Aug. 20, 2012 Portraits in Courage - Pararescueman braves frigid Alaska to save crash victims The Air Force has released the latest Portraits in Courage, which highlights the courage of Airmen. One of them is Master Sgt. Christopher Uriarte, an Air Force reservist with the 306th Rescue Squadron at Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. While assigned to Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson as an Air National
Aug. 18, 2012 Home team wins 'Hawgsmoke' crown The 357th Fighter Squadron won the Al "Mud" Moore top overall A-10 unit trophy during Hawgsmoke 2012, an international A-10 Thunderbolt II biennial gunnery competition held here Aug. 15-17.About 60 sorties were scored based on pilot accuracy in bombing, strafing and first-run attacks. The trophy was
Aug. 18, 2012 442nd Fighter Wing heads to Hawgsmoke The 442nd Fighter Wing sent approximately 45 reservists to Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., Aug. 15, to compete in Hawgsmoke, an international A-10 Thunderbolt II biennial gunnery competition.The competition allows the units to assemble pilots and maintainers, who were selected by their peers to display
Aug. 17, 2012 McChord Airmen go from hot to cold on Deep Freeze missions On one of the hottest days of the year in Washington, Airmen from McChord Field flew on C-17s to one of the coolest places on the planet - Antarctica. Eleven 446th Airlift Wing reservists, 23 active-duty 62nd AW Airmen and one Airman each from the 22nd Special Tactics Squadron and 627th Logistics
Aug. 16, 2012 Alaska Reserve unit rebuilds tornado-ravaged school An Alaska Reserve unit has just returned from Tennessee where the task at hand was rebuilding a school that was destroyed by a tornado in 2011. Members of the 477th Civil Engineer Squadron installed lighting units, rewired the facility to meet code, hung sheet rock, and painted the interior of the
Aug. 16, 2012 Four Airmen bound by oath, blood Members of the Reserve can be considered brothers and sisters in uniform, but four brothers in the 419th Fighter Wing are literally bound by oath and by blood.Andrew, David, Timothy and Samuel Potter all joined the wing within the past four years. Growing up, they all say they considered joining the
Aug. 16, 2012 Total Force F-22's first to employ small diameter bombs During a Combat Hammer exercise Alaska F-22 Raptors became the first operational F-22 unit to drop GBU-39 small diameter bombs.Although small diameter bombs have been employed by test pilots, Combat Hammer, a weapons system evaluation program sponsored by the 86th Fighter Weapons Squadron, provided
Aug. 14, 2012 New instruction puts spotlight on standards, culture When referencing fundamental standards, Airmen now have a single source: Air Force Instruction 1-1, Air Force Standards.As one of the capstone acts of his 39-year career, Gen. Norton Schwartz, Air Force chief of staff, put his signature on the brand new instruction, which communicates in one
Aug. 14, 2012 Civilian employers get glimpse at Reserve way of life Civilian employers of 419th Fighter Wing reservists were given an inside look at the wing and their employees' Reserve careers during Employer Appreciation Day here Aug. 11.Employers took part in a variety of activities that displayed the wing's diverse mission. The highlight of the day was a flight