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  • Holiday season message highlights importance of life

    As the holiday season and another year approach, let us take time to consider what is really important – family and friends. During this time of year, we tend to hold our families a little closer, realizing that what we take for granted can change in an instant. We need to remember our friends who have endured great sacrifices or those who have
  • PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Rescue crews and support people from the 920th Rescue Wing load supplies and support material, including an all-terrain vehicle, onto an HC-130 P/N aircraft here Aug. 30. A team of 50 unit reservists expect to be deployed for a week, living off of supplies they carry with them. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Wade Arnold)

    Reserve rescue crews aid Katrina victims

    Answering a call for help, Air Force Reserve Command’s 920th Rescue Wing here responded to one of the most dangerous storms in U.S. history. Members of the unit deployed to Jackson, Miss., Aug. 30 to support the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s efforts in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The crews are joining the Air National Guard’s 172nd

  • Peterson reservists return from Middle East

    Twenty-five Air Force reservists and two C-130H3 aircraft from the 302nd Airlift Wing returned home from the Middle East Oct. 18. This was the first redeployment of wing members who deployed Aug. 28 in support of U.S. Central Command operations. More than 400 members of the 302nd AW were activated in August and October. Nearly 150 of them have

  • Wright-Patt reservists continue hurricane relief support

    A C-141 cargo aircraft from the 445th Airlift Wing left here early Sept. 30 for Randolph AFB, Texas, as part of the Air Force’s ongoing hurricane relief efforts. The aircrew leaves Randolph AFB the next day to return to home station pararescue people and equipment from Moody AFB, Ga., and equipment from Patrick AFB, Fla. The crew then flies to

  • Commanders of C-130 wings change in January

    Leaders of at least two Air Force Reserve Command airlift wings will change in January. Col. Heath J. Nuckolls, commander of the 908th AW at Maxwell AFB, Ala., will move in January to command the 94th AW at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga. He will replace Brig. Gen. Thomas M. Stogsdill who will retire from the Air Force Reserve. Col. Michael J.

  • Last Lackland reservists return from New Orleans

    Four members of the 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron returned here Sept. 28 after helping hurricane victims in New Orleans. The reservists were the last members of a 35-person initial response team from the 433rd AES to serve in the city after Hurricane Katrina pummeled it Aug. 29. While at the Louis Armstrong International Airport, the men

  • Web-based system changes how orders are processed

    Individual mobilization augmentees have a new way to get military orders. Air Reserve Order Writing System-Reserve, a Web-based system, began Oct. 1 for IMAs. It allows them to initiate the orders process from any computer anywhere in the world. Units could start using AROWS-R as early as Nov. 1, said Air Force Reserve Command officials. “My maiden

  • Online information system nets DOD award

    A team of Air Force reservists from here and Randolph AFB, Texas, outscored 80 other teams to win a Department of Defense award. The OpsNet team from Randolph’s 340th Flying Training Group and Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command’s directorate of communications and information was one of five teams to receive a DOD Chief Information Officer team
  • WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- Ethan Sigler, 4, enjoys his turn in the pilot's seat of a C-5 Galaxy here. Ernie Sigler took his son to the C-5 arrival ceremony Oct. 3 so they could get a first-hand look at the plane. Mr. Sigler is an information technology program manager for the National Air and Space Intelligence Center's communication and information directorate. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Charlie Miller)

    Reserve wing welcomes ‘big’ change to flying mission

    There’s been a big, big change at the 445th Airlift Wing. The wing received its first of 11 C-5A Galaxies Oct. 3. Air Force Reserve Command wings don’t change aircraft very often, and the 445th Airlift Wing is no exception, having flown C-141 Starlifters since the wing’s activation Oct. 1, 1994. All that will soon be history. The C-141s are being
  • Operation Seasons Greetings 2005 will feature country and western group Trick Pony and John Popper from the group Blues Traveler, along with members of the NFL New England Patriots cheerleaders.

    Trick Pony, John Popper to bring troops holiday greetings

    After riding their third CD to No. 4 on the Billboard Country Albums Chart, Trick Pony will entertain American troops and their families in Europe Nov. 21 to Dec. 3. Joining the headliners will be John Popper of the platinum-selling band Blues Traveler, New England Patriot Cheerleaders and musicians from the Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve and
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