May 6, 2012 Duke Airman earns AF honors A 5th Special Operations Squadron Airman was recently selected as the Air Force's Force Support NCO of the Year for 2011.Tech. Sgt. Nina Stubbs, a reservist working man-days with the 551st Special Operations Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., earned the distinction completing all
May 6, 2012 Technology improves rescue support for rocket launches The 45th Space Wing successfully launched a communications satellite onboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on May 4. As the rocket lit up the sky and was hurled into space, personnel from the 920th Rescue Wing stood by and watched, knowing their part of the mission had
May 4, 2012 Reserve canoe paddler among world's best It's only natural Staff Sgt. Albert Van Gieson is incredible at canoe paddling. He has the pedigree and the physique: long arms and lean muscles (think Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps). Van Gieson started paddling at 8 years old and found it easy to climb into a canoe because his family ran the local
May 4, 2012 Yellow Ribbon helps bring families ‘home’ Resiliency and family were the themes at the Yellow Ribbon event during the last weekend of April at the Peabody Hotel here. Hosted by Air Force Reserve Command's Yellow Ribbon Program, more than 300 Citizen Airmen and six Citizen Marines attended the three-day event. "It's all about families," said
May 4, 2012 Youngstown welcomes 47th Pilot for a Day The Youngstown Air Reserve Station welcomes its 47th Pilot for a Day to the station, Wednesday, May 2.
May 4, 2012 Charleston PA productions win Telly Awards The 315th Airlift Wing Public Affairs Office won two awards in the 33rd Annual Telly Awards competition for broadcast and production excellence.The videos selected for the awards were a mission video for children, called "Mission Airlift," and a special segment of the wing's television news program
May 3, 2012 Air Force holds public hearings for F-35A basing More than 100 community members attended Air Force hearings in Layton and Ogden May 1-2 outlining the Draft F-35A Operational Basing Environmental Impact Statement. A third public hearing took place in Wendover, Nev., on May 3. The hearings offered local residents the opportunity to learn more about
May 2, 2012 Yellow Ribbon helps Reservists, families handle change When Reservists deploy, there are many uncertainties. While there is no one-size-fits-all experience, each family does go through something similar: change. Change can be scary, but deploying Reservists and their families must find ways to cope with and manage deployment-related changes. Air Force