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  • Reserve Airmen fly Operation Deep Freeze Springfly missions

    Ten reservists from the 446th Airlift Wing deployed Sept. 4 to Christchurch, New Zealand in support of Operation Deep Freeze, 2008-2009 Springfly. Springfly s the ODF ramp up phase to prepare buildings and equipment, as well as pave the overland traverse to the South Pole, in preparation for the

  • Patrick reservists prepare to help Hurricane Ike victims

    Air Force reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing here are going to Gulfport, Miss., to preposition search and rescue aircraft to aid victims of Hurricane Ike. Airmen in two HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters and two HC-130P/N Hercules long-range refueling aircraft will fly to Gulfport Biloxi International

  • Hurricane Hunters fly nonstop into Ike

    As residents of the Texas coastline flee to safe havens, the Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters fly right into the center of Mother Nature's fury. Hurricane Ike is projected to make landfall Sept. 13 along the Texas coast near the city of Galveston as well as provide tropical storm force winds

  • Hurricane Hunters track Ike

    Barreling toward the Texas Coast, Hurricane Ike is regaining strength as officials along the Texas coast began evacuations of the first of millions of residents in the forecast path of the storm. Warm Gulf waters contributed to renewed strength for Hurricane Ike after it passed over Cuba during the

  • Elmendorf units achieve combat-ready status

    Airmen here took time out Sept. 5 to celebrate achieving initial operational capability in three units. Elmendorf's 3rd Wing, Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Wing and Air Force Reserve Command's 477th Fighter Group were all declared combat ready in their respective airframes. "After years of

  • Air refuelers break ground for joint use facility

    Total Force Integration took another major step here Sept. 8 in a groundbreaking ceremony for a new joint squadron operations facility. The 25,000-square foot facility will cost more than $8 million to build. When completed in December 2009, it will house joint operational offices for air refueling

  • Reservists deploy overseas to provide medical care

    Air Force reservists from the 920th Aeromedical Staging Squadron here deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan and Germany in early September to support the global war on terror. Once there, they will provide medical care to servicemembers in various stages of transit - from the battlefield to European

  • Elmendorf total force team completes F-22 evaluation

    Eight F-22A Raptors and about 140 Airmen from here deployed to Tyndall AFB, Fla., Aug. 17-28 for a weapons systems evaluation program hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron. Pilots from the 302nd Fighter Squadron and maintainers from the 477th Maintenance Squadron in Air Force Reserve Command's

  • Reservists build associate fighter group at Moody

    Total Force Integration has come to the "Flying Tigers" at Moody AFB, Ga., with the stand up of Air Force Reserve Command's 476th Fighter Group, an A-10 Thunderbolt II unit. A goal of TFI is to blend Regular Air Force and air reserve component Airmen making them indistinguishable from one another in

  • 90-day records review starts for IMAs

    Airmen who are Individual Mobilization Augmentees or are in the Participating Individual Ready Reserve category have 90 days to review their electronic personnel records, Air Reserve Personnel Center officials announced Sept. 4. Paper versions of the field records, technically called the Unit