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  • A-10 pilots help train joint attack controllers on ground

    The primary mission of the 47th Fighter Squadron here is to serve as a schoolhouse for A-10 pilots, but it's not the only place A-10 people hone their skills. Earlier this spring close to 90 reservists from Air Force Reserve Command's 917th Wing trained for 13 days in Savannah, Ga., during "Patriot

  • Inspiring war veteran highlights Yellow Ribbon meeting

    Tech. Sgt. Israel Del Toro has always been a fighter, but it's his relentless spirit and sense of humor that keeps him going strong despite all of the odds he has faced while battling the severe burn injuries he suffered during an attack from the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2005. The 507th Air

  • Reservist receives award for saving Air Force money

    A full-time air reserve technician from McChord AFB, Wash., has received the 2008 Air Force Exceptional Innovator Award. Staff Sgt. Christopher N. Parcasio from the 446th Maintenance Squadron accepted his award in a Pentagon ceremony April 21. He has had six suggestions approved, saving the Air

  • Ceremony recognizes to 2 former NAF commanders

    Two former numbered air force commanders in Air Force Reserve Command received 2008 Presidential Rank Awards from the Air Force chief of staff April 17. Maj. Gen. Martin M. Mazick and retired Maj. Gen. Robert E. Duignan were among 22 people to accept senior executive service awards from Gen. Norton

  • Lackland's old C-5A workhorse flies into future

    Analog compasses and dials from the last century are being replaced with new avionics instrument display screens. These sleek, modernized systems don't make C-5A's completely new but they do enhance some of the old aircraft's capabilities.The first two modernized C-5As are completed and are here. In

  • March joint-service team grants wish

    Soldiers, Sailors, Marines and Airmen worked together here in April to grant a wish to a 6-year-old Riverside boy diagnosed with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. Andrew, enrolled in the Inland Empire chapter of the Make A Wish Foundation, wanted to become a member of the military for a day. Air Force,

  • Air Force Reserve picks aircrew flight equipment award winners

    Aircrew flight equipment people from the East Coast to the West Coast and points in between won Air Force Reserve Command awards for 2008. Command officials announced the following award winners April 17: Officer - Capt. Anthony R. Wilmot, 328th Airlift Squadron, Niagara Falls International Airport