Purple, the color of sacrifice

Schools throughout Houston County, Ga., joined a nationwide movement to "Purple Up" on April 15. Matt Arthur Elementary School students, faculty and staff were one of many schools in the United States wearing purple to recognize April as the Month of the Military Child. "The military is a very

Air Force reserve instructor pilot killed in vehicle accident

An Air Force reserve instructor pilot was killed along with his wife and two daughters near San Antonio, Texas, April 13.Lt. Col. Kenneth Koontz, a civilian simulator instructor and member of the 96th Flying Training Squadron was killed in a traffic accident on U.S. Route 90."Lt. Col. Kenneth

Airmen fight hunger through 'Food for Kidz'

Global hunger took another hit today by Luke Air Force Base service members and their families April 13 as they worked alongside community organizations to build "Food for Kidz" boxes.Approximately 165 volunteers from Luke AFB spent about six hours packaging 105,000 meals, which will be sent to

Reserve Raptor crews test combat readiness

The 477th Fighter Group participated in Polar Force 13-3, a two-phase operational readiness exercise designed to test the unit's ability to deploy on short notice as well as to operate and survive in a wartime environment.The exercise was part of the unit's normally scheduled training plan. Phase

Teamwork, technology allows Kandahar C-130J AE crew to save a life

On the battlefield of northern Afghanistan in late March, an Air Force combat controller was shot by the enemy through the right thigh, opening up a large wound and fracturing his femur. The Airman was rushed to a hospital at Mazar-e Sharif, where he was operated on in an effort to save his leg and

Air Force Reserve celebrates 65 years of historic service

President Harry S. Truman signed legislation on April 14, 1948, establishing the modern-day Air Force Reserve. The new organization reaffirmed the "Citizen Airmen" concept that reaches back to the Army Air Service reservists of the First World War. This came seven months after Truman established the

Reserve Red Horse unit has happy homecoming at Charleston

Hundreds of family members and friends waited anxiously in a packed Joint Base Charleston Passenger Terminal for a 747 charter jet carrying nearly 100 Airmen from 560th Red Horse Squadron returning from a six-month deployment  April 11.The Air Force Reservists have been deployed as part of the the

Reserve stands up attack squadron

Colorado reserve wing mourns loss of former command chief

Members of the 302nd Airlift Wing mourned the loss of former 302nd AW Command Chief Master Sgt. Suzette Cherry who lost her battle with leukemia in a local Colorado Springs hospital intensive care unit April 7. Cherry passed away with her husband Robert, also a Chief Master Sgt. and daughter by her

Air Force restarts tuition assistance

The Air Force has officially restarted military tuition assistance, effective immediately. The service restarted the program as a result of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013, where Congress called for the MTA program to continue in the current fiscal year. As a