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  • AF Reserve honors its Outstanding Airmen of 2010

    Air Force Reserve Command honored its Outstanding Airmen of 2010 during an awards banquet here Aug. 16, 2011. AFRC Command Chief Master Sgt. Dwight Badgett (center) stands with honorees, from left, Chief Master Sgt. Leon Alexander, who accepted the Outstanding Airman Award on behalf of Staff Sgt.

  • Reserve family hosts Haitian child visit

    As part of a program called Fresh Air Fund, the family of Pam Jackson, 512th Financial Management Office chief, hosted a visit Aug. 10-17 from a young French-speaking girl from New York. The week-long stay was coordinated through the Fresh Air Fund's Friendly Town program. According to the nonprofit

  • Retirement ceremony had surprise ending

    A retirement ceremony held August 6 turned into surprise homecoming moment for a former 507th Air Refueling Wing Airman.Master Sgt. Wayne L. Ellison, 507th Maintenance Group, was retiring after 30 years of service.Ellison's son, Jay, is himself a Sergeant in the National Guard Army. Unfortunately

  • Helping them help: Local girl, patient turns interpreter

    The word for 'doctor' may be similar in both English and Spanish but many words are not, and that difference in language can make it difficult for the English-speaking medical team here to effectively treat the thousand or so patients they see every day during their Medical Readiness Training

  • Emergency responders test skills during exercise

    Citizen Airmen from the 301st Fighter Wing tested their emergency-response capabilities alongside their civilian and U.S. Navy counterparts Aug. 10 in the aftermath of a simulated explosion at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth.On-base emergency responders were the first to the scene

  • 73rd Aerial Port Squadron celebrates 40 years of excellence

    For a person, turning 40 can be unsettling, but for approximately 100 Air Force Reservists in the 73rd Aerial Port Squadron here, turning 40 means their unit is in its prime and looking forward to further decades of service.Past and present squadron members, along with their families, observed the

  • Comm's JISCC provides Airmen, government agencies with 'Ops-in-a-box'

    The need for clear, concise and dependable communication capabilities during a crisis is just as important as having the right people in the right position at the right time. Whether an emergency responder is in need of vital cell phone service, internet connectivity to transmit and receive critical

  • 'Pilot for a Day' program honors 15-year-old

    Air Force Reserve Col. Dale Andrews (right), commander of the 910th Maintenance Group, swears in 15-year old Connor Covan, of nearby Boardman, Ohio, as an honorary second lieutenant as part of the wing's 45th Pilot for a Day (PFAD) program held here, August 10, 2011. Connor is currently receiving