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  • Vice commander gets first look at ARPC

    The vice commander of Air Force Reserve Command paid his first visit to the Air Reserve Personnel Center May 3, 2011. Maj. Gen. Craig N. Gourley  visited with Center employees and received a mission briefing, discussed key topics with Col. Patricia Blassie, ARPC commander and other senior leadership

  • Reserve KC-135 crew first to refuel F-35

    The 916th Air Refueling Wing here scored another first when they refueled an F-35 Lightning II over California recently. A flight and maintenance crew from the 911th Air Refueling Squadron deployed to Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., became the first wing in Air Force Reserve Command and Air Mobility

  • Air Force announces Eglin as MQ-1 squadron candidate base

    Air Force officials announced today the Eglin Air Force Base complex in Florida is the candidate for an Air Force Reserve Command MQ-1 Remote Split-Operations squadron. "The selection of this candidate is the result of a deliberate, measured and transparent process," said Kathleen Ferguson, deputy

  • Reserve tankers among 42 aircraft participating in Sea Lion 11-05

    Air Force Reserve Command KC-135 Stratotankers were among the 42 aircraft that converged in the skies above North and South Carolina to support Operation Sea Lion 11-05, a phase two operational readiness exercise centered at Shaw Air Force Base, S.C.Stratotanker crews from the 916th Air Refueling

  • Aerial firefighting units recertify, maintain mission during fire season

    For the first time in the history of the military's modular airborne firefighting system program, the 302nd Air Expeditionary Group's Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard MAFFS-equipped C-130 Hercules aircraft are operating on two fronts after wildfires broke out in Texas just before the annual

  • One command post initiative extended to aerial firefighting mission

    For the first time in recent history, an Active Duty and Air Force Reserve combined command post is providing command and control support for the 302nd Air Expeditionary Group's Modular Airborne Firefighting operations at Gowen Field in Boise, Idaho.In an effort to further solidify and gain

  • Airmen find efficiency in paradise

    Sunshine, sandy beaches and bright blue seas weren't enough to distract more than 125 Reserve Airmen from a weekend jam-packed with training.The Airmen, most of whom were from the 76th and 78th Air Refueling Squadrons here, packed into three KC-10 Extenders April 15, and flew to Aguadilla, Puerto

  • Radliff assumes command of 477th Fighter Group

    Air Force Col. Bryan P. Radliff took the reins of 477th Fighter Group in an assumption-of-command ceremony, April 15, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson's Hangar 1. As his first action as group commander, Radliff rounded out the ceremony when he administered the oath of enlistment to nine new Air

  • Team Rescue counts down for historic space shuttle launch

    President Barack Obama and Senator Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz., are among the spectators who will be at the historic launch of Endeavour today, marking the second to last time a space shuttle will leave Earth for space at nearby Kennedy Space Center.Airmen from the Air Force Reserve's 920th Rescue