Speed in Reserve

March C-17, crew star in hostage training film

Eight South Sudanese soldiers fixed their weapons on a March C-17 Globemaster III during a tense standoff last month. The situation was resolved within hours, then the flight crew and soldiers attended a wrap-up party to discuss the day's events.The 452 Air Mobility Wing welcomed Combat Media, a

Reserve Command hosts congressman, AF vice chief

Gen. Philip Breedlove, Air Force vice chief of staff; U.S. Congressman Austin Scott, (R-GA); Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner, Jr., commander, Air Force Reserve Command; and Maj. Gen. James "JJ" Jackson, deputy to the chief of Air Force Reserve, pose after completing a two-hour visit to AFRC headquarters

Airlift control flights, FBI train together at Patriot Sands

Five Reserve units and a federal agency teamed up April 26-29 in Florida for Patriot Sands, an airlift training exercise simulating deployed bare base conditions with limited support.Reservists with the 512th Airlift Control Flight, Dover Air Force Base, Del., 452nd ALCF, March Air Reserve Base,

Niagara Reserve unit receives organization of the year award

Several members of the 914th Airlift Wing were on hand as Col. Allan Swartzmiller accepted the award for Leadership Niagara's Organization of the Year during their annual Leader of the Year luncheon in Niagara Falls, NY on Thursday, April 26, 2012. Leadership Niagara, the longest running community

Up your nose with a rubber hose

Reservist named best DOD print journalist

Tech. Sgt. Shawn Jones, a reservist in the 514th Air Mobility Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., is the top print journalist in the Department of Defense.Jones learned on April 19 that he was among the 2011 Thomas Jefferson Award winners. The competition is the premiere Department of

Warner Robins honors base by renaming street

Josh Turner to headline Independence Day celebration

PJ's rescue fallen ice climber in Denali National Park

Two Air Force Reserve pararescuemen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., assisted in the rescue of a climber who fell more than 150 feet while climbing Moose's Tooth in Denali National Park April 21.The 11th Air Force Rescue Coordination Center received  the rescue call at 2:20