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

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,