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  • Air Force reservists update Congress on satellite protection

    Air Force reservists were on Capitol Hill to brief congressional staffers on a new initiative to protect satellite communications. Often taken for granted, information flowing through satellite links is a vital part of everyday civilian life and high-tech military operations."Space technology

  • Air Force reservists participate in Africa's largest air expo

    Six reservists from the 317th Airlift Squadron Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., were in Cape Town, South Africa Sept. 21-25, to participate in Africa's largest air show, the Africa Aerospace and Defense Exposition 2010 at Ysterplaat Air Force Base.Lt. Col. Mitch Richardson, a veteran of five air

  • Sweet Home Alabama: 908th deployers return

    Approximately 150 members of the 908th Airlift Wing returned to here Sept. 17-18 after a four-month deployment to Southwest Asia. The main body arrived via a commercial airliner, while the unit's C-130 Hercules transports and aircrews arrived separately. Members of the wing deployed in May to

  • Special ops crew recognized for life-saving Afghan mission

    On a runway cut into the side of a mountain, four critically wounded Afghan National Police waited in the cold for a medical evacuation aircraft to land and rescue them from a fate determined by a suicide bomber, hours earlier. That aircraft was an MC-130E Combat Talon I from the 711th Special

  • Chaplain passes away

    A senior chaplain assigned to Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command died Sept. 21 while on temporary duty to Joint Base Andrews, Md.Chaplain (Col.) Charles M. Bolin was on active-duty orders at the time. He told his wife, who went with him to Andrews, that he was going jogging. At about 6 p.m., a

  • Military couple completes African service projects

    Taking a trip during a summer vacation to visit the town where ones parents grew up is not unusual. Maj. Jonathan Gration, a pilot assigned to the Regular Air Force's 90th Fighter Squadron, and Capt. Julie Gration, a reservist with the 477th Fighter Group, didn't have typical travel plans. Their

  • F-16 pilot fulfills lifelong dream as Thunderbird No. 4

    Maj. Sean Gustafson has a simple but important message for his fellow Air Force reservists: "If they can dream it, they can do it. The opportunities available to reservists today are truly unlimited."He should know. The major is in the middle of a four-year Active Guard and Reserve tour fulfilling

  • Reserve A-10 fighter group prepares for deployment

     Twenty-five reservists from the 476th Fighter Group at Moody AFB, Ga., are scheduled to deploy to Afghanistan in September with their active-duty counterparts.The A-10 pilots and maintainers will support Operation Enduring Freedom, providing close air support for U.S. and International Security

  • Air Force dentists bring relief to the Congo

    A medical training exercise gave residents of Kinshasa, including the U.S. embassy staff and families, an opportunity to receive dental care as part of Medical Flag 2010.Three Air Force Reserve dentists treated about 35 patients while training in the DRC as part of MEDFLAG 10."It's been about two