Reserve giving warfighters gifts they can use

Giving and receiving are the hallmarks of the holiday season. If you don't believe it, ask the aerial porters at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, who receive an average of about 600,000 pounds of cargo per day and give the warfighters in Iraq "gifts" that they can use. "When airlift operations at

US builds bonds during the 2005 Dubai air show

Usually when one thinks of the United States displaying air power in the Middle East, the promotion of economic growth and good will does not come to mind, but that is exactly why the U.S. Air Force and Navy are on hand during the Dubai 2005 Air Show. More than 300 U.S. military personnel and over

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Air Force Reserve F-16s strike insurgents in Iraq

Air Force Reserve Command F-16s along with Air Force F-15s and Predators flew air strikes against insurgents near the Iraqi-Syria border Nov. 14 in support of Operation Steel Curtain. Reservists from the 301st Fighter Wing, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, provided ground

Reservist tops recruiting effort 16 months after joining

A reservist from Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., recruited eight people into the Air Force Reserve and earned its Get One Award for his efforts. Staff Sgt. James J. Fitzell Jr. of the 42nd Aerial Port Squadron also helped Westover’s 439th Airlift Wing attain 55 Get One accessions, the highest

Recruiters sprint into new year with big push in October

Air Force Reserve Command recruiters launched a full-court press the first week of October, enlisting 496 people. Many units held mass enlistments. By comparison, recruiters brought in 9,942 people during the recruiting year that ended Sept. 30, averaging 191 per week. They achieved 113 percent of

Air Force Reserve F-16s patrol skies over Iraq

Air Force Reserve Command F-16 Fighting Falcon fighters are providing combat air support for U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq. Hundreds of aircrews and support people from four fighter wings began flying close-air-support and combat air patrol missions in September on a rotational basis. The last

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Special ops reservist leads team to rebuild Iraqi air force

If the mobilization assistant to the commander of Air Force Special Operations Command has anything to do with it, Iraq’s air force will soar to new heights. During a deployment to Iraq this year, Brig. Gen. Frank Padilla led a team of experts from the Air Force and coalition partners to plan for

Larry the Cable Guy visits Airmen at Charleston

Nationally renowned stand-up comedian and star of Blue Collar TV, Larry the Cable Guy, visited here Oct. 30 to support the men and women serving in uniform. Nearly 400 Airmen in Air Force Reserve Command’s 315th Airlift Wing and Air Mobility Command’s 437th AW, along with family members, met the