April 11, 2007 2 units, 7 people land airfield operations awards Air Force Reserve Command officials here announced the following command airfield operations awards for 2006 on March 22: Air traffic control facility - Tower/ground approach control, 452nd Operations Support Squadron, March Air Reserve Base, Calif. Airfield management facility - 934th OSS,
April 10, 2007 Mandatory separation ages change for reserve officers If otherwise eligible, Air Force Reserve officers can now stay in the service longer before reaching their mandatory separation age. In the past, brigadier generals and below had to retire or separate when they reached age 60. Now they can stay until age 62. The age for major generals rose from 62
April 6, 2007 Minneapolis leads command in precision airdrop system The 96th Airlift Squadron here demonstrated a "lean forward" approach toward its tactical airdrop mission by sending two aircrews to participate in Joint Precision Airdrop System training earlier this year. Reservists from the 934th Operations Group, 934th Operations Support Flight and 96th AS,
April 6, 2007 Rescue reservists continue to deploy overseas in 2007 Air Force Reserve Command's 920th Rescue Wing continued to support the war on terrorism in April with more deployments overseas as part of the air expeditionary force. Since the beginning of 2007, reservists from the wing have deployed monthly. On April 1 about 45 Airmen went to Afghanistan to join
April 3, 2007 Aerial porters train at Charleston's Patriot Partner Aerial port reservists from other bases come together two weeks every year to train at Charleston AFB as part of the Patriot Partner Exercises. These exercises train reservists to take over part of an active-duty aerial port during their annual tours. Reservists from five other locations
April 3, 2007 Mother and daughter's worlds collide at 30,000 feet Air Force Reservist Master Sgt. Vivian Caraviello had an opportunity that few Air Force parents get during an aeromedical evacuation mission from Ramstein Air Base, Germany to Andrews Air Force Base, Md.The 315th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron nurse was able to fly the mission alongside her
April 2, 2007 Reserve selects nearly 5,000 positions to unfund Nearly 5,000 Air Force reservists will receive letters in April, telling them they have to make career decisions because of authorization reductions. To help pay for force modernization, the Air Force Reserve Command will reduce its manpower authorizations by 7,700 over the next four years. Part of
March 30, 2007 Missouri fighter wing goes to wild, wild west From the ground, the Barry M. Goldwater Range looks like the set of a 1960's Clint Eastwood spaghetti western. The air is dry enough to taste, and the ground sprouts an occasional cactus. The mind can only envision what creepy kinds of scorpions scurry along these barren sands near Gila Bend Air