Aug. 9, 2016 301st Fighter Wing Airmen return home FORT WORTH, Texas (August 8th, 2016) A 301st Fighter Wing Airman greets his fiancée Aug. 8 at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base during the 301st Fighter Wing Homecoming from Operation Freedom’s Sentinel. Operation Freedom's Sentinel aims to maintain security and stability in
Aug. 8, 2016 442nd FW completes Estonia FTD Reservists and active-duty Airmen from the 442nd Fighter Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, and Guardsmen from the 185th Air Refueling Wing, Iowa Air National Guard, completed a flying training deployment to Ämari Air Base, Estonia, August 8.
Aug. 8, 2016 Leader training on Blended Retirement System available via mobile app The online Blended Retirement System leader course, released in June, is designed to educate leaders on the new retirement system. The training provides both military and civilian leaders of Airmen with a working knowledge of the BRS and the Defense Department plan to educate the force prior to
Aug. 8, 2016 Grissom command chief saves life Descending the escalator at the Indianapolis International Airport, it was just a normal Thursday night for Chief Master Sgt. Robert Herman, 434th Air Refueling Wing command chief.He was going through the motions of Thursday nights before a unit training assembly, waiting for his baggage, when he
Aug. 7, 2016 Homestead in battle to combat Zika Team Homestead is now among the entities combating the Zika Virus that is infecting areas in South Florida.Savannah Hawes, the 482nd Fighter Wing installation public health administrator, is setting out traps to catch mosquitoes around Homestead Air Reserve Base (HARB) and is on the lookout for the
Aug. 5, 2016 F-35A combat readiness celebrated at Hill AFB Hill AFB hosted a ceremony Aug. 5 in celebration of the recent announcement that the F-35A Lightning II aircraft is ready for combat.Gen. Hawk Carlisle, the commander of Air Combat Command, declared that the fifth-generation fighter aircraft was ‘combat ready’ Aug. 2.During the ceremony, Carlisle
Aug. 5, 2016 Tyndall Reserve Airmen reach rare F-22 milestone Few people get to fly an Air Force fighter jet. Even fewer have flown the F-22 Raptor. And, even more rare are Reserve Airmen, Majors Bryan Dick and Robert Ice who have reached the 1,000-hour flying mark in the Raptor. Flying 1,000 hours equates to a pilot sitting in a fighter jet for 41 days and 16
Aug. 5, 2016 A-10s land on highway in Estonia Eight Air Force Reserve Command A-10 Thunderbolt IIs conducted highway landings on the Jägala-Käravete Highway in Northern Estonia Aug 1.
Aug. 3, 2016 Reserve C-130 departs to assist aerial firefighting efforts An Air Force Reserve C-130 equipped with a U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System departed here today to support ongoing aerial fire fighting efforts in the Western U.S.
Aug. 2, 2016 Testing the water This Air Force Reserve Command program provides newly commissioned second lieutenant candidates the opportunity to discern whether or not they truly feel they are being called by a higher power to serve in one of the three U.S. Air Force components.