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  • Barksdale Airmen test alternative jet fuel

    Airmen here assisted the Air Force's Alternative Fuels Certification Program evaluate a new jet fuel blend known as ATJ (alcohol-to-jet), March 26-30, 2012. Specialists from the Alternative Fuels Certification Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and the TF34 engine program office at

  • Reservists not part of early retirement offer

    The Air Force is offering a Temporary Early Retirement Authority to about 250 selected active-duty staff, tech and master sergeants with 15 to 19 years of service. Air Force reservists, including those in the Active Guard and Reserve, are not eligible for the program, which stops taking applications

  • Duke firefighters battle aircraft blaze

    Flames engulfed the wing and engine of the downed aircraft. Heatwaves emanated from around the rocky terrain of the crash site and its surroundings became chemically toxic. That's the situation the lucky 919th Special Operations Wing firefighters responded to at Hurlburt Field, Fla., April 13.The

  • Air Force Reserve turns 64

    In a world where a cell phone is outdated in less than a year, the Air Force Reserve continues to grow more and more high-tech and leading-edge as it celebrates its 64th birthday.Back when the world had only a handful of jet aircraft, no space travel and not an inkling of the Internet, the "Air

  • Stenner: People are our strength

    Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner, Jr., chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command, discusses the force structure announcement in a video message released April 13, 2012. The general talks about the planned reductions in Air Force Reserve and the potential changes to the

  • Command honors outstanding Airmen of the year

    Air Force Reserve Command honored its outstanding Airmen of the year for 2011 during a ceremony here April 10.The winners who will represent the command in Air Force competition later this year are: first sergeant - Master Sgt. Anthony Johns, 445th Operations Support Squadron, Wright Patterson Air

  • Reserve maintainers earn props from AMC

    Air Mobility Command has honored two Reservists from the 446th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron here for their outstanding work as associate wing maintainers.Master Sgt. Jeffrey Daniels and Senior Airman Mailani Akey received the 2012 AMC Outstanding Reserve Associate Maintenance Award, which is given

  • With C-5M, 'super' culture, capability changes taking place

    The culture of the Air Force C-5 community is changing...and it's changing in a "super" way. As the Air Force transitions to the C-5M Super Galaxy, the upgraded airframe has quickly become an integral part of the airlift mission. It has set dozens of airlift world records and spanned the globe

  • Whiteman, Barksdale fighter units return from deployment

    Nearly 300 Citizen Airmen returned home from deployment here and to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., on April 12.The reservists, all part of the 442nd Fighter Wing at Whiteman, and its subordinate unit, the 917th Fighter Group at Barksdale, deployed in December 2011 in support of Operation Enduring