Feb. 20, 2007 Fellow reservists save runner's life after heart attack An Air Force reservist who had a heart attack is alive because of the quick actions of his wingmen in the 917th Wing. During the February unit training assembly, a technical sergeant in the 917th Maintenance Squadron collapsed after he finished the mile-and-a-half run of his physical fitness test.
Feb. 16, 2007 Patrick reservists practice Space Shuttle rescues Reservists from Air Force Reserve Command's 920th Rescue Wing here took part in a Mode 7 Exercise at Cape Canaveral Feb. 13. Helicopter crews from the wing's 301st Rescue Squadron provide range security during Space Shuttle launches. Pararescuemen in the wing's 308th RQS are on standby to rescue and
Feb. 16, 2007 Journalists win awards, advance to Air Force contest Journalists and photographers from a dozen units won awards in the 2006 Air Force Reserve Command Media Contest. As a result, their work qualified to advance to the Air Force competition in San Antonio, Texas, in February. Named best command publication was the Midnight Express, 919th Special
Feb. 15, 2007 Med tech stops to render aid on way to drill weekend Master Sgt. Holly Crouch was on her way to a unit training assembly when she saw the car in front of her veer toward the median. She honked her horn in an attempt to warn the motorist. When she saw the car spin, flip several times and land on its roof in the path of oncoming traffic in the opposite
Feb. 15, 2007 Air Force Reserve videographer receives Purple Heart Within an hour of waking up in the Air Force Theater Hospital on the morning of Feb. 11, Staff Sgt. Kathryn Robinson was presented with the Purple Heart. Sergeant Robinson, a videographer assigned to Air Force Reserve Command's 4th Combat Camera Squadron, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., was shot
Feb. 14, 2007 Atlanta kickoffs "Heritage to Horizons" celebration for Air Force Week Southern hospitality, total force and joint partnership were the ingredients that formed the inaugural kickoff for the Air Force's 60th Anniversary celebration in Atlanta on Feb. 12. The official kickoff was held at the state capitol, where Gov. Sonny Perdue welcomed the "Heritage to Horizons" Air
Feb. 13, 2007 Hurricane Hunters fly Atlantic winter storm Hurricane Hunters from here flew toward an impending winter storm Feb. 13. Forecasters expected more snow for the northeastern seaboard the next day. Better known for pinpointing tropical storms and hurricanes, Air Force Reserve Command's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron also flies winter storms
Feb. 13, 2007 Air Force reservist named to medical specialty board In August a reservist here will begin serving on the American Board of Preventative Medicine. The ABPM is the only U.S. agency that certifies medical doctors (M.D.) in occupational, preventive and aerospace medicine. Col. (Dr.) Susan Northrup, chief of Air Force Reserve Command's line-of-duty board,