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  • SecAF and CSAF discuss changes to active, reserve mix to Congress

    The Air Force's two top leaders discussed planned adjustments to the Air Force's active and reserve components during a congressional hearing here March 14.During testimony before the Senate Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Defense, Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and Air Force

  • H2H helps reservists find civilian jobs

    Two major challenges facing the nation are unemployment and underemployment.These related problems are especially severe for junior enlisted people in the National Guard and Reserve. A 2011 survey of them showed a 23 percent unemployment rate in pay grades E-1 through E-4.In response to these

  • 442nd Airman selected for culinary training

    A 442nd Force Support Squadron reservist was recently selected to represent the Air Force Reserve at a weeklong seminar at the Culinary Institute of America in Napa Valley, Calif. "It's a dream I have had my entire life, one of several goals, and I have accomplished them all," Airman Martina Kellums

  • Air Force Reserve Command announces 2011 weather awards

    Air Force Reserve Command announced the 2011 Weather Awards winners March 12.The AFRC winners who will represent the command at Air Force level are:Outstanding Weather Flight of the Year: 5th Operations Weather Flight, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C.Company Grade Officer of the Year: Capt. Julia M.

  • Air Force Reserve Command announces 2011 command and control awards

    Air Force Reserve Command announced the 2011 Command and Control Awards winners March 12.The AFRC winners who will represent the command at Air Force level are:Large Command Post of the Year: Beale Command Post, Beale Air Force Base, Calif.Small Command Post of the Year: Scott Combined Command Post,

  • Air Force Reserve Command announces 2011 ISR awards

    Air Force Reserve Command announced the 2011 Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance Awards Program winners March 12.The AFRC winners who will represent the command at Air Force level are:Outstanding Air Reserve Component Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance Field Grade Officer:Level I - Lt.

  • Reservist, best-selling author team up for action-thriller

    During his six-month deployment to Afghanistan last year, Staff Sgt. Mike Kupari, 419th Explosive Ordnance Disposal, was waiting for a package. Not a care package from family or friends, or the explosive kind EOD experts are trained to detonate, but one from coauthor Larry Correia that contained

  • Air Force Reserve Command announces history award winners for 2011

    Air Force Reserve Command announced the 2011 AFRC Historical Services, History and Museums Program Award winners March 9.The award winners are:Wing history - Master Sgt. Thomas W. Mason, 910th Airlift Wing, Youngstown, Air Reserve Station, Ohio.Heritage - Headquarters AFRC Historical Services staff,

  • Safety of flight, cost savings hallmark of nondestructive inspections

    Whether a KC-135 Stratotanker is defying gravity to achieve flight or static on a flightline, virtually every part of the aircraft undergoes stress that can cause surface and subsurface cracks. These cracks present a serious danger to aircraft, equipment, personnel and mission readiness.At McConnell