April 7, 2006 Pittsburgh dining facility named best in command Members of the Long Dining Facility staff at Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pa., stepped up to reclaim the title of best dining facility in Air Force Reserve Command. They outscored last year’s winner, the 919th Services Flight, Duke Field, Fla., to capture the command’s 2006
April 5, 2006 Reservist wins GEICO military service award An Air Force reservist will receive a Department of Defense-level award for helping to prevent drug and alcohol abuse. Tech. Sgt. Anita Garcia of Air Force Reserve Command’s 433rd Airlift Wing, Lackland AFB, Texas, is one of two bluesuiters to win a 2005 Government Employees Insurance Co. Military
April 4, 2006 Grissom boxer competes for Golden Gloves title Defending the country is something that Airmen here are familiar with. However, fighting back with hooks and jabs isn’t necessarily what comes to mind unless you add bright lights, a ring and a crowd of followers rooting you on. Nick Delaurentis, a boxer assigned to the 434th Services Flight here,
April 4, 2006 Air Force Reserve goes Hollywood Unseasonably chilly weather greeted hundreds of cast, crew and extras from a proposed WB Network series as they converged here for a marathon day of filming. They came to Homestead ARB to work on scenes for the pilot episode of “Mercy Reef,” a science-fiction themed program that could appear on the
April 3, 2006 Travis leaders drive rivets at C-17 Major Join Military leaders from here got the honor of driving the final rivets into the base’s new C-17 Globemaster III jet transport during a ceremony at the Boeing plant in Long Beach, Calif., March 17. Brig. Gen. Thomas Gisler Jr., 349th Air Mobility Wing commander, and Col. Timothy Zadalis, 60th AMW vice
April 3, 2006 Whiteman A-10 pilots capture Hawgsmoke title In what is the Air Force’s version of the Olympic Games for A-10 pilots, the 442nd Fighter Wing’s 303rd Fighter Squadron emerged as the gold-medal winner after competing against 19 other squadrons from around the world at “Hawgsmoke ‘06” over the Arizona desert. Four pilots from the Air Force
April 3, 2006 Reservists go online to correct duty history As of March 31, Air Force Reserve members around the world can correct or change their duty history via the virtual Personnel Center Guard and Reserve, a 24/7 customer service Web portal operated by the Air Reserve Personnel Center here. Before the ARPC Personnel Service Delivery system went online,
March 31, 2006 Command announces command post award winners Air Force Reserve Command announced its 2005 command and control award winners March 29. The 433rd Airlift Wing, Lackland AFB, Texas, won two awards. Its command post was selected the best large command post, and Senior Airman Robert Huizar was named the top airman. The best small command post award
March 31, 2006 3 command people win Air Force security forces awards Three people representing Air Force Reserve Command captured Air Force security forces awards in the air reserve component competition. They are 1st Lt. Nathan J. List, 910th Security Forces Squadron, Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, in the company grade officer category; Staff Sgt. Claude M.