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  • D-Day vets, fallen forces remembered by French, allied nations

    Military forces from several allied nations joined with the people of this French town June 5, to commemorate the 68th Anniversary of the Normandy D-Day invasion.Led by Army Maj. Gen. Jeffrey A. Jacobs and Air Force Maj. Gen. Wallace "Wade" Farris, Jr., U.S. and allied service members paid their

  • Rescue Airmen return from Horn of Africa deployment

    Approximately 60 Reserve Airman from the 920th Rescue Wing here returned home June 4th from a deployment that took them to the Horn of Africa in support of ongoing search-and-rescue, and humanitarian relief efforts there. Airman deployed in support of the Combined-Joint-Task-Force-Horn of Africa

  • Reserve reaches milestone in IR deployment processing

    The Readiness Management Group here and the 94th Airlift Wing at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., achieved a milestone in Individual Reserve deployment processing May 24. Lt. Col. Kim Devoto was the first individual reservist to return from a deployment through the Centralized Deployment Processing

  • Policy changing to allow reservists to carry leave balance

    Air Force Reserve officials are working to change policy to allow reservists who earn days of leave to carry those days over from year to year.New laws and Department of Defense instructions permit reservists to carry over the leave days. However, policy and procedures have not caught up with the

  • June issue of Citizen Airman now available

    The June issue of Citizen Airman magazine is now available. The issue salutes Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., Air Force Reserve Command commander and chief of Air Force Reserve, as he prepares to retire. The June issue also includes stories about new heavy equipment simulators being used at Dobbins

  • Citizen Airmen, employers to get awards

    The Air Force will honor two reservists and their civilian employers in September at the Air Force Association Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition in Washington, D.C..Air Force Reserve Command picked Lt. Col. Robert J. Sweet, 476th Fighter Group, Moody AFB, Ga., and Southwest Airlines

  • AF Reservists, Army, British soldiers honor French village for D-Day support

    Air Force Reservists and other U.S .and Allied military members paid their respects to the people of this small French village June 1 as part of a number of ceremonies recognizing the 68th Anniversary of the Normandy D-Day invasion.Airmen from the Air Forced Reserve Command's 302nd, 910th and 440th

  • Command chooses Key Spouse of Year

    The wife of a reservist from Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., is Air Force Reserve Command's 2011 Key Spouse of the Year.Stephanie Smith is married to Lt. Col. Raymond Smith, a C-5 pilot in the 337th Airlift Squadron at Westover.The command announced Smith's award selection in a memorandum May

  • Several directorates moving to new AFRC building

    A new building off Robins Parkway will welcome about 400 occupants starting June 15.About 100 dignitaries and staffers from Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command toured the 93,000-square-foot modular facility and attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony May 30.Construction on the two-story structure

  • Airman reunites with family during Braves game

    An Air Force Reservist hit the proverbial grand slam by surprising his family at the Braves Memorial Day baseball game May 28. Master Sgt. David Sims was returning from a six-month deployment to Kabul, Afghanistan. His family was attending the Braves game at Turner Field. They were called onto the