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  • '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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • AF Reserve pilot, real-life wingman for Minneapolis boy

    Almost three years ago Air Force Reserve Capt. Robert Wilson, a C-130 pilot with the 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. donated lifesaving bone marrow to then 7-year- old Alexander, or "A.J." Neppl of Apple Valley, Minn. On May 5, due to mission requirements and a little bit of luck,

  • Command announces senior officer moves

    Several senior officers in Air Force Reserve Command have moved to a new job or will transfer to a new ssignment this spring and summer. Those actions include the following:Maj. Gen. Richard S. Haddad from director of strategic plans, programs and requirements at Headquarters AFRC at Robins AFB to

  • Arizona rescue group earns outstanding unit award

    The 943rd Rescue Group was recently awarded the 2011 Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for performance of maintained combat readiness and the capability to perform short notice wartime and global humanitarian missions from July 31, 2009 to July 30, 2011. "This is due solely to the dedication,

  • Airman receives Combat Action Badge, prepares for new challenge with Army

     A 931st Security Forces Squadron Airman received the Combat Action Badge, May 5, for his actions following the explosion of a roadside bomb in Iraq.The combat action badge may be awarded to any military servicemember who was present, actively engaging or being engaged by enemy forces and