April 30, 2007 Charleston wing uses cable TV to reach community The 315th Airlift Wing here in partnership with Comcast Cable Television of Charleston is producing a monthly news-talk television show called Troop Talk. Troop Talk reaches more than 110,000 households throughout the Charleston television market and showcases to the community the efforts of
April 30, 2007 Smith represents reservists on all-Air Force team She was always watching. She was always stuck on the sidelines, mesmerized for hours on end by the action taking place just a few tantalizing feet away. But she wasn't a part of it...she was only a spectator, just watching. Watching as her older brothers ran up and down the driveway, dribbling,
April 30, 2007 Command announces 2006 Outstanding Airmen of Year Air Force Reserve Command selected its 2006 Outstanding Airmen and First Sergeant of the Year during a banquet held at the Museum of Aviation here April 27. The winners are: · Airman of the Year: Staff Sgt. Clinton Petit, security forces journeyman and individual mobilization augmentee, 45th
April 27, 2007 New friends grant old wish The shy, more than slightly reserved young pilot in the flight suit looked about the room nervously. Behind small-framed glasses, his eyes darted from person to person. Flash bulbs went off and a news camera looked on as a booming voice read the last of his citation. "... and so it is with great
April 26, 2007 Reservist receives a blue and white tribute A March Field pilot who received the Distinguished Flying Cross for his actions in Iraq was honored April 9 at the Los Angeles Dodgers season-opening baseball game. Maj. Paul Sonstein, a C-17 pilot who was then stationed at McChord Air Force Base, Wash., was flying continuous missions back and forth
April 26, 2007 Reservists take medical care to Guatemalans Journeying as much as 10,000 feet above sea level, a group of 31 Air Force Reserve Command medics brought a wealth of medical knowledge to the mountainous region of San Marcos as part of New Horizons 07, April 14-28. New Horizons is a joint chiefs of staff-approved, U.S. Southern Command-sponsored
April 24, 2007 Hill Total Force Integration signed into action A historic agreement was signed into place April 16, finalizing the association between the 388th Fighter Wing and 419th Fighter Wing here. The Commander of Air Combat Command, Gen. Ronald Keys, and the Commander of Air Force Reserve Command, Lt. Gen. John Bradley, signed a Memorandum of
April 24, 2007 Aerial spray unit gets more people, money to perform mission Air Force Reserve Command's aerial spray unit here is getting more people and money to deliver one-of-a-kind services. The 910th Airlift Wing provides the only fixed-wing, aerial spray capability in the Defense Department. Its modified C-130 transport aircraft can spray for mosquitoes and other
April 24, 2007 Air Force Reserve to inactivate 6 units Air Force Reserve Command will inactivate five geographically separated squadrons and one detachment this year. Command officials briefed congressional leaders about these actions in mid-April. The inactivations eliminate 12 fulltime and 543 part-time traditional reservist positions as of Nov. 30.
April 23, 2007 Job fair gives BRAC-displaced reservists options to serve When the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommended Beale's KC-135 Stratotankers leave in 2008, Tech. Sgt. Melissa Broussard didn't know what would happen after her job went away with the aircraft. "I was a little freaked out. It's discouraging to find out you're loosing a job you