Jolly Green protects, serves for milestone Dragon launch

A Dragon breathed fire at 3:44 a.m. EDT May 22 with the launch of the first-ever commercial rocket mission to the International Space Station.Before the Space Exploration Technology's Falcon 9 rocket lifted off, Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing based at nearby Patrick Air Force Base flew two

Pope office named best IG team

An inspector general team on a military installation is not always viewed as good news.That's not the case for the 440th Airlift Wing at Pope Field, N.C. Its IG office is the recipient of the 2011 General John P. Flynn IG Award. The Secretary of the Air Force IG named the office the best

Command names Grover Loening Trophy recipient

The 732nd Airlift Squadron at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., is the recipient of the Grover Loening Trophy for calendar year 2011.Air Force Reserve Command announced its award selection May 18. The award recognizes the command's best flying unit, exclusive of combat rescue and special

442nd Fighter Wing gears up for active-duty association

The 442nd Fighter Wing is scheduled to begin integrating more than 100 active-duty Airmen by October.The total-force integration of active-duty Airmen into Reserve units is part of an initiative to improve efficiency and combat capability by leveraging reserve experience and continuity. The 442nd is

Reservists must complete training to ride motorcycles

Reservists planning to ride motorcycles while on orders, during annual training or while completing unit training assemblies should plan to complete an approved motorcycle training course."Any time a motorcycle mishap occurs while you are in status, whether you are driving to or from base for UTAs,

10th Air Force hosts Patriot Saint exercise at Barksdale

Law authorizes mobilizing reservists to respond to natural disasters

New authority in this year's Defense Department authorization act allows reservists in Air Force Reserve Command and other reserve components to be called to duty in response to natural disasters or emergencies in the homeland. The law also permits mobilizations for extended periods to support

Air control reservists mobilize, deploy overseas

Eighty-nine Air Force reservists from the 513th Air Control Group here deployed to an undisclosed location in U.S. Central Command's area of responsibility May 13.Group reservists share the Air Force's premier airborne surveillance and battlefield management role with active-duty Airmen. Together

Dobbins hosts largest Academy Day

The 94th Airlift Wing hosted its largest Armed Forces Academy Day May 12, when more than 1,000 applicants, parents and grandparents met with elected officials integral to the application process for admission into a military service academy.Last year, Georgia led the nation in the number of

Last Raptor reports for duty

The last F-22 Raptor, tail number 4195, from Lockheed Martin Aeronautical Company left Dobbins Air Reserve Base May 5 to report for duty at its new unit at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson near Anchorage, Alaska.This final plane completes the Raptor project with Lockheed Martin and the operational