May 18, 2012 911th Maintainers LEAN on better process, save time and money When faced with austere budgets during tough economic times, two things an organization must look closely at are time and money. Each drives the other and when real and significant savings are returned in both areas, without sacrificing the core of a business, the result is a cultural shift
May 17, 2012 STARBASE Nellis teaches, reaches Las Vegas Valley students STARBASE Nellis opened its classroom doors here to Las Vegas Valley youth in April, instructing them in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The community outreach program, under the stewardship of the U.S. Air Force Reserve's 926th Group, is Nevada's first Department of
May 17, 2012 Law authorizes mobilizing reservists to respond to natural disasters New authority in this year's Defense Department authorization act allows reservists in Air Force Reserve Command and other reserve components to be called to duty in response to natural disasters or emergencies in the homeland. The law also permits mobilizations for extended periods to support
May 16, 2012 'Drops of Love' has McChord family going with the flow Three years ago, when Lt. Col. Kelli Smiley's daughter was introduced to the world's water crisis, the 446th Force Support Squadron commander's daughter discovered $1 could potentially provide water to a person living in a third-world country for a year. This discovery flooded her with the
May 16, 2012 Air control reservists mobilize, deploy overseas Eighty-nine Air Force reservists from the 513th Air Control Group here deployed to an undisclosed location in U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility May 13.Group reservists share the Air Force's premier airborne surveillance and battlefield management role with active-duty Airmen. Together
May 12, 2012 Dobbins hosts largest Academy Day The 94th Airlift Wing hosted its largest Armed Forces Academy Day May 12, when more than 1,000 applicants, parents and grandparents met with elected officials integral to the application process for admission into a military service academy.Last year, Georgia led the nation in the number of
May 11, 2012 Texas C-5 unit airlifts Coast Guard 'Dolphin' from Down Under The 433rd Airlift Wing recently provided airlift support to a U.S. Coast Guard unit by transporting a HH-65C Dolphin helicopter back to United States from Cairns, Australia.The USCG Deployable Operations Group requested airlift support for an Air Station North Bend, Ore., aircrew aboard the USCG
May 11, 2012 Last Raptor reports for duty The last F-22 Raptor, tail number 4195, from Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Company left Dobbins Air Reserve Base May 5 to report for duty at its new unit at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson near Anchorage, Alaska.This final plane completes the Raptor project with Lockheed Martin and the operational
May 11, 2012 Some reservists billed for dental premiums About 3,500 Guard and Reserve Airmen on extended active duty will need to pay dental premiums directly to the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. rather than through payroll deduction.A glitch occurred May 1 when the TRICARE Dental Program changed providers from United Concordia to MetLife. The glitch