Awards recognize Air Force Reserve safety performances

Air Force Reserve Command officials announced in January the command’s safety award winners for 2005. The awards recognize achievements in flight, ground and weapons safety along with well-done performances between Oct. 1, 2004, and Sept. 30, 2005. The 944th Fighter Wing at Luke AFB, Ariz., captured

Position-vacancy promotions change

Air Force Reserve Command is changing the way it determines the number of early officer promotions, known as position-vacancy promotions. “Starting with the February 2006 Air Force Reserve Major Promotion Selection Board, we will link position-vacancy promotion quotas to mandatory promotion board

Reserve crews refuel Raptors

Reserve Command provides help for BRAC-affected personnel

Air Force Reserve Command is going to great lengths help reservists and civilians with new programs to navigate Base Realignment and Closure changes. The programs include a BRAC guide, member tracking codes, two clearing houses, email boxes and an archive; all designed to assist those affected by

Reserve Command's newest C-17 honors President Reagan

Former First Lady Nancy Reagan helped the Air Force Reserve Command dedicate its newest C-17 Globemaster III here Jan. 13, in honor of her late husband, the 40th president of the United States . The Spirit of Ronald Reagan is assigned to the 452nd Air Mobility Wing, the first Air Force Reserve unit

Reservist competes for GEICO military service award

A reservist from Lackland AFB, Texas, is one of four Airmen competing for a Department of Defense-level safety award. The Air Force Personnel Center at Randolph AFB, Texas, announced the selection of Tech. Sgt. Anita Garcia of Air Force Reserve Command’s 433rd Airlift Wing in a news release Jan. 11.

Charleston family support office best in Air Force Reserve

Air Force Reserve Command selected the 315th Airlift Wing Family Support Office, Charleston AFB, S.C., as its winner of the 2005 Department of Defense Family Readiness Award. Each of DOD’s seven reserve components chooses its family readiness award winner. These awards recognize the offices that

Air Force Reserve senior officers move in 2006

Several senior officer positions in the Air Force Reserve Command will change in early 2006. Those changes include: Col. James J. Muscatell Jr. from commander of the 934th Airlift Wing, Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Air Reserve Base, Minn., to commander of the 302nd AW, Peterson AFB,

Air Force Reserve to operate with fewer reservists

Air Force Reserve Command will have a smaller force in 2006. The 2006 Defense Appropriations Act signed by President George W. Bush Dec. 30 funds an end-strength of 74,000 reservists. That’s 2,100 fewer reservists compared to the 2005 end-strength of 76,100. The new legislation also approves 9,852

Reservists benefit from 2006 defense authorization act

People serving in the Air Force Reserve Command and other reserve components could receive new or enhanced benefits this year. The 2006 National Defense Authorization Act lets the Department of Defense offer reservists a variety of benefits more on par with their active-duty counterparts, said Chuck