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  • Second rotation of rescue wing Airmen depart for war

    Helicopter aviators, aircraft maintainers and support Airmen from the Air Force Reserve's 920th Rescue Wing departed here Sept. 28 en route to replacing rescue Airmen who have been in Afghanistan since  May. This is the second rotation for the yearlong deployment in support of Operation Enduring

  • Homestead reservist, employer honored by AFA

    A reservists here and his civilian employer received a prestigious award Sept. 19 during the Air Force Association's 2011 Air and Space Technology Exposition in Washington D.C. Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Lafreniere, 482nd Civil Engineering Squadron and Mr. Kevin O'Shea, AT&T in Coral Springs, Fla., were

  • Q+A with the world's high-time F-16 pilot

    Lt. Col. Michael Brill, the world's high-time F-16 pilot,  talked about the evolution of the F-16 Fighting Falcon and the pilots who fly it. Since 1980, Brill has racked up more than 6,300 hours in the cockpit, making him the most experienced F-16 pilot in the world. A member of the 419th Fighter

  • Recruiters make goal

    Air Force Reserve Command recruiters reached their annual recruiting goal Sept. 22, when they recorded their 10,150th enlistment.The 400 men and women who recruit worldwide for the command had until the end of the fiscal year on Sept. 30 to reach the annual goal."This achievement is a testament to

  • Wingman Project emphasizes being a friend

    In Air Force Reserve Command, anyone can be a wingman. The command's Wingman Project permits everyone to play a role in reaching out to an Airman or family member who is in despair or contemplating taking his or her own life.Being a wingman is best told by the story of the Pardo Push. During the

  • Team McChord makes first-ever mid-winter airdrop over South Pole

     For the first time in history, a C-17 Globemaster III assigned to McChord Field successfully completed a mid-winter nighttime airdrop at the South Pole. Airmen from the 62nd and 446th Airlift Wings teamed up to airdrop urgently needed medical supplies Sept. 1 at the Amundsen-Scott South Pole

  • Civic leaders get glimpse of Charleston Total Force mission

    Honorary commanders and civic leaders from Joint Base Andrews, Md. took to the skies aboard a KC-135 Stratotanker for a tour of Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Sept. 20-21, 2011.The Civic Leader Tour was sponsored by the Reserve 459th Air Refueling Wing, who coordinated with both the active-duty 11th

  • Reserve, active duty join forces for Asia-Pacific deployment

    Nearly 200 personnel from the 419th and 388th Fighter Wings departed Sept. 23 for a 180-day joint deployment to the Asia-Pacific region.The pilots, maintainers and support personnel will provide F-16 air support in the region as part of a routine theater security package rotation.Hill's reservists

  • Reserve PJs chop, slice C-130 to hone extraction skills

    A retired C-130 at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group found new purpose as a training aid for 306th Rescue Squadron pararescuemen who chopped, sliced and sawed their way through the relic to hone their life-saving skills. The training was part of the squadron's confined space

  • Reserve wing launching "25 Shout Outs" to celebrate unit's 25th anniversary

    View them. Share them. Forward them. Retweet them. Promote them. What, you ask? The short videos that will soon air on the 916th Air Refueling Wing's Facebook and Twitter pages. Do you follow sports? Film? Music? Politics? You never know who you'll see next. As part of the wing's 25th anniversary