C-17 crew to test night-vision goggles on Deep Freeze mission

In April Airmen from here will test using night-vision goggles for the first time on Deep Freeze missions to Antarctica. If successful, they could start flying missions to the southernmost continent year round. Airmen in the 62nd and 446th Airlift Wings deliver supplies to the National Science

"Good Morning, Vietnam's" Adrian Cronauer speaks to reservists

Former U.S. Air Force sergeant, Adrian Cronauer, whose life was the inspiration for the major motion picture, Good Morning, Vietnam!, spoke to Citizen Airmen of the Air Force Reserve Command's 403rd Wing April 6 at the unit's quarterly commander's call. Mr. Cronauer is now special assistant to the

Ceremony activates AF Reserve's first-ever space wing

Air Force Reserve Command stood up its first space wing here April 4, ten days before the command's 60th anniversary. The 310th Space Wing, which expanded from an Air Force group to a wing March 7, was officially recognized at the ceremony attended by Gen. C. Robert Kehler, commander of Air Force

ARPC now sending U.S. flags to retiring reservists

Honoring retiring reservists with an American flag just got easier through a centralized process at the Air Reserve Personnel Center here. ARPC officials now purchase and distribute the flags for all reservists who request one for their retirement. Flags used to cost units nearly $20 each and took

Air Force and community unite to save teenagers' lives

Air Force Reserve units to support Cyber Command

While the Air Force is actively looking for a community to host Air Force Cyber Command's headquarters, it knows which Air Force Reserve Command units will align with AFCYBER. According to an Air Force press release, Air Force Reserve units will provide the following support when mobilized: Network

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McGuire squadron wins best flying unit award again

The Grover Loening Trophy keeps landing at McGuire AFB, N.J. This is the second year in a row McGuire's 732nd Airlift Squadron has won the award for the best flying squadron in Air Force Reserve Command. The associate unit squadron flies C-17 Globemaster III transport aircraft. Command officials

Niagara Falls dominates aircrew life support awards

Air Force Reserve Command officials here announced the following aircrew life support awards for 2007: Airman - Senior Airman Rosemary P. Warner, 328th Airlift Squadron, Niagara Falls International Airport Air Reserve Station, N.Y. NCO - Staff Sgt. Alfred A. Chagnon, 439th Operations Support

Air Force picks top security forces reserve unit

The Air Force selected the 482nd Security Forces Squadron at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., as its best security forces reserve unit for 2007. Maj. Gen. Allan R. Poulan, vice commander of Air Force Reserve Command, announced the award selection in a memo to commanders March 20. Each year the