New Reserve enlistee training ensures BMT success

The 477th Fighter Group welcomed seven new Reserve enlistees during the May Unit Training Assembly weekend. These Airmen make up the Development and Training Flight, a new Air Force Reserve initiative which prepares enlistees for Basic Military Training by educating them on Air Force customs and

Arizona Reservists make Capital house call

Air Force Reserve Command's Airman of the Year, Senior Airman Merranda Moreno, and several other members of the 944th Fighter Wing were part of a congressional delegation visit to Washington D.C. May 8-9. The group spent two days on Capital Hill visiting state representatives and staff from seven

Reservists must complete training to ride motorcycles

Reservists planning to ride motorcycles while on orders, during annual training or while completing unit training assemblies should plan to complete an approved motorcycle training course."Any time a motorcycle mishap occurs while you are in status, whether you are driving to or from base for UTAs,

Active duty, Reserve tests combat readiness in exercise Polar Force 12-4

The 3rd Wing launched more than a dozen aircraft Saturday morning as part of exercise Polar Force 12-4, an operational readiness exercise designed to test the unit's ability to deploy.The exercise is broken up into two parts; Phases 1 and 2. Phase 1 started Wednesday and ended Saturday.During an

911th Maintainers LEAN on better process, save time and money

When faced with austere budgets during tough economic times, two things an organization must look closely at are time and money. Each drives the other and when real and significant savings are returned in both areas, without sacrificing the core of a business, the result is a cultural shift

STARBASE Nellis teaches, reaches Las Vegas Valley students

STARBASE Nellis opened its classroom doors here to Las Vegas Valley youth in April, instructing them in the areas of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. The community outreach program, under the stewardship of the U.S. Air Force Reserve's 926th Group, is Nevada's first Department of

10th Air Force hosts Patriot Saint exercise at Barksdale

Law authorizes mobilizing reservists to respond to natural disasters

New authority in this year's Defense Department authorization act allows reservists in Air Force Reserve Command and other reserve components to be called to duty in response to natural disasters or emergencies in the homeland. The law also permits mobilizations for extended periods to support

'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