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  • Reservists travel to Badlands to do good

    A disaster doesn’t have to strike for Americans to help other Americans in need. Twelve reservists from the 445th Aeromedical Staging Squadron here traveled to south central South Dakota to work at the Rosebud Indian Reservation Hospital April 2-16. They gave medical care to their hosts while doing their annual training tour. Located 35 miles north

  • C-130 crew delivers cargo, morale to remote locations

    When Soldiers, Sailors or Marines need something moved, C-130 Hercules crews here answer the call, and recently, that request took one 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron crew to Africa and beyond.Their cargo ranged from helicopter rotors to medical supplies to personal mail. Their mission was to deliver this cargo to Airmen and other service
  • Officials host a joint press conference at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla. to inform local citizens about preparations for Hurricane Wilma. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has partnered with Homestead Air Reserve Base to set up a relief staging area that will be used post-strike if necessary. Picutred right to left: Army Maj. Angel Mesa, 87th Brigade, Patrick AFB, Fla., Col. Randy Falcon, commander, 482d Fighter Wing, Homestead ARB, Fla., Mr. Frank Huff, FEMA's site coordinator at Homestead ARB, Fla., and Army Col. Joseph Duren, commander of the 50th Area Support Group, Florida Army National Guard. Speaking at the podium is the Mayor of Miami-Dade County, Carlos Alvarez.

    Preparing for Wilma's aftermath

  • Air Force Reserve selects top chaplain service programs

    Chaplain programs in three Air Force Reserve Command airlift wings garnered command chaplain service awards for 2005. Headquarters AFRC announced the following awards April 7: Chaplain program – 315th AW, Charleston AFB, S.C. Chaplain readiness team – 446th AW, McChord AFB, Wash. Ministry of presence – 512th AW, Dover AFB, Del. Although given in
  • KARSHI-KHANABAD AIR BASE, Uzbekistan -- Tech. Sgt. Bringham Norman helps move a pallet filled with mail here recently. He is an air transportation craftsman with the 416th Expeditionary Mission Support Squadron's Air Terminal Operations Center from Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Tech. Sgt. Scott T. Sturkol)

    Air terminal operators keep freight, passengers moving

    Airmen in the air terminal operations center here are working around the clock every day to shuttle troops and cargo for Operation Enduring Freedom.On any given day, the 28 people in the ATOC greet a C-130 loaded with Soldiers and Airmen headed for Afghanistan, a civilian plane brimming with mail for deployed troops or a C-17 carrying supplies for

  • Command announces top airfield operators

    Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., and Homestead ARB, Fla., landed most of the 2004 Air Force Reserve Command Airfield Operations awards. Headquarters AFRC announced the awards April 8. Dobbins’ 94th Operations Support Squadron picked up the air traffic control award. Squadron members won the following individual awards: Clarence Miller, air traffic

  • Summer – A season to exercise off-duty safety

    “There are no second acts in American lives,” F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote. Memorial Day Weekend signals the start of summer, traditionally a time of fun and sun. During the 101 Critical Days of Summer, we sometimes try to do too much because of the extra sunlight. Here are suggestions on how to keep healthy and safe this summer: Alcohol

  • Reservists reorganize to be ready for active duty

    Air Force Reserve Command with its headquarters here is working with other major commands to streamline management of individual mobilization augmentees. In the past, the Air Force’s 12,900 IMAs in the Selected Reserve reported administratively to the various active-duty units where most of them are assigned. That’s changing for these reservists

  • Four vie for outstanding airmen, 1st sergeant honors

    Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command announced the command’s Outstanding Airmen of the Year and First Sergeant of the Year during a banquet here April 7. Representing AFRC at Air Force-level competition are: Airman – Senior Airman Erik R. Hofmeyer, 919th Special Operations Wing, Eglin AFB Field 3, Fla. NCO – Tech. Sgt. Amy D. Hatcher, Electronic
  • NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Staff Sgt. Trevor Wilson prepares an E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft for flight during Joint Red Flag 2005 here March 28. About 10,000 U.S. servicemembers and coalition forces are participating in the exercise here and at Fort Hood, Texas, and Fort Bliss, Texas, until April 2. Sergeant Wilson is a crew chief with Air Force Reserve Command's 513th Air Control Group from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Patrick M. Kuminecz)

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