Yellow Ribbon helps bring families ‘home’

Resiliency and family were the themes at the Yellow Ribbon event during the last weekend of April at the Peabody Hotel here. Hosted by Air Force Reserve Command's Yellow Ribbon Program, more than 300 Citizen Airmen and six Citizen Marines attended the three-day event. "It's all about families," said

Charleston PA productions win Telly Awards

The 315th Airlift Wing Public Affairs Office won two awards in the 33rd Annual Telly Awards competition for broadcast and production excellence.The videos selected for the awards were a mission video for children, called "Mission Airlift," and a special segment of the wing's television news program

Air Force holds public hearings for F-35A basing

More than 100 community members attended Air Force hearings in Layton and Ogden May 1-2 outlining the Draft F-35A Operational Basing Environmental Impact Statement. A third public hearing took place in Wendover, Nev., on May 3. The hearings offered local residents the opportunity to learn more about

Lockheed Martin delivers final F-22 Raptor

Air Force senior officials attended a ceremony here May 2 commemorating the delivery of the final F-22 Raptor from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company to the U.S. Air Force.Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz was joined by U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and other senior congressional,

Limited retirement and separation incentives offered to Reserve Command civilians

Air Force Reserve Command is participating in the third round of the Voluntary Early Retirement Authority and Voluntary Separation Incentive Program. However, command personnel officials said they are anticipating a relatively low number of offers.AFRC personnel officials expect few offers because

March C-17, crew star in hostage training film

Eight South Sudanese soldiers fixed their weapons on a March C-17 Globemaster III during a tense standoff last month. The situation was resolved within hours, then the flight crew and soldiers attended a wrap-up party to discuss the day's events.The 452 Air Mobility Wing welcomed Combat Media, a

Reserve Command hosts congressman, AF vice chief

Gen. Philip Breedlove, Air Force vice chief of staff; U.S. Congressman Austin Scott, (R-GA); Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner, Jr., commander, Air Force Reserve Command; and Maj. Gen. James "JJ" Jackson, deputy to the chief of Air Force Reserve, pose after completing a two-hour visit to AFRC headquarters

Airlift control flights, FBI train together at Patriot Sands

Five Reserve units and a federal agency teamed up April 26-29 in Florida for Patriot Sands, an airlift training exercise simulating deployed bare base conditions with limited support.Reservists with the 512th Airlift Control Flight, Dover Air Force Base, Del., 452nd ALCF, March Air Reserve Base,

Reservist named best DOD print journalist

Tech. Sgt. Shawn Jones, a reservist in the 514th Air Mobility Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., is the top print journalist in the Department of Defense.Jones learned on April 19 that he was among the 2011 Thomas Jefferson Award winners. The competition is the premiere Department of

Warner Robins honors base by renaming street