Command selects top logistics readiness units

Air Force Reserve Command announced the following recipients of AFRC Logistics Readiness Unit Awards on Feb. 12:Daedalian Maj. Gen. Warren R. Carter Logistics Effective Award - 512th Logistics Readiness Flight, Dover AFB, Del.Logistics Readiness Squadron of the Year (Non-flying Unit) - 944th LRS,

Police officer saves life in line of duty

An Air Force reservist working in the Broken Arrow (Okla.) Police Department received an award Jan. 14 for saving a person's life.In addition to being a police officer, Maj. Robert Baird is a logistics officer with the 507th Air Refueling Wing's Logistics Readiness Squadron here. While on patrol

Photographers fulfill new tasking on deployment

The calls came Easter Sunday. The 4th Combat Camera Squadron at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., received a tasking to send a team to Afghanistan. Although the team received advanced notice, the phone calls removed all doubt the squadron would soon have still photographers and videographers in

Department of Energy shares nuclear expertise

The flash from an initial nuclear weapon explosion is so bright that people looking at it within a 5-mile radius could go permanently blind if their blinking reflex took longer than a quarter of a second.This scenario and others were topics of discussion here Jan. 28 during a U.S. Department of

Constant reminders

22nd Air Force supports Haiti operations in addition to war

Citizen Airmen answered the call when a devastating earthquake struck Haiti last month. Units across Air Force Reserve Command and 22nd Air Force quickly mobilized to assist the injured and infirmed with food, water, medical care and other supplies. The Haiti mobilization, however, comes atop an

Command responds to Super Bowl ad allegation

The Air Force Reserve Command released a statement Tuesday, following allegations from a recording artist claiming their song was used illegally in a Super Bowl Sunday regional TV advertisement. Recording artists, The White Stripes, posted a statement on their official website claiming the Air Force

Reservists honeThailand's aerial firefighting skills

2 California units nominated for AFA aerospace awards

Air Force Reserve Command announced its nominations for the following Air Force Association Aerospace Awards on Jan. 25:Citation of honor - 50th Intelligence Squadron, Beale AFB, Calif.Gill Robb Wilson Award - 4th Combat Camera Squadron, March Air Reserve Base, Calif. (Air Force Reserve Command News

Command announces environmental awards

Air Force Reserve Command announced the following AFRC 2009 General Thomas D. White Environmental Award recipients Jan. 20:Reserve component quality award - 482nd Mission Support Group Civil Engineer Environmental Flight, Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla.Pollution prevention award for team excellence