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  • Air Force announces civilian workforce restructuring

    Air Force officials announced several adjustments to the civilian workforce. In response to direction from the Secretary of Defense for DoD to stop civilian growth above fiscal year 2010 levels and the need to add 5900 positions against the Air Force's top priorities, the Air Force eliminated

  • Off-the-shelf solutions speed new equipment to Reserve, Guard

    By using ideas from recently deployed Airmen and using off-the-shelf technology, the Reserve Component has developed new equipment that saved lives and led to highly successful combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq.This streamlined process is speeding high-tech acquisitions and was briefed by

  • Robin Meade tapes HLN segments at Dobbins

    Robin Meade, anchor for "HLN's Morning Express with Robin Meade" and a crew from Turner Broadcasting System cable network taped intro segments for her Veteran's Day "Salute to Troops" special here Oct. 27."We came to Dobbins because it is conveniently located in the city," said Bryan Simmons,

  • Community-military partnership delivers aid to Afghanistan orphans

    The 452nd Air Mobility Wing here partnered with community organizations to deliver more than 13,000 tons of clothing and supplies to needy Afghan orphans. The wing worked with International Orphan Care, the Women of Faith, a community group based in Redlands, Calif., through the Denton Program to

  • Reservist keeps critters in check in Horn of Africa

    Most people tend to avoid encounters with dangerous insects, spiders and snakes. Master Sgt. Jennifer Alexander lives for them. The Duke Field reservist is currently deployed as pest manager supporting U.S. Africa Command operations at a forward operating base in the Horn of Africa region. "My

  • Reserve rescuers excel at Angel Thunder 2011

    The surrounding mountain and desert terrain around the greater Tucson, Ariz., area set the stage for the fifth-annual Angel Thunder Personnel Recovery and Rescue exercise. Angel Thunder is a two-week exercise where military rescue personnel from around the world conduct hands-on emergency response

  • McChord Airmen evacuate ill woman from Antarctica

     What started out as a routine Operation Deep Freeze mission to the bottom of the world turned into an emergency medical evacuation of an extremely ill woman.Aircrew from the 446th and 62nd Airlift Wings evacuated Renee Nicole-Douceur from McMurdo Air Station, Antarctica,  to Christchurch, New

  • McChord aircrew transport Secretary of State to Libya

    It was originally planned as a routine airlift mission. But a Total Force aircrew ended up carrying precious cargo on a C-17 Globemaster III to Tripoli, Libya earlier this week.The seven-man crew, made up of six Reservists and an active-duty pilot, were given the task of transporting U.S. Secretary

  • Congress reviews future Reserve equipment upgrades

    As Congress works on the fiscal year 2012 budget and to reduce federal debt, Army and Air Force Reserve and National Guard leaders were on Capitol Hill to testify and answer questions about their future funding on Oct. 12.Chairman Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) and Ranking Member Silvestre Reyes (D-Texas),

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