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  • 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

  • Aerial firefighters take part in bloggers roundtable

    On April 27 Col. Jay Pittman, commander of the Air Force Reserve Command's 302nd Airlift Wing and deployed commander of the 302nd Air Expeditionary Group, participated in a Department of Defense Blogger's Roundtable to discuss the ongoing Modular Airborne Firefighting System efforts supporting the

  • Enlisted Citizen Airmen lunch with AFRC Commander

    Citizen Airmen often express concerns through their chain of command, but they rarely get the chance to speak with the top leader of the Air Force Reserve and share what's on their mind.Lt. Gen. Charles Stenner, Jr., commander of Air Force Reserve Command, headquartered at Robins Air Force Base,

  • Reservists offer Texas-size welcome for AFRC commander

    The commander of Air Force Reserve Command received a Texas-size welcome when he visited Citizen Airmen assigned to 10th Air Force and 301st Fighter Wing here April 21.Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner, Jr., used this time to hold a town hall meeting to address Air Force reservists and civilians about the

  • Camera captures 2011 Air Power Expo in Fort Worth

    The base played host to approximately 200,000 people April 15-17 here for Air Power Expo 2011 -- the annual open house and air show.While the U.S. Navy units based here planned and executed the event, many Air Force Reservists from the 301st Fighter Wing participated and supported the expo in

  • 914th Airmen partner with Flat Stanley to educate local school children

    Grade school students around Niagara County were visited by Airmen of the 914th Airlift Wing and their special friend Flat Stanley.Flat Stanley is a school-age program created in 1995 about a character in a story who was flattened by an accident. Stanley was reduced to a two dimensional character