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  • Guardian Angels protect astronauts on historic launch

    Along with estimated crowds of tens of thousands of spectators on Florida's Space Coast, Senator Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz, kept a watchful eye as her husband, Commander Mark Kelly, and his crew as they blasted off from nearby Kennedy Space Center May 16 - marking the second to last time a space

  • Elmendorf chaplain honored for excellence

    Chaplain (Maj.) Patrick Travers was awarded the Air Force Reserve Command's Chaplain Individual Award for Excellence during a ceremony May 3 in Denver, Colo."I was honored to receive this award, knowing that so many other Air Force Reserve chaplains had so many great achievements during 2010," said

  • World War II veteran's wish comes true

    A World War II United States Army veteran celebrated his 89th birthday by fulfilling his "wish of a lifetime" which was to stand out on a runway and marshal an aircraft into a terminal.Dressed in a custom fitted 440th Airlift Wing flight suit, complete with a name tag, Saturday, May 14, retired Army

  • Combat Talon ends career as historic monument

    Exactly one year after making its final flight, the MC-130E Combat Talon I 64-0567 reached the end of its 47-year journey with a stirring dedication ceremony at the base's airpark May 6.The Talon, or as it came to be know by 919th Special Operations Wing Airmen, "Wild Thing," will now be a historic

  • 914th AW Sergeant, son reunite in warzone

    War is a powerful phenomenon. It can bring out the best and worst in people. It can divide countries; and just the opposite it: can also bring families together-literally. U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. John Ceccato and his son, U.S. Army Private First Class David Ceccato, managed to find each other

  • VIDEO: Reservist climbs her way to success

    It's a tough workout climbing 15 feet in the air using only silk as help. "It's definitely a total body exercise and lots of endurance," said Tech. Sgt. Davina Wong, an aerial silk artist and Air Force Reservist in the 419th Fighter Wing.View the video. In a studio near Hill Air Force Base, Sergeant

  • Niagara Falls hosts regional traffic safety program

    The Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station hosts the Niagara Regional Traffic Safety Program. This two week educational program provides a unique and innovative approach to teaching young drivers from area high schools the importance of safe driving techniques and habits.Throughout the day students are

  • Commander discusses FY12 budget at Senate hearings

    The top leaders from Army, Navy, Marine and Air Force Reserve and Guard programs provided statements and answered questions regarding the proposed estimates for their fiscal year 2012 budgets.Led by Sen. Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) and Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.), the U.S. Senate Committee on

  • Grissom Airman 'judged' best in Reserve Command

    Indiana is no stranger to most valuable players with the names like Peyton Manning, Drew Brees and Larry Bird, and now the Hoosier state can add one more name to the MVP list. Maj. Matt Coakley, 951st Reserve Support Squadron staff judge advocate, was recently selected as Air Force Reserve Command's