duty

College honors Niagara reservist for leadership

Lt. Col. Patrick Peretta, 914th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, received the Daemen College Community Leadership Award April 6, 2013 for his outstanding work with veterans at the Amherst, N.Y. college.Peretta received the award from Dr. Michael S. Brogan, Daemen Vice President for Academic

Air Superiority: Advantage over enemy skies for 60 years

A few months after the D-Day invasion in June 1944, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower surveyed the Normandy beaches with his son. "You'd never get away with this if you didn't have air supremacy," then 2nd Lt. John Eisenhower told his father. "Without air supremacy," the elder Eisenhower replied, "I

Reserve EOD Airman shows leadership, courage under fire

Bullets rained down on a joint group of U.S. Air Force Airmen and British Army forces fighting for their lives in an intense firefight along the bank of the Helmand River in southwestern Afghanistan, Sept. 21, 2012.Tech Sgt. Jarrod V. Mills, of the 315th Airlift Wing's Civil Engineering Flight at

Beale command post fosters culture of excellence

Life as a command post controller is not a glamorous one. Every day controllers descend down three flights of stairs, pass through four secure doors, each requiring key cards and authentication codes, where they will spend the majority of the next 12 hours of their shift.It's easy to be overlooked

Air Force Combat Talons fly for last time

The Air Force's last four MC-130E Combat Talon I's spread their wings for a final mission from their home at Duke Field on April 15.The Talons will be officially retired in a ceremony at Duke Field on April 25 and the aircraft will then be flown to the "boneyard" at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. April 25th

Senior leaders to retire, transfer

The Office of Air Force Reserve announced the following senior leader actions April 18:- Maj. Gen. Frank J. Padilla from deputy inspector general of the Air Force, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, to retirement.- Maj. Gen. Craig N. Gourley from vice commander of Air Force