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  • Reservists deliver aid to Haiti over holiday weekend

    While most Charlestonians were at home with family over the Fourth of July holiday weekend enjoying the beaches, hot dogs and fireworks, members of the 315th Airlift Wing here departed on a C-17 Globemaster III on a humanitarian aid mission to Haiti July 1. The aircraft delivered 20 pallets of

  • Wynonna gets close-up view of air refueling

    Wynonna Judd showed her love for America's military by blowing kisses to F-15E Strike Eagle pilots June 30.The five-time Grammy winner and "New York Times" bestselling author flew from here on a KC-135 Stratotanker air refueling mission. The plane belongs to the 916th Air Refueling Wing from Seymour

  • AF Reserve C-130s join aerial firefighting efforts in Southwestern U.S.

    Two Air Force Reserve Modular Airborne Firefighting System equipped C-130 Hercules along with approximately 26 MAFFS-certified Air Force Reserve aircrew and support personnel left here June 28 to support the aerial firefighting efforts for the ongoing wildland fires in the Southwestern U.S. The

  • Reserve Generation rocks at Teen Summit

    The first chord rang out and the crowd went wild. Even the counselors jumped into the air with excitement as Reserve Generation rocked out to 118 screaming teenagers. Reserve Generation, a rock band from the Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve, performed for the Classic Teen Leadership Summit at the

  • Experts teach March Airmen to run injury-free

    Dr. Mark Cucuzzella, medical consultant for the Air Force Marathon, and Ian Adamson, ultra-athlete and three-time record holder, shared information on proper techniques and methods for injury-free running during two, three-hour running clinics here June 12.  Dr. Cucuzzella, an associate professor of

  • 'Eagle' rescues owl from hawk

    The wing commander here became an unlikely rescuer when he saved a fledgling owl from the clutches of an attacking hawk on June 1.Col. Karl McGregor, commander of the 452nd Air Mobility Wing, happened upon the 'fowl' incident on his morning drive to work. "The action was in the middle of the road in

  • Reserve Airmen fuel up NATO forces in Iceland exercise

    Air Force Reserve Airmen and a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 459th Air Refueling Wing, Joint Base Andrews, Md., took part in Northern Viking 11, a biennial NATO air-space and maritime protection exercise here June 3-10, 2011.This year approximately 450 NATO military members from the U.S., Norway,