Oct. 25, 2005 BRAC affects Air Force reservists in 22 states If put into law, Air Force Reserve Command will close three installations and move people from a dozen locations to two dozen sites throughout the United States.Although command officials anticipate keeping roughly the same troop level authorizations, AFRC will expand some existing missions such as
Oct. 25, 2005 Master athlete takes on world games With more than 35 years of experience as a runner, Lt. Col. David M. Hardwick spends as much as 20 hours a week training for his third World Masters Games. The chief of intelligence for the 445th Operations Support Squadron here will join more than 21,000 athletes from 82 countries in Edmonton,
Oct. 25, 2005 Reservists need to register civilian employment info Time is running out for about 15,000 Air Force reservists in the Selected Reserve to comply with a Department of Defense directive. Oct. 31 is the deadline for reservists who are paid for training to register information about their civilian place of employment. Some 60,000 of these Airmen, roughly
Oct. 25, 2005 Reservist finishes first runner-up in Miss Hawaii pageant An Air Force reservist stationed here placed first runner-up at the Miss Hawaii Pageant June 10 during a ceremony at the Coral Ballroom of the Hilton Hawaiian Village, Waikiki, Hawaii. Senior Airman Angela Everhart, a utility systems specialist with Air Force Reserve Command’s 624th Civil Engineer
Oct. 25, 2005 Last C-141 crew chief class prepares to keep birds flying Imagine being the last of a kind and the possibility of extinction isn’t a too far off in the future. That’s the position three reservists are in as the last three C-141 Starlifter crew chief’s the Air Force will train. July 25 will be a historic day when they graduate. Staff Sgt. Lauro Valles Jr.,
Oct. 25, 2005 Command announces team excellence award winner Members of the 340th Flying Training Group’s OpsNet team will represent Air Force Reserve Command in the annual Air Force Chief of Staff Team Excellence Award competition in September.Maj. Gen. David E. Tanzi, AFRC vice commander, congratulated the group April 29 on the team winning the command
Oct. 25, 2005 Airmen join Soldiers taking Kenya military to new heights As the sun rose June 6, seven Airmen wearing desert flightsuits stood outside the guarded entrance to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport waiting for their passengers. The Air Force Reserve Command C-130 Hercules crew was handpicked to take several dozen Kenyan army special operations forces’
Oct. 25, 2005 Band of the Air Force Reserve to perform Independence Day celebration July 1 The Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve will perform at the 22nd annual Independence Day Celebration July 1 at the McConnell-Talbert Stadium on South Davis Drive in Warner Robins. The free concert will also feature Warner Robins native Bobbie Eakes, an accomplished soap opera star and recording
Oct. 25, 2005 Airman teaches deaf man to fly With planes taking off down the runway behind her, the flight instructor begins talking more loudly while illustrating a point to her student. Then she remembers he cannot hear a word she is saying. He is deaf.Senior Airman Christy Helgeson met Rob Drake at a local flying club, where she is an
Oct. 25, 2005 Reservist to receive Air Force Academy airmanship award A 1979 graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy is going back to school May 13.Lt. Col. Keith Schultz, deputy commander of the 917th Wing’s Operations Group here, will accept the academy’s 2005 Col. James Jabara Award for Airmanship during lunch in the academy’s Mitchell Hall.The award honors him for