Happy birthday, Air Force

Relief supplies bound for Nicaragua

March reservists refuel aircraft over Turkey

KC-135 air refueling crews and support people from here went to Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, in August in support Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Aircrews from the 336th Air Refueling Squadron and aircraft maintainers from the 452nd Maintenance Group formed the air refueling aviation

Celestial Eagle: Historic F-15 anti-satellite mission remembered

The F-15 test pilot settled into the cockpit of the premier fighter jet in the world at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., awaiting takeoff with a 2,700 pound, 18-foot long missile mounted to the jet's centerline. The mission, dubbed the "Celestial Eagle Flight," called for a nearly vertical ascent to

Big search, bigger mountain

City dedicates park to local war hero

A warrior of three American wars, who exemplified Air Force Core Values before they were written, received a hero's tribute at the dedication of the Kasler-Momence Veterans Park here Sept. 15. More than 300 local residents, city and state representatives, and military people came to honor retired

Air Force chief of staff announces total force initiatives

Gen. T. Michael Moseley, Air Force chief of staff, announced several total force initiatives during a ceremony at Maxwell AFB, Ala., Sept. 13. For Air Force Reserve Command, these actions include: - Sending all of its commissioning candidates to the Officer Training School at Maxwell AFB, - Moving a

Air Force Reserve officer candidates to train at Maxwell

Starting in October, Air Force Reserve Command will send its candidates for reserve line officer to the Officer Training School at Maxwell AFB, Ala. Rated officer candidates - pilots, navigators and air battle mangers - already attend OTS at Maxwell AFB. The last class of nonrated reservists

Minneapolis opens new joint fitness center

When it opened for business Sept. 4, the new and improved fitness center dazzled everyone who stepped inside. Dale Prell, assistant chief of Air Force Reserve Command Services, along with other AFRC representatives, local civic leaders and members of the 934th Airlift Wing attended the center's

Foreign duty: pilot represents country, unit in exchange program

A pilot from the 315th Airlift Wing here was one of three reservists to go overseas this summer through Air Force Reserve Command's Foreign Officer Exchange Program. Capt. Elizabeth Dietrich of the 300th Airlift Squadron spent two weeks at Royal Air Force Brize Norton in Oxfordshire, Great Britain,