Let there be Light

Contractors worked throughout the week to install a new $1.8 million lighting system around the 433rd Airlift Wing flight line at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas . The new light poles will bring the flight line lighting up to Air Force standards. "The current lighting system was put in place

Congressional staff members see Total Force in action at McConnell

A collection of congressional staff members spent the day learning about Total Force Integration, the Air Force Reserve, and the air refueling mission here today by riding along on a KC-135 Stratotanker flight with the Air Force Reserve 931st Air Refueling Group and the active duty 22nd Air

Reservists help move Shuttle trainer to AF Museum

Barksdale civil engineers lend Youngstown helping hands

When Youngstown asked the 307th Civil Engineer Squadron here to lend a hand, the 307th lent 56.Craftsmen from the 307th CES spent their annual tour at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, assisting their 910th CES counterparts in building a Prime Base Engineer Emergency Force (Prime BEEF) training

New rules mobilize Air Force reservists for national emergencies

Officials are putting new policies and programs in place to mobilize Air Force reservists in response to national disasters and emergencies.This is the first time Title 10, or federal reserve forces from all services have been planned and funded to be mobilized, like their National Guard

Medivac team helps heal unseen wounds

Shrapnel, open chest wounds, missing limbs - they'd seen it all before. On this flight, Capt. Esma Etan and her aeromedical evacuation team from MacDill's 45th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron had to care for an invisible wound. The injured Soldiers aboard her plane accepted the risk of being injured

Wing hosts honorary commanders' 'Dobbins Day'

As people took their seats at the Prisoner of War/Missing in Action park near the center of Dobbins Air Reserve Base, eyes constantly strayed towards the base honor guard as they stood at parade rest, ready for the ceremony. Each member held a wheel cap in their hand - one for each service - five in

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

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

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