June 1, 2022 KC-46A Pegasus approved to refuel 97% of joint force receivers Less than one year after the KC-46A was approved for its first ICR, Minihan approved daily task-able operational use of the KC-46A to refuel the B-1B Lancer, C-135 variants, E-8 Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System, EC-130H Compass Call, F-35B/C Lightning II, KC-10 Extender and P-8 Poseidon
June 1, 2022 Mental Health is Real Health: Leveraging Resilience Resources is Paramount to Readiness The term “mental health” is a strange one. Too often we equate “mental health” with problems, symptoms, or crises. Yet, mental health is just that – a form of health. The brain is part of the body. We take pride as military members in honing physical fitness, and the same should be true of the
May 31, 2022 USAA employees tour 433rd AW USAA employees visited the 433rd Airlift Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, May 17, 2022. The USAA visit included a tour of the C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft and a virtual reality training demonstration.
May 26, 2022 Family Day returns better than ever The 433rd Airlift Wing hosted its first Family Day since 2019 during the unit training assembly May 15, 2022, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.
May 26, 2022 4CTCS team wins 2022 Best Combat Camera Competition The 315 Airlift Wing’s 4th Combat Camera Squadron won first place at this month’s 2022 Spc. Hilda I. Clayton Best Combat Camera Competition at Fort A.P. Hill, Va.
May 26, 2022 All female aircrew flies C-17 over historic airshow An all-female aircrew from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina supported the Oregon International Airshow’s first all-female piloted event May 21 with a C-17 Globemaster III flyover.This was the first all-female piloted air show since the show’s inception in 1988 in Hillsboro, Oregon.The airshow
May 25, 2022 Scobee testifies before House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command, joined his counterparts from the Army, Navy, Marines and National Guard during testimony before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense May 24.
May 24, 2022 Arctic Care 2022: 403rd Reservists support Alaska medical mission Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, traveled to Kodiak, Alaska, May 2-15 to assist with the Innovative Readiness Training program’s Kodiak Island Arctic Care 2022 event.According to their website, IRT is a collaborative program designed to produce
May 24, 2022 Aviation Maintenance Technician Day 2022 433rd Airlift Wing maintenance technicians are highlighted for Aviation Maintenance Technician Day as they check and repair an F138 engine belonging to the C-5M Super Galaxy May 13-18, 2022, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.
2022 Airmen of the Year, First Sergeant of the Year, First Sergeant Council of the Year announced Air Force Reserve Command senior leaders and their spouses recognized the command’s 2022 Airmen of the Year during a virtual ceremony Apr. 22, 2022.All winners and nominees competed in their respective Numbered Air Force and Headquarters command before competing at the major command level.
Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 624th RSG CES earn Silver Flag certification and accolades In late August, 17 Citizen Airmen from the 624th Regional Support Group’s Civil Engineer Squadron (CES), Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, along with Reserve Citizen Airmen from around the country, participated in Exercise Patriot Warrior Silver Flag training at Dobbins Air Reserve Base in Marietta,
932nd CES Airman awarded the Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award 932nd CES Airman awarded the Lance P. Sijan U.S. Air Force Leadership Award
12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year recognized at AFA The 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2021 were recognized over the course of five days during the annual Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber conference held at National Harbor, Sept. 18-22.