Special needs child gets pilot-for-a-day treatment at Whiteman

Michael Gracey, a fourth-grade student at Sterling elementary, Warrensburg, Mo., toured the 303rd Fighter Squadron here, July 26. Gracey, who has attention deficit hyperactive disorder and Asperger's syndrome, a form of high-functioning autism, got up close with an A-10 Thunderbolt II and learned

Jackson to lead Air Force Reserve Command

Leadership of the Air Force Reserve Command will change hands July 30 in a ceremony at the Museum of Aviation.Lt. Gen. James F. Jackson will assume command of AFRC, replacing Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., who has served as commander since June 2008. Stenner will retire from the Air Force with 39

AFRC vice commander visits 445th Airlift Wing

Reserve A-10 pilots debut new technology at RIMPAC

In its first operational test with maritime operations, nine 47th Fighter Squadron A-10 pilots are debuting new helmet and survival radio technologies during the Rim of the Pacific exercise here June 29 through Aug. 3.One of the new technologies is the Scorpion system, which is integrated into the

Nighttime refueling keeps F/A-18 Hornet flying

A Navy F/A-18E Super Hornet with the "Argonauts" of Strike Fighter Squadron 147 (VFA-147) receives fuel from an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker with the 465th Air Refueling Squadron, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., during Rim of the Pacific exercise, July 23, 2012. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships

Tinker Reserve refuelers support RIMPAC exercise

U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon refuels east of Hawaii by a KC-135R Stratotanker with the 465th Air Refueling Squadron July 24, 2012. Twenty-two nations, more than 40 ships and submarines, more than 200 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC exercise from June 29 to Aug. 3,

Reserve tankers supporting Navy exercise

JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICKAM (July 23, 2012) - Lieutenant Colonel Randy Sauer and Major Jeff Milburn, both KC-135 Stratotanker pilots with the 465 Air Refueling Squadron, Tinker Air Force Base, Texas, perform pre-flight checklists during Rim of the Pacific exercise, July 23, 2012. Twenty-two

10th Air Force commander visits Rescue Reservists

Brig. Gen. William Binger, commander, 10th Air Force, Naval Air Station Forth Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas, visited Rescue Reservists of the 920th Rescue Wing here July 24 - 25. Binger devoted a large amount of his visit meeting and talking with maintenance Airmen. Pararescue Airmen gave him a

Flight schedulers master art of change

It was 4 a.m. and already Master Sgt. Miranda "Mindi" Beyer had a problem. Or rather, an aircraft had a problem, which essentially meant Beyer had a problem as well."The phone rang and I was told one of our jets was broken and wouldn't be flying," said Beyer. "Then I was asked, 'So how do we want to

Reserve's 917th Fighter Group supports RIMPAC