Aerial porters help NASA move cargo to Costa Rica

Getting people and cargo out of this world is the specialty of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Getting them around the world is the job of aerial port professionals here. Earlier this year when NASA needed to move essential scientific research equipment from Houston to Costa Rica,

Confidentiality, coordinators help victims of sexual assault

Military people who are victims of sexual assault now have the option of making a confidential report and receiving medical assistance without initiating a military investigation. A new Department of Defense policy establishes sexual assault response coordinators at all military installations,

Reserve selects top medical people, units

The 439th Airlift Wing from Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., won the most Air Force Reserve Command medical awards for 2004. Headquarters AFRC officials announced the winners in June with Westover taking five individual and three unit awards. Top individuals in the command by category are: Reserve

Command names best services programs

March Air Reserve Base, Calif., and Niagara Falls International Airport Air Reserve Station, N.Y., are double winners in Air Force Reserve Command’s services program award competition. March has this year’s best sports and fitness program and consolidated club. Niagara Falls runs the top marketing

General recognizes reservists for flying mission support

Maj. Gen. David E. Tanzi, Air Force Reserve Command vice commander, recognized two reservists in June for their support of the command’s flying mission. Tech. Sgt. Rudy M. McAllister, 758th Airlift Squadron, Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pa., was named the Air Force’s Air

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McChord’s Reserve unit wins best C-17 wing at Rodeo

The 446th Airlift Wing is the best C-17 wing in the Air Force, as announced during the 2005 Air Mobility Rodeo closing ceremony here June 24. The Air Force Reserve Command wing received the Gen. Duane H. Cassidy Trophy for its outstanding performance in all aspects of airlift operations. These

Total force Samaritans in the sand help friend, foe

As the story goes, a Samaritan helped an injured stranger along a well-traveled road in the Middle East more than 2,000 years ago. Today, hundreds of miles farther east, reservists of the 433rd Medical Squadron are working with about 140 members of Lackland AFB’s 59th Medical Wing, Army medics and

Tanker crew carries Reserve torch at Rodeo

The aircraft at Rodeo 2005 come in many shapes and sizes, but one thing every one of them has in common is their need for a constant supply of fuel. The 916th Air Refueling Wing, Seymour Johnson AFB, N.C., is one of nine refueling wings and the only Air Force Reserve Command refueling wing competing

McChord reservists help international Rodeo competitors

When the first international team aircraft touched down here June 14 for Air Mobility Rodeo 2005, reservists from the 446th Airlift Wing were standing by to assist. Helping the six international competing and nine observers get the most out of their Rodeo experience are interpreters, maintenance