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  • Team travels to ends of earth to ensure flight safety

    Flight safety is serious business in the Air Force. For one group of Air Force reservists, it's so important they're willing to go to the ends of the earth. Five members of the 507th Air Refueling Wing's 1st Aviation Standards Flight left Oklahoma City in mid-October en route to Antarctica to

  • A-10s take center stage as Hogsmoke 2008 begins

    Two A-10 Thunderbolt IIs broke through the overcast skies of central Kansas today and crossed over the center point of the Salina Airport's north-south runway officially kicking off Hawgsmoke 2008, the United States Air Force's biennial A-10 bombing and tactical gunnery competition. The moment also

  • Rooms for 500 -- Hawgsmoke Airmen benefit from prior planning

    In January Senior Master Sgt. Travis Stickels began planning to lodge approximately 500 Airmen and distinguished guests here for Hawgsmoke 2008, an A-10 bombing and aerial gunnery competition hosted this year by the 442nd Fighter Wing from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. Sergeant Stickels' list of

  • ART spouses eligible for priority placement

    One benefit for air reserve technicians is the priority referral and subsequently hiring of their spouse. The Department of Defense Priority Placement Program allows for the systematic referral of eligible DOD employees whose Air Force appropriated-fund civilian sponsor is involved in a permanent

  • Air Force Reserve recruiter grabs 14 in one day

    In baseball, 14 strikeouts leads "SportsCenter." The anchors walk through each of your highlights until you send the game-ending strike across the dish, bring the crowd to its feet and regale the media with some witty comment. Master Sgt. Kevin French, a recruiter in Tampa, Fla., understands the

  • NYPD cop tallies top honors in recruiting program

    As he patrols Gotham's streets as one of New York's Finest, Air Force Reserve Tech. Sgt. Andy Jean-Pierre is focused on more than just protecting and serving. He's also looking out for national defense. In doing so, the traditional reservist helped 18 people join the Air Force Reserve between Oct.

  • Ohio reservists complete aerial spray mission in Louisiana

    Air Force Reserve aircrews and C-130s from the 910th Airlift Wing, Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, sprayed more than 770,000 acres in seven Louisiana parishes from Sept. 21 to Oct. 2. Reservists from the wing's 757th Airlift Squadron dropped pesticides to control insects from spreading disease

  • Hawgsmoke to continue despite A-10 inspections

    "Hawgsmoke 2008," an A-10 bombing and gunnery competition scheduled Oct. 15-18 in Salina, Kan., will continue despite an Air Force directive to sideline some of the aircraft. The Air Force issued a time-compliance technical order Oct. 3, requiring immediate inspection and repair of wing cracks on

  • Building dedication honors fallen Citizen Airman

    Air Force Reserve Command's 445th Airlift Wing honored the life and service of one its former members Oct. 4 when the wing dedicated its new operations building to Maj. LeRoy W. Homer Jr. Major Homer was part of the wing from 1995 to 2000. He died Sept. 11, 2001, while serving as the first officer