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  • Reserve Strike Eagle team leads opposing force in major exercise

    Costello: What's the guy's name on first base?Abbott: No. What is on second.Costello: I'm not asking you who's on second.Abbott: Who's on first.Costello: I don't know.Abbott: He's on third; we're not talking about him.This famous routine by the comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello is a classic

  • Wright-Patt reservists train at Volk Field exercise

    About 100 reservists from the 445th Airlift Wing here boarded a C-17 Globemaster III bound for Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Wis. April 22 to prepare for the unit's upcoming operational readiness inspection.The group used the four-day exercise at Volk Field to hone their skills in responding

  • Wing preps recruits for life in AF Reserve

    Ten Air Force Reserve recruits participated in a new training program here Saturday aimed at preparing them for Basic Military Training and life in the Air Force Reserve. The 419th Development and Training Flight hosted the recruits who are bound for BMT in the next several months. New recruits

  • Deja Vu: man returns to the Air Force 50 years later

    When the F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot hooked up to the KC-135 Stratotanker and looked through his canopy into the boom window of the aircraft above, he was surprised to see the face of an 87-year-old man smiling back at him.James Watland felt right at home in the boom pod of the KC-135 Stratotanker

  • Dobbins reservists deploy to Middle East

    More than 100 reservists from Dobbins ARB deployed to the Middle East, departing on four C-130 aircraft in a series of send-off ceremonies that concluded May 7.The 94th Airlift Wing transitioned from an Air Education and Training Command mission to an Air Mobility Command mission in 2011. This is

  • 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

  • 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