June 19, 2009 Reservists support NASA's lunar space missions Air Force reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing here supported the successful launch of an Atlas V rocket carrying two lunar spacecraft systems at 5:32 EDT from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station June 18. Wing helicopter crews kept the Eastern Range clear. The range is the strip that runs roughly 10
June 15, 2009 Air Force Reserve unit hosts IRR muster in Alaska Reservists from Air Force Reserve Command's 477th Fighter Group hosted an individual ready reserve muster here June 12. The purpose of a muster is to gather IRR members and to maintain their contact information and availability for activation to support a partial, total or full mobilization
June 15, 2009 Unit helps reservists, families deal with post-deployments Reservists and families from the 315th Airlift Wing at Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., are now getting more help after they return from a long deployment. In the 2007 Defense Appropriations Act, Congress mandated that reserve forces give reservists and their families more deployment and
June 12, 2009 Air Force Reserve gets new command chief Chief Master Sgt. Dwight D. Badgett has held a variety of jobs on the way to becoming Air Force Reserve Command's new command chief master sergeant, including being a high school teacher. Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., chief of Air Force Reserve and AFRC commander, selected Chief Badgett for the
June 11, 2009 Reservists help get wheelchairs to needy Iraqi children After a brief stop in America's Heartland, an Air Force Reserve C-130 aircrew from here took another step in a long journey for a special load of cargo headed for Iraq. On June 11, reservists from the 302nd Airlift Wing flew to Sioux City, Iowa, where they received four pallets of children's
June 11, 2009 Board seeks nominations for in-residence schools To get ahead in the Air Force Reserve, officers attend in-residence developmental education schools. Some of them should be checking their calendars now for the next board. The Air Force Reserve Developmental Education Designation Board will convene here in November to pick officers for schools in
June 11, 2009 Hawaii aerial porters garner Air Force award Hickam's 48th Aerial Port Squadron is the Air Force's best Air Reserve Component Air Transportation Activity for 2008. Lt. Col. Randall Honke, 48th APS commander; Chief Master Sgt. Leland How, 48th APS air freight superintendent; and Col. Robert "Randy" Huston, 624th Regional Support Group
June 11, 2009 Deployed reservist to face adjustments back home Reservists who deploy face many challenges when they return home, including the prospect of not having a job. Maj. Bill Pierce, a public affairs officer in the 507th Air Refueling Wing here, is not getting his old civilian job back because he's been promoted. The Board of Education in Putnam City,
June 11, 2009 More than a loadmaster Three, two, one, launch! But this launch isn't part of the space program. It's launching dropsondes or "sondes"out of a WC-130J Hercules to record vertical weather data for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Hurricane Center in Miami, Fla. "It's the best job I've ever
June 9, 2009 Too many Airmen opting out of SGLI For less than one dollar a day, Airmen can prevent financial hardship for their families if they die unexpectedly. Although the $27 a month Servicemembers' Group Life Insurance premium provides $400,000 in coverage and automatically comes out of military paychecks, some people are opting out of