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Air Force Reserve expands KC-135 force at March ARB

As part of the Air Force Total Force Integration initiatives, the Air Force Reserve Command expanded the size of its KC-135 air refueling force at March Air Reserve Base, Calif. Under the Base Realignment and Closure process, the 939th Air Refueling Wing at Portland International Airport, Ore.,

Air Force Reserve to form Distributed Ground System associate unit

As part of the Air Force Total Force Integration initiatives, Air Force Reserve Command is teaming up with Air Combat Command to form an associate unit with the 548th Intelligence Group, Beale Air Force Base, Calif., in fiscal 2008. The group operates Distributed Ground System-2 and Deployable

Air Force Reserve Warthogs get "smart" systems

You can build just about anything on a good foundation. Air Force reservists of the 442nd Aircraft Maintenance and 303rd Fighter Squadrons here are being reminded of that as five of the 442nd Fighter Wing's A-10 "Warthogs" are being equipped with "smart" multi-function color display systems. This

Reserve space ops unit assumes DMSP satellite control

AIr Force Reserve Command's 6th Space Operations Squadron here assumed satellite control authority of the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program Jan. 29 as National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration officials deployed to Schriever from their facilities in Suitland, Md. NOAA's deployment

'Galaxy University' gains two squadrons

Air Force Reserve Command's 433rd Airlift Wing added two new squadrons in a ceremony here February 6. The 356th Airlift Squadron and the 733rd Training Squadron expand the capabilities of the C-5 Formal Training Unit at Kelly Field. Previously assigned to Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, the 356th AS was

Thunderbirds prep at Homestead for Super Bowl XLI

Air Force Reserve wants "virtual" accounts to become reality

Air Force Reserve Command wants its officers, senior NCOs and supervisors to establish Vvirtual Personnel Center - Guard/Reserve accounts by April 2. Maj. Gen. Allan R. Poulin, AFRC vice commander, urges all reservists to get a vPC-GR account, by logging on to http://arpc.afrc.af.mil/vPC-GR. "Our

Dover Reserve group reorganizes for C-17 mission

Air Force Reserve Command's 512th Maintenance Group is reorganizing to accommodate the C-17 Globemaster III mission and align the group with a structure similar to the rest of the Air Force. A ceremony here Feb. 4 marked the end of a 30-year run of Dover AFB's sole C-5 mission and the beginning of a

Command announces senior officer moves

Air Force Reserve Command officials here announced the following senior-officer actions: Col. James B. Roberts Jr. from commander of the 914th Airlift Wing, Niagara Falls International Airport Air Reserve Station, N.Y., to retirement, effective April 9. Col. Reinhard L. Schmidt from commander of the