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

Team Dover prepares for 2009 AMC Rodeo

Reservists from here are preparing to leave for McChord AFB, Wash., to participate in the 2009 Air Mobility Command Rodeo July 19-24. Citizen Airmen from the 512th Airlift Wing will work along side Regular Air Force members from Dover AFB in competitions focusing on aircrew operations, aerial port,

McConnell welcomes reservists home

Two dozen flyers and maintainers from Air Force Reserve Command's 931st Air Refueling Group returned here July 2 from a deployment to Southwest Asia. The Airmen are from the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and 18th Air Refueling Squadron. They came home about a week after a dozen other

Reservists compete in Anchorage’s Hero Games

The Double Deuces, a five-person team from Air Force Reserve Command's 477th Fighter Group, took part in the first-ever Hero Games in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, June 27. The games were part of Alaska's 50th Anniversary Celebration and sponsored by the Anchorage Downtown Partnership. Teams of

Luke reservist named command’s top process manager

Maj. Hayley J. Wihongi of the 944th Fighter Wing, Luke AFB, Ariz., is Air Force Reserve Command's top process manager for 2009. Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., AFRC commander, announced the reservist's selection in letters to her wing commander and commander of 10th Air Force. "Her efforts in

AFA to honor McChord reservists at convention

Reservists in the 446th Airlift Wing here will receive two awards on the first day of the Air Force Association's Annual Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition. The event runs Sept. 14-16 in National Harbor, Md. At the beginning of the opening day, the AFA will present the President's

AF Reserve sets patriotic tone for baseball game

McChord deploys flight of security forces reservists

On July 5, the 446th Security Forces Squadron sent a flight of 20 reservists to Southwest Asia for six months. It was the largest group of Air Force Reserve security forces from McChord to go on an Air Expeditionary Force deployment since Sept. 11, 2001. The flight will support Patriot Defender,

McChord reservist named Air Force Outstanding Airman

An Air Force reservist here and a native of Eugene, Ore., is one of 12 Air Force Outstanding Airmen of the Year. Staff Sgt. Channel Bolton-Scholl, a crew chief with 446th Maintenance Squadron, was chosen by an Air Force selection board at the Air Force Personnel Center, Randolph AFB, Texas. The Air