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  • 30 students attend STARBASE summer camp

    Thirty children received a special treat here in the form of a four-day STARBASE summer camp July 13-16. Founded in 1990, STARBASE is a Department of Defense program that stands for Science and Technology Academics Reinforcing Basic Aviation and Space Education. It is a science, math and life skills

  • Reserve home team ready for Rodeo

    About 45 reservists from the 446th Airlift Wing here are competing in Rodeo 2009, July 19-24.. The 446th Airlift Wing team will make up part of the 2,500 participants and 100 teams from Air Mobility Command, Air Force Reserve Command, Air National Guard, and teams from the Marine Corps, and

  • Ceremony honors fallen Puerto Rican service members

    Senior leaders and spectators gathered to honor fallen Puerto Rican military members at the capital's Monument of Remembrance, or El Capitolio's El Monumento de la Recordacion, during a wreath laying ceremony here July 14. The ceremony was part of the 80th League of United Latin American Citizens

  • ARPC announces captain, lieutenant promotions

    The Air Reserve Personnel Center announces the first half of the 2009 line and nonline captain and first lieutenant promotions. There were 206 Air National Guard and 176 Air Force Reserve officers selected for promotion to captain, and 196 Air National Guard and 59 Air Force Reserve officers

  • Sister units deploy, continue sibling bond

    Two aerial port squadrons at March ARB are about halfway through a sereis of deployments to Southwest Asia that began in April. The 50th APS sent reservists to Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq, and the 56th APS deployed its reservists for the first time to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. "This is bigger

  • Beale unit officially named 940th Wing

    The Air Force Reserve Command wing here officially changed its name to the 940th Wing July 11. Maj. Gen. Frank Padilla, 10th Air Force commander, presided over the ceremony re-designating the 940th Air Refueling Wing as the 940th Wing. He lauded the wing reservists for embracing their new mission

  • Charleston Reservist gets four with "Get 1 program"

    Many service members often hear of the additional benefits they receive, such as health insurance, job security, educational benefits, and travel around the world. But what about the free camcorders, satellite radios, Ipod Nanos and 5.1 surround sound computer speakers? For one Airman here, these

  • Flying Tigers change stripes by flying A-10 fighter aircraft

    The Air Force's historic Flying Tigers officially came to the Air Force Reserve Command when the 476th Fighter Group stood up here July 11. The activation is historic for another reason. It brings Total Force Integration to Moody AFB with Air Force reservists flying and maintaining A-10C Thunderbolt

  • Niagara Falls firefighters help Mercy Flight

    A local emergency medical evacuation helicopter landed here June 2 to airlift an injured local man to Erie County Medical Center. According to Base Fire Capt. Aaron McLane, the unidentified man suffered severe head trauma when he was struck by a car while riding his bicycle a few miles outside the