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  • Senior Airman Bobby Kerr, 307th Fighter Squadron reservist crew chief, closes the lid of a joint oil analysis program sample on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., March 19, 2010. Crew chiefs take an oil sample after an aircraft lands to ensure the engine is working properly. Kerr hails from Boone, N.C. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Whitney Lambert)

    F-15E group at Seymour Johnson to grow to 340

    To keep up with the demand for F-15E Strike Eagle pilots and weapon systems officers, a new group is standing up on Seymour Johnson AFB.Air Force Reserve Command's 414th Fighter Group may only have a handful of assigned personnel now, but about 340 reservists will fall under the group, its 307th Fighter Squadron or its 414th Maintenance Squadron by

  • McGuire reservists mobilized to support for Afghanistan troop surge

    More than 100 Reservists of the 514th Air Mobility Wing were mobilized in early April to support the ongoing troop surge to Afghanistan.The surge, which began in December, will add 30,000 American servicemembers to the 70,000 that are already engaged in Operation Enduring Freedom.The mobilized Reservists - most who serve in aircraft maintenance and
  • Major Todd Haifley, a pilot with the 507th Air Refueling Wing's 1st Aviation Standards Flight, has something to smile about. The reservist recently saved the life of a fellow hockey player in his home town of Kalamazoo, Michigan using a automated external defibrillator.

    Training taken seriously helps save friends life

    Major Todd Haifley, a pilot with the 507th AIr Refueling Wing's 1st Aviation Standards Flight, has developed a new found respect for the automated external defibrillator or AED after using one to save a friend's life.Major Haifley experience began on a Sunday evening, February 28. "I coach and play on a men's hockey league in Kalamazoo, Michigan,"
  • Tech. Sgt. John Glenister, 919th Security Forces Squadron, takes point at the start of his squad's force-on-force training scenario at Duke Field March 6. The scenario was part of a Field Training Exercise for the 919th SFS during the UTA weekend. Squads also participated in tent building, land navigation, self-aid and buddy care and prisoner search. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samuel King Jr.)

    Security forces hold field training exercise in Florida

    Duke Field's 919th Security Forces Squadron held a field training exercise at Eglin's Field 5 during the March 6-7 unit training assembly.The FTX scenarios consisted of self-aid and buddy care, tent building, force-on-force movements, land navigation and prisoner searches. Twenty Airmen were split into four- to five-person squads and worked
  • Maj. Steve Nester, 303rd Fighter Squadron A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot, led a civilian pilot to a safe landing Thursday, March 11, 2010 in Springfield, Mo. after the pilot told control towers he was low on fuel and unable to make a landing due to the weather. The 303rd FS is part of the 442nd Fighter Wing, an Air Force Reserve unit at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo.

    A-10 pilots, controllers provide 'close air support' to stranded civilian aviator

    The A-10's primary mission is close air support. A mission on March 11 proved it.A civilian pilot, low on fuel, and inexperienced with instrument flight, was literally lost in the clouds. He was able to make a safe landing after coaching and guidance from 442nd Fighter Wing A-10 pilots flying nearby.Maj. Steve Nester, a 303rd Fighter Squadron A-10
  • Senior Airman Jesse Farris, 442nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, saved a man's life when he saw an injured driver on the side of a snow-covered highway. With his self aid and buddy care training and the help of a wingman and an Airman's Manual, Airman Farris was able to keep the man safe until a rescue team arrived. The 442nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron is part of the 442nd Fighter Wing, an Air Force Reserve unit at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Danielle Wolf)

    Airman saves man’s life after highway accident

    A twist of fate found a 442nd Fighter Wing crew chief saving the life of a crash victim on the side of a hazardous wintry road in February. Senior Airman Jesse Farris was on his way to Whiteman AFB from his home in Iowa to work on an alternate unit training assembly weekend. After a few months of being away from the wing to pursue other military
  • PATRICK AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. - Air Force Reservists Tech. Sgt. Juan Duharte, supervisor of the 920th Rescue Wing's aircrew flight equipment (AFE), makes sure the lines of the parachute are not tangled up before packing it up. The reservists that make up the 920th RQW's AFE are highly trained as parachute packers and a host of other equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Leslie Kraushaar)

    Modern tool helps put history in its place

    When Mel Mueller of the Brevard Veterans Council and Veterans Memorial Center brought a 67-year-old silk parachute to the 'professionals' here to re-pack it for display at the museum, he was pretty certain he had come to the right place."During my Air Force career, I spent three years in the rescue service, [...] so I was familiar with the rescue
  • A formation of C-17 Globemaster IIIs fly over the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia during low-level tactical training in December 2005. The 445th Airlift Wing at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, will become Air Force Reserve Command's fourth C-17 unit and second unit to be equipped with its own Globemaster III aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jacob Bailey)

    Air Force Reserve to get C-17s at Wright-Patt

    The Air Force will begin next year replacing 10 C-5 Galaxy aircraft with eight C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.The secretary of the Air Force and the Air Force chief of staff approved the change March 12. Air Force officials anticipate that the first four C-17s will arrive at the Air Force Reserve Command unit
  • Crew chiefs and aircraft mechanics from Air Force Reserve Command's 910th Airlift Wing, Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, perform a basic post-flight inspection on a wing C-130H Hercules transport aircraft while deployed to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Oct. 20, 2009. AFRC received the 2009 Gen. Wilbur L. Creech Maintenance Excellence Award in part because of improved aircraft inspections. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Bob Barko Jr.)

    Command gets top maintenance award again

    For the second year in a row, Air Force Reserve Command received the Gen. Wilbur L. Creech Maintenance Excellence Award.Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz hosted the 2009 award ceremony in the Pentagon March 11. Accepting the award was Col. T. Glenn Davis, former AFRC A4 director of logistics.In presenting the award, General Schwartz
  • Lt. Col. David Garfield, 944th Operations Group commander, passes the 69th Fighter Squadron guidon to Lt. Col. Steve Speckhard, 69th FS commander, during the squadron's activation ceremony March 6 where the pilots of the 301st Fighter Squadron symbolically changed their patch to the 69th FS. The 301st FS, which traces its roots to the Tuskegee Airmen of World War II, will continue its legacy with the next generation aircraft, the F-22 Raptor, at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., as a Reserve associate unit. The 69th FS pilots will continue their reserve associate pilot training program with the 56th Fighter Wing here at Luke. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Susan Stout)

    Squadron reactivates as Reserve unit at Luke

    The pilots of the 301st Fighter Squadron changed their patch to the 69th FS during a ceremony here March 5. The event marked the end of almost a decade of Tuskegee heritage at Luke AFB."It has been a tremendous privilege to be associated with the Tuskegee Airmen and to have but a small part in the hallowed history of the 301st Fighter Squadron,"
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