Hurricane Hunters prepare for storm season

Members of the Air Force Reserve Command's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron deployed to their detachment here recently to fly training missions over the Caribbean in preparation for the 2009 hurricane season. Unit Airmen are part of the 403rd Wing located at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., and

Wright-Patt reservists return from deployment to Iraq

Family, friends and members of the Ohio Patriot Guard Riders gathered at the Dayton International Airport June 27 to welcome home 17 reservists from the 445th Security Forces Squadron. The Airmen returned from a six-month deployment to Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq, where Air Force Reserve Command

Air Force reservists tweet, blog, post their way through cybersphere

A couple times a day Master Sgt. Collen McGee logs onto her the 433rd Airlift Wing's twitter account and "tweets" updates to 675 followers from around the world. Using the twitter handle of @AFRC_433, Sergeant McGee condenses messages to 140 characters, often including links to related

American Lung Association honors MacDill reservist

The American Lung Association gave one of its top awards to a medical service corps officer in MacDill's 45th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron. Maj. Mark D. Carey was one of three volunteers nationwide to receive the American Lung Association 2009 Volunteer Excellence Award in San Diego June 26.

When a rocket launches so do Air Force Reservists

Every time a rocket pierces the sky into space from Cape Canaveral's spaceport, Air Force Reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing here are on the go to support it. Mounted aboard a Herculean Delta IV rocket, the new national weather satellite took off at 6:51 p.m. EDT after a fuel-loading operation

"Blended" team represents McConnell at Rodeo

Some of McConnell AFB's best flyers and maintainers are going to Air Mobility Rodeo 2009 to prove they are a total force team to be reckoned with. A "blended" group of Air Force Reserve and Regular Air Force Airmen here is preparing for the worldwide readiness competition at McChord AFB, Wash., July

Force Structure changes to affect 31 Air Force Reserve locations

The Air Force plans to change manpower authorizations and retire some of its older aircraft, according to a fiscal 2010 force structure realignment announced June 25. The realignment supports the FY10 President's Budget Request. Unrelated to the FY 10 force structure realignment, the Air Force

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Missions take Reserve C-5 aircrew around the world

An Air Force Reserve C-5 Galaxy aircrew from the 445th Airlift Wing flew around the world in June, picking up and delivering cargo in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Reservists from the 89th Airlift Squadron and two crew chiefs from 445th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron added more stamps to

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