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  • Portraits in Courage features pararescue specialist

    Staff Sgt. Daniel Warren, a pararescueman from the 308th Rescue Squadron at Patrick AFB, Fla., is one of 18 Airmen featured in the latest version of Portraits in Courage.The reservist deployed to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, in 2010 as a Guardian Angel team member of the 33rd Expeditionary Rescue

  • Reservists retrieve space debris from Mongolia

    There was no beeping noise as the pickup truck laden with rocket parts backed up to the C-17 Globemaster III at Chinggis Khaan International Airport in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, in late August. It was just a Mongolian driver and a U.S. Air Force loadmaster using hand signals to communicate. An Air

  • Balancing force top priority say senior Air Force leaders

    Finding the right balance of regular, Reserve and Guard component forces is the key to future Air Force capabilities and budget cuts, said senior leaders at the Air Force Association 2011 Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition, on Sept. 19.More than 8,000 attended the conference at the

  • President proclaims Sept 18-24 as ESGR Week

    Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, a Department of Defense agency, announced President Barack Obama has signed a proclamation declaring Sept. 18-24 as National Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Week. In the 10 years of continuous military operations since Sept. 11, 2001, employers

  • Reservists surprise wives during live 'Salute to Troops'

    Senior Airmen Domenic Mash and Keith Graft surprised their wives on the set of "HLN's Morning Express with Robin Meade" show during a live "Salute to the Troops" segment Sept. 14.The Airmen, from the Air Force Reserve's 911th Security Forces Squadron, Pittsburgh International Airport, Pa., were

  • Rescue commander remembered

    The Air Force Reserve suffered a great loss last week with the death of Col. Glenn Schumacher.He was the Chief of Operations, Plans and Readiness at Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, Ga. and was set to assume command of the 920th Rescue Wing's Operations Group later this

  • Air Force aerial firefighters continue battling Texas wildfires

    Air Force C-130s provided aerial firefighting support to northeast Texas for a second consecutive day Sept. 12, forming fire retardant lines in support of ground fire crews.Aircrews and their four C-130 Hercules aircraft dropped approximately 12,000 gallons of fire retardant against Fires 262 and

  • Air Force C-130s fight wildfires north of Houston

    For a third day in a row, Air Force C-130s delivered needed fire retardant to ground fire crews Sept. 13, focusing their efforts on a wildfire north of Houston.Aircrews manning four C-130 Hercules aircraft dropped approximately 27,000 gallons of fire retardant against Fire 898, a 1,400-acre fire

  • Military, civilian emergency responders join for casualty exercise

    Members of the 301st Fighter Wing participated in a two-day joint Mass Casualty Exercise at the Army Reserve Center here during the September Unit Training Assembly. "The scenario is that there was an explosion at a Federal building, similar to Oklahoma City, where there was also a daycare," said

  • AF Reserve streamlining plans will adjust manpower in 3 states

    Air Force Reserve officials announced plans to streamline unit structures and adjust manpower in California, Georgia and Texas by fiscal year 2012."These changes are the result of a 13-month analytical effort intended to ensure we are operating as effectively and efficiently as possible," said Lt.