Andrews Reserve wing kicks off key spouse training program

The 459th Air Refueling Wing here launched its first Key Spouse training May 14. The Key Spouse Program is a unit-based family readiness and assistance program designed to support Airmen and their families during deployment separations and emergencies.Training was provided by Master Sgt. Charlene

Command awards recognize Citizen Airman, employer

A reservist assigned to Laughlin AFB, Texas, and his civilian employer received 2011 Air Force Reserve Citizen Airman and Employer of the Year Awards.Maj. Tomas J. Sohayda is an instructor pilot with the 96th Flying Training Squadron. His employer, NetJets Inc. of Columbus, Ohio, supported his

Georgia senator visits Air Force Reserve headquarters

Sen. Johnny Isakson made a special visit to Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command May 14.He joined Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., commander of Air Force Reserve Command, and other senior leaders in the headquarters for a working lunch to discuss the growing importance of the Air Force Reserve to

150 Pope reservists deploy to support Operations New Dawn, Enduring Freedom

Pope Field's 440th Airlift Wing's Operations  and  Maintenance Groups, successfully deployed more than 150 personnel last week to various parts of the Middle East and African in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn. The Airmen, once in theater, will team up with air crews from other

Fishing Lures Classmates Back Together

While the first rays of the morning sunlight filtered across the shores of North Carolina's Jordan Lake, Master Sgt. Tressie Anderson-Bolden, First Sergeant, 18th Air Support Operations Group, sang the National Anthem. As the final words echoed through the trees lining the lake's shore, anglers and

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

Reserve aerial spray team participates in California oil spill exercise

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