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  • President Obama comes to Dobbins

    President Barack Obama waves from Air Force One to a small crowd of excited guests, upon his arrival at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Marietta, Ga., Feb. 14. The president went to the City of Decatur Recreation Center to discuss proposals outlined in his state of the union speech on Tuesday.

  • Mayor visits with Air Force Reservists

    The Honorable Julian Castro, mayor of San Antonio, visited the 433rd Airlift Wing here to get a first-hand look at the mission Feb 12.Castro, the youngest mayor of a Top 50 American city, toured maintenance shops, got awalk-through the massive C-5A and met with aircrew members to learn about the

  • UPS pledges support to those who serve

    UPS and the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve held a statement of support signing ceremony at the United Parcel Service World Headquarters here Feb 12 . Air Force Reserve officers joined with UPS senior executives and other guard and reserve military branches in continuing a 40-year-old ESGR

  • Top Reserve shirt talks first sergeants' importance

    Early in his career, Chief Master Sgt. Michael Bellerose saw a first sergeant fix a problem others said couldn't be solved. Bellerose, a security forces patrolman at the time, was working at a base air show and someone told him there weren't enough box lunches for him and his team, he recalled. A

  • Ohio AF Reserve unit to get new commander in March

    Col. James D. Dignan will become the new commander of the 910th Airlift Wing and installation commander of YARS during a Change of Command Ceremony scheduled for 10 a.m., March 2. Dignan will assume command from Brig. Gen. Brian Dominguez, who is returning to his previous assignment as vice

  • McConnell Reserve unit honors World War II Veteran, Air Force heritage

    A routine trip to a grocery store turned into a brush with living Air Force history for the commander of McConnell's Air Force Reserve unit last month. Col. Mark S. Larson, 931st Air Refueling Group commander, was searching the store aisles for snacks before heading home to watch a football game.

  • Reservist takes reins of new special ops center

    Former 919th Special Operations Wing commander, Brig. Gen. Jon Weeks, assumed command of the newly created Air Force Special Operations Air Warfare Center at a ceremony here, Feb. 11."I'm honored, excited and humbled as well to accept the honor of command in this new chapter in the history of Air

  • Officers eligible for promotion should review records before MilPDS upgrade

    The data feed from the Military Personnel Data System to the Air Force promotions data systems will not be available during the March MilPDS upgrade, so some officers eligible for promotion consideration may be affected, including those eligible for the Calendar Year 2013A Colonel Line of the Air

  • Pope Field offers safe haven for Rhode Island aircraft

    The 143rd Airlift Wing diverted six of its C-130J Hercules aircraft here Feb. 6  as Winter Storm Nemo struck the unit's home base at Quonset Point Air National Guard Station, R.I. The aircraft are expected to depart from Pope Field Feb. 12, but with more winter storms on the horizon, that date may

  • Family, Medical Leave Act expands protections for military families

    More support has been extended to military dependents through expansions of the federal Family and Medical Leave Act, which include unpaid, job-protected time off for care of injured servicemembers or veterans, and activities arising from a servicemember's deployment.While family members of the U.S.