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  • Commentary: Air Force Reserve commander shares holiday wishes

    As we look forward to this Holiday Season and the start of 2009, I want to express my gratitude to each of you, your families and employers for the sacrifices you make for our great country each and every day. Much has been asked and each reservist and family member has given of themselves for their

  • March ARB firemen help fight neighborhood fire

    A fire engine with a crew of four from March ARB joined about 3,750 fire personnel dispatched to fight the Freeway Complex Fire that ignited Nov. 15. The massive blaze, which is being called the worst since the Bel Air -Brentwood Fire in November 1961, destroyed about 250 homes and apartments, and

  • Tricare Reserve Select premiums decrease in 2009

    Air Force reservists and their families will soon be able to buy more affordable Tricare health care coverage. Effective Jan. 1, 2009, Tricare will reduce monthly Tricare Reserve Select premiums for individuals by 44 percent, from $81 to $47.51, and TRS family coverage will drop 29 percent, from

  • Maintainers, operators cooperate to complete A-10 inspections

    Citizen Airmen in the maintenance and operations groups here are becoming professional jugglers these days. Complying with an Air Force-issued time-compliance technical order from early October, the 442nd Maintenance Group is inspecting and repairing fatigue-related wing cracks in 11 of the unit's

  • Media, celebrities receive bird's eye view of mission

    Southern California media and Hollywood personalities got a bird's eye view of the Air Force mission on a C-17 Globemaster III flight Nov. 12. The event was part of the build-up to Air Force Week-Los Angeles, which began Nov. 14. Air Force Week is a way for the Air Force to share its story with the

  • California reservists take part in earthquake exercise

    Seismologists say it's not a matter of whether "The Big One" will hit California, it's a matter of when. The threat of a catastrophic earthquake is what drove Dr. Lucy Jones of the U.S. Geological Survey to lead a team of 300 scientists, engineers, emergency managers and others to come up with a

  • Yellow Ribbon program focuses on helping reservists, families

    Air Force reservists in the 507th Air Refueling Wing who return from long deployments are finding the welcome mat waiting for them. A congressional directive in the 2007 Defense Appropriations Act mandated that reserve components provide reservists and their families with additional deployment

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