May 30, 2006 Air Force Reserve selects youth of the year Megan Harper, teen-age daughter of Tech. Sgt. Gregory and Melody Harper, is Air Force Reserve Command’s Youth of the Year for 2006. Ms. Harper holds a 4.0 GPA in high school and has received academic awards in English, algebra and economics. Her father is an Air Force reservist at Gen. Mitchell
May 30, 2006 Airborne fire fighting crews prepare for wildland fires Reservists from the 302nd Airlift Wing here are preparing for yet another war. This one is not against a foreign enemy, but a domestic foe. It’s the war on wildland fires that destroy millions of acres of land and thousands of homes, and kills immeasurable wildlife each year. After a wildland fire
May 23, 2006 Foreign language pay rates increase June 1 Being able to speak another language may translate into more money for some military people, including those who do not perform language duties. Foreign Language Proficiency Pay rates will increase June 1 for qualified military members. The Office of the Secretary of Defense approved the new FLPP
May 23, 2006 Minneapolis civil engineers earn environmental honors Air Force Reserve Command’s 934th Civil Engineer Squadron environmental office at Minneapolis-St. Paul Air Reserve Station here received an Air Force environmental quality award May 3. A base contingent accepted the Gen. Thomas D. White Environmental Quality Award (Reserve Component) during a
May 23, 2006 First pilot in Air Force Reserve selected to fly F-22 The first Air Force reservist chosen to fly the most technologically advanced fighter jet on the planet said his experience with the aircraft so far has been “eye watering.” Maj. Randall W. Cason, an F-16 pilot stationed at 10th Air Force headquarters at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort
May 22, 2006 Air Force Reserve Band spreads goodwill The Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve performed a concert May 18 for the Community Partnership for Homeless, a non-profit agency of the Miami-Dade County Homeless Trust. Homestead Air Reserve Base’s 482nd Fighter Wing set up the event as a way to raise awareness about the base and to thank CPHI for
May 22, 2006 Pentagon announces Air Force Reserve senior officer moves Air Force Reserve Command officials in the Pentagon announced several senior officer moves this spring. Those announcements included the following: Col. Steven J. Chapman from commander of the 913th Airlift Wing, Willow Grove Air Reserve Station, Pa., to commander of the 919th Special Operations
May 19, 2006 Security Forces sharpen skills at Patriot Defender exercise As I hunkered down in my wooden shack, I could hear the soft crunching of 30 pairs of boots moving through the woods towards me. I leveled my M-4 carbine on the sandbags propped in the window and waited for the first “target” to breach the tree line. The loud boom of a simulated grenade blast caught