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July 5, 2023
ARPC activates new retirement services initiative

The Air Reserve Personnel Center activated a new retirement services initiative on June 1, 2023, designed to assist Reserve Citizen Airmen with their transition into retirement.
July 5, 2023
Inside the 908th: “Dirt Boys” - Laying the Foundation of the Air Force Reserve

They’re called “Dirt Boys.”But for the men and women of the 908th Civil Engineer Squadron Pavements and Construction Equipment section, Air Force Specialty Code 3E2X1, the characterization is far from derogatory; it’s a badge of honor.
July 5, 2023
ISR Reservists Become Warrior Diplomats at United Nations

Reserve Citizen Airmen from across the 655th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing trained in military diplomacy at the United Nations here in early May.
July 5, 2023
Reserve Carefully Monitoring AGR Hiring

Air Force Reserve Command will be closely monitoring the hiring and on-boarding of new Active Guard and Reserve members for the remainder of the fiscal year to ensure the command stays within its Congressionally-mandated AGR end strength.
June 30, 2023
Bomber, Refueler communities integrate for ACE exercise

The 307th Bomb Wing conducted their first integrated Agile Combat Employment (ACE) exercise with the 914th Air Refueling Wing here June 23-30.
June 29, 2023
445th OSS tests new protective mask suited for wing C-17 aircrew

Airmen from the 445th Operations Support Squadron’s aircrew flight equipment (AFE) shop and 89th Airlift Squadron participated in a field testing and training event for the M69 Joint Service Aircrew Mask for Strategic Aircraft (JSAM SA) assembly, the new aircrew flying chem gear June 5-9.
June 28, 2023
I am The 908th: Capt. Kristian Taylor

Fly, fight, and win.That has been the Air Force motto since 2010, but it doesn’t exactly encompass all that we do. Some of us also care, treat, and heal. Capt. Kristian Taylor, a flight nurse assigned to the 908th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron has answered the call to do just that.
June 27, 2023
It All Started with a Rubber Hose

An aircraft’s internal fuel capacity was one of the most significant limiting factors that faced early aviators. In order to try to solve that problem, the first aerial refueling occurred above Rockwell Field in San Diego on June 27, 1923. To accomplish the feat, United States Army Air Service
June 27, 2023
IDLC 23: Static defense and area security operations

Tech. Sgt. Anthony McDaniel, an Integrated Defense Leadership Course cadre member assigned to the 914th Security Forces Squadron, Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, New York, demonstrates how to set up an early warning device on June 15, 2023, at Camp James A. Garfield Joint Military Training
June 27, 2023
Exercise AGILE BLIZZARD-UNIFIED VISION phase 2, Alaska

Exercise AGILE BLIZZARD-UNIFIED VISION phase 2, an arctic based Agile Combat Employment exercise, took place June 10-13, 2023, providing the 55th and 35th Combat Communications Squadrons, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, and 52nd Network Warfare Squadron, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, the

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