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    USAF Reserve advisers to USSF & USSPACECOM leaders visit 310th Space Wing

    Top Air Force Reserve advisors to the U.S. Space Force and U.S. Space Command visited the 310th Space Wing during its Unit Training Assembly and shared information regarding the Space Force and what it means for the wing.
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    The Next Big Thing? Barksdale Training Next edges toward the future

    Maj. Mark Budgeon developed Barksdale Training Next as a comprehensive training system to help individualize instruction for B-52 students while helping instructors improve training through data gathering and analysis.
  • G. Lee Floyd, Air Force Reserve Command chief diversity officer, facilitates virtual Diversity & Inclusion Awareness training and guided discussions about racial relations for Headquarters Air Reserve Personnel Center leaders July 28, 2020. Due to COVID-19 related requirements, many of the senior level civilians and officers and enlisted members in attendance participated virtually. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Leisa Grant)

    AFRC's chief diversity officer visits HQ ARPC, facilitates difficult discussions

    Officer, enlisted, and civilian leaders assigned to Headquarters Air Reserve Personnel Center, Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado, participated in Diversity & Inclusion Awareness training as well as guided discussions about race relations here July 28th.The Air Force Reserve Command’s Diversity and Inclusion officer, G. Lee Floyd, facilitated the
  • Maintenance Airmen working on the Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, flight line.

    Hiring reform changes the flight line game

    Hiring initiatives at the 926th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron have accelerated readiness, taking full-time manning from 30 percent to almost 100 percent in just over two years.
  • Maj. Tobi Baker, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron aerial reconnaissance weather officer, reviews weather data collected while flying in Hurricane Douglas July 26, 2020. The Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircrew flew into the first hurricane of the Pacific season to collect weather data to assist the Central Pacific Hurricane Center with their forecasts. The 53rd WRS, assigned to the 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, departed July 22 to conduct operations out of Barbers Point Kapolie Airport, Hawaii. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Marnee A.C. Losurdo)

    Hurricane Hunters fly first Pacific hurricane of the year

    The Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircrews flew five weather reconnaissance missions into Hurricane Douglas, the first hurricane in the Pacific, July 24-27, 2020, collecting data to assist Central Pacific Hurricane Center forecasters.The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, assigned to the 403rd Wing, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi,
  • The 512th Intelligence Squadron has achieved Full Operational Capability (FOC) for national cyber mission, becoming a fully mission proficient Reserve unit. The achievement was made Feb.1, 2020 and occurred seven months earlier than originally planned.

    Airmen participate in virtual, interactive training event

    On July 14-15 and 21-22, 2020, Airmen from the 512 Intelligence Squadron participated in an interactive, live training experience hosted by their Classic Associate Unit (CAU) the 41st Intelligence Squadron.

  • Air Force publishes resources to support Airmen & Space Professionals in courageous conversations

    To equip leaders in leading those necessary conversations, the Department of the Air Force developed a resource list on race-specific issues, unconscious bias, diversity and inclusion, among others.
  • Reserve squadron marches into history

    Reserve squadron, American Airmen march into history

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-Randolph, Texas – The Air Force Reserve's 433rd Training Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, marched hundreds of Total Force Air Force trainees into the history books today when those trainees took their Airman's Oath during basic military training graduation, and took their place in the long blue line.The new
  • Rescue Wing Airman Volunteers for COVID-19 Response

    To the Rescue

    A hospital within a hospital, a first of its kind, was the response needed to combat a new strain of coronavirus that has not been previously identified in humans and was rapidly affecting New York, the country and world.This strain of coronavirus, known as COVID-19, is proving to be as devastating as the 1918 Spanish Flu claiming the lives of over
  • Lt. Col Jason Arndt, 133rd Airlift Wing flight nurse assigned to the Minnesota Air National Guard Base and Staff Sgt. Jeremy Gregory, 145th Airlift Wing aeromedical evacuation technician assigned to the North Carolina Air National Guard Base, carry a litter containing in-flight medical equipment July 10, 2020, at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. The mission originated at Joint Base Andrews and transited a total of five patients and two attendees to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia; Patrick AFB, Florida; and Travis AFB, California. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nilsa Garcia)

    KC-46 Completes Its First Aeromedical Evacuation Mission

    Airmen from the 931st Air Refueling Squadron and 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron participated in a Total Force mission to test capabilities of the KC-46A Pegasus during its first aeromedical evacuation on July 10, 2020. Over the course of six flights and 17 hours, the mission, which originated at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, transited five patients and two attendees to Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia; Patrick AFB, Florida; and Travis AFB, California. The mission was evaluated by the Air Force Testing and Evaluation Center.
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