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  • 'Earl of ESGR' volunteer gets national award

    For 12 years, Earl Bonett has put the needs of veterans before his own.For this and other reasons, he has been named the 2011 National Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Military Outreach Volunteer of the Year.All titles aside, he just likes to be called Earl of ESGR.After retiring from the

  • Youngstown's Carr wins at USAF marathon

    Rick A. Carr, 910th Airlift Wing base operator 1, was born with spina bifida, but demonstrated by competing in the USAF Marathon at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base last week that he refuses to be held back by the disease.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention report that approximately 1,500

  • Surprise proposal greets 'overwhelmed' girlfriend of deployed reservist

    For Staff Sgt. Noah Menard, there was a little more than the usual bout with anxiety to get home.The 58th aerial porter's boots on American soil Sept. 19 included dropping to one knee to propose to his girlfriend.And for Ashley Judge, the thrill of the return of the 58th Aerial Port Squadron member

  • Final Endeavor

    After a 24-hour delay due to bad weather, NASA's Space Shuttle Endeavour took off from Kennedy Space Center at sunrise for its ferry flight out west flying over Patrick Air Force Base.As it piggybacked on a modified Boeing 747, Airmen from the 920th Rescue wing here had a chance to see it off for

  • AF Reserve commander praises total force

    The Air Force Reserve Command's highest ranking officer discussed the virtues of total force integration in remarks at the 2012 Air Force Association Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition here Sept. 18. Lt. Gen. James Jackson, chief of Air Force Reserve and the Air Force Reserve Command

  • Leaders talk budget, strategy, force mix at AFA conference

     As Air Force leaders look to the future, their vision is shaped around leveraging strengths of the Total Force - Active, Guard and Reserve as a team - to address the challenges of budget cuts and a new National Strategy.Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley addressed the future of the Air