May 10, 2006 Air-Sea Show bigger, better than ever Deafening noises, huge crowds and bright sunshine combined to make Fort Lauderdale Beach the place to be during the 12th annual Air-Sea Show. More than a million people turned out over the three days of the event to enjoy the show. The cast of performers read like a “who’s who” of the elite aviation
May 8, 2006 Portland reservists help rescue skier off glacier Fourteen days after participating in a joint search-and-rescue training exercise with other local rescue organizations, reservists from the 304th Rescue Squadron were back on Mount Hood May 6 to save a life for real. A skier was traversing the more than 11,000-foot dormant volcano’s summit with
May 8, 2006 Command announces 2006 Team Excellence award winners Members of the Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command Communications Directorate here and the 729th Airlift Squadron at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., are winners of AFRC’s Team Excellence awards. “These awards reflect the best in the Air Force Reserve, and I congratulate both teams for outstanding
May 5, 2006 Companies commit to pro-Guard and Reserve policies As the role of the Guard and Reserve in worldwide operations continues to grow, the support of families and employers of today’s reservists becomes even more important. Eight employers were recognized by the Employee Support of the Guard and Reserve organization at a ceremony here May 4. Each
May 5, 2006 Former POWs relive freedom flights More than 120 former Prisoners of War continued a 33-year layover of freedom by reliving the flights that carried them home from North Vietnam. The Hanoi Taxi – the last C-141 Starlifter still serving in the Air Force – made two of its final three flights May 5. Former Prisoners of War gathered in
May 5, 2006 Hanoi Taxi shuttles C-141 into history books Arguably the most famous C-141 Starlifter in the Air Force inventory touched down for the last time at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio on May 6. The “Hanoi Taxi,” tail number 66-0177 flew its final scheduled mission in preparation for permanent display at the National Museum of the United
May 2, 2006 Reservists participate in regional disaster response exercise About 500 military members from across the United States partnered with local hospitals and private businesses April 24-28 for a coordinated disaster response exercise. The exercise, named the Coyote Crisis Campaign, involved response to simulated explosions, power outages, potentially contaminated
May 2, 2006 Command announces IMAs of the year Air Force Reserve Command officials here announced the Outstanding Individual Mobilization Augmentee of the Year award winners for 2005. Lt. Col. Michael E. Michno at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, and Master Sgt. Thomas A. Puccio at MacDill AFB, Fla., competed against 31 officers and 16 other enlisted