Reservist receives medal for 'extinguishing' action

While running with scissors is considered dangerous, running with a live 120 mm mortar shell in hand, while it emits smoke, is considerably more hazardous. Despite the risks, Master Sgt. Bob Jackson from the 442nd Maintenance Squadron's Munitions Flight "defused" a potentially lethal situation in

A-10s get attention after returning from combat

When Air Force reservists from the 442nd Fighter Wing arrived home from a four-month deployment to Afghanistan in September, they were given time-off to recuperate and adjust to life back home. The Air Force calls this time-off period "reconstitution." The same is true for the wing's A-10

Dover crew flies C-17 training mission

Dover AFB reached another milestone in its transition to the C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. A Total Force crew of active-duty and Air Force Reserve Airmen flew a mission Nov. 4. The flight was part of an interfly agreement Nov. 1-5 with the 305th Air Mobility Wing, McGuire AFB, N.J., to assist Dover

Air Force Reserve seeks applicants for dual-status jobs

In the next three years, the Air Force plans to eliminate thousands of military and civilians positions. As a result, some displaced people might consider a dual-status job as an air reserve technician in an Air Force Reserve Command unit. ARTs are full-time civilian employees and part-time

Air Force Reserve offers a chance to serve

In the next three years, the Air Force will cut some 40,000 active-duty positions. Some of those Airmen will retire, while others will separate and seek civilian jobs. Still others will join the Air Force Reserve, an integral part of the total force, which allows them to continue the skills they

Reservist named top Air Force female athlete

Air Force Services selected an individual mobilization augmentee as the Air Force Female Athlete of the Year for 2006. Capt. Linda Jeffery is a services officer in the 314th Services Squadron, Little Rock AFB, Ark. Her award recognizes her accomplishments in golf from Oct. 1, 2005, to Sept. 30,

Air Force Reserve Pipe Band to march in Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

With the eyes of millions of Americans on them, members of the U.S. Air Force Reserve Pipe Band will perform this year in one of the country's most recognizable Thanksgiving Day parades. The Air Force Reserve bagpipers will march in the 80th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City.

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Remains identified as Air Force reservist

Remains discovered by a fishing vessel off the California coast have been positively identified as that of an Air Force reservist and passenger on the King 56 cargo aircraft that crashed into the Pacific Ocean 10 years ago. Staff Sgt. Jonathan R. Leonard was on board King 56, an HC-130 aircraft,

Rescuers learn to make order out of chaos

In August 2003 a truck bomb exploded at the United Nations headquarters in downtown Baghdad, collapsing three floors of the four story building. Hundreds of people died. Hundreds more remained trapped under collapsed rebar, steel and concrete. Tech Sgt. Andrew Canfield, lead Air Force Reserve