Survival training gets boost from Alabama state troopers

As a fully qualified survival, escape, resistance and evasion specialist, Senior Airman Chad Braunschweig has one goal - to make SERE training for the 908th Airlift Wing as realistic as possible.The opportunity for realistic training came one Sunday in May on the Alabama River in Millbrook, where

Youngstown radio operator provides communication lifeline to oil spill response

Air Force Reserve Command committed to cutting energy costs

As the energy program manager for Air Force Reserve Command, Roy Locke knows that the key to cutting energy consumption is to chip away at it a little at a time.The Air Force Reserve began curbing energy usage in the early 1970s when it first implemented a formal energy conservation program."We try

Maintainers prep planes for final resting place

Seven aircraft maintainers acted as "morticians" when they prepared four historic MC-130E Combat Talons for decommissioning and the flight to their final resting place.Airmen from the 919th Special Operations Wing spent three weeks at Gowen Field, Idaho, to give the birds "last rites" and ensure

March family to fight son's blindness with a bike ride across the United States

When 18-year-old James "Bubba" Frigo Jr. looks at the night sky, he can no longer see the stars. In 2008, a doctor specializing in inherited eye disorders diagnosed Bubba with retinitis pigmentosa, a degenerative disorder in which photoreceptor cells in the retina die, leading to a gradual decline

Extreme athletes "Grab Some Air" for recruiting

It's almost 10 a.m. at the joint service open house here. Crowds already start to gather around a skate ramp that stands over 10 feet tall. A group of skateboarders and BMX riders warm up on the ramp, giving the crowd a taste of what's to come.After a few words from the announcer, the ramp suddenly

CCAF recognizes 350,000th degree recipient

An Air Force reservist earned the distinction as the 350,000 graduate of the Community College of the Air Force on May 5. Tech. Sgt. Brannen Parrish received an associate in applied science public affairs degree during the 2010 Senior Enlisted Leader Summit at the Senior NCO Academy, Gunter Annex.

Air Force reservists to provide C-130 training

Air Force Reserve Command will provide manpower and aircraft to establish a C-130H2 Formal Training Unit at Little Rock AFB, Ark., starting this fall.The Air Force Reserve organization will eventually replace Air Education and Training Command's 62nd Airlift Squadron by early 2014. Plans call for

Diamond Rio to perform with Air Force Reserve band in July

The Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve will team up with Diamond Rio, four-time Country Music Association's award-winning recording artists, for this year's Independence Day Concert in Warner Robins July 2."Diamond Rio's accomplishments make them one of the most successful groups in Country Music,"

Senate Armed Services Committee reviews issues with reserve chiefs

Mobilizations, deployments, sustainability, transformation and civilian employer support were the highlights on the minds of the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services during testimony about U.S. reserve forces. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs Dennis M. McCarthy and the seven