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  • AFRC commander makes 'heartwarming' return to Grissom

    Home is where the heart is, and for the Chief of the Air Force Reserve, a quick stop a Grissom was, in a way, a homecoming. "It's been really heartwarming coming back here to Grissom," said Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner, Jr., Air Force Reserve Command commander, who was on a tour of AFRC installations

  • Reservists part of gold medal teams at Armed Forces Triathlon

    Four Air Force reservists helped their U.S. Air Force Triathlon Teams win the Armed Forces Triathlon Championship for the second consecutive year. Twenty-four Air Force triathletes, including two men and two women from the Air Force Reserve, represented the Air Force at the Armed Forces Triathlon

  • Air Force Reserve C-130s support fight against Mexican wildland fires

    Two Air Force Reserve Command C-130 aircraft conducted three aerial firefighting missions from here April 16 in support of the ongoing efforts to contain the wildland fires in the Mexico state of Coahuila.The C-130s are from the 302nd Airlift Wing, Peterson AFB, Colo.,  and are under the command and

  • Dobbins hosts 1,500 joint service JROTC cadets

    More than 1,500 Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets experienced their first flight on a military aircraft during the 94th Airlift Wing's annual C-130 orientation flight event here April 12-13, 2011. Reservists, civilians, contractors and youth volunteers worked together to host the event

  • Reservists work jointly to solve problems at readiness exercise

    More than 170 Defense Logistics Agency reservists from all four services participated in the fifth annual Joint Reserve Training Readiness Exercise here, April 4-10. The objective of the exercise was to enhance Total Force readiness while simultaneously completing service-required training and

  • March engineers embed with Army in Afghanistan

    The 22 combat engineers from the 452nd Civil Engineering Squadron who deployed at the end of January have completed combat skills training at Fort McCoy, Wis., and have been embedded with Army units in six locations throughout southern and eastern Afghanistan.The engineers' mission with the Army

  • Reserve Airmen provide medical support in Belize

    When most people think of Belize, they picture scuba diving, touring nature preserves or visiting one of the several Mayan Temples in the country. That is not the case for Reserve  Airmen of the 459th Expeditionary Aerospace Medicine Squadron, who recently deployed to the developing Central American

  • General discusses Reserve efficiencies, budget on Capitol Hill

    As Congress continues to debate and find ways to fund the Fiscal Year 2011 budget, Reserve leaders were on Capitol Hill to testify and answer questions about the President's FY2012 budget that was introduced in February.The House Armed Services Committee's subcommittee on Tactical Air and Land

  • 434th ARW chaplain tops in AFRC

    Glorifying God, serving Airmen, pursuing excellence aren't just ordinary words; they are the chaplain corps vision statement and job description for every chaplain in the Air Force.Chaplain (Maj.) Obadiah Smith, Jr., 434th Air Refueling Wing chaplain, was selected as Air Force Reserve Command

  • Multi-service team welcomes DoD families evacuating from Japan

    A multi-service team of military and nongovernmental agency workers welcomed four flights carrying Department of Defense families from Japan beginning March 24 at Denver International Airport in support of Operation Pacific Passage.Eligible dependents of U.S. service members and non-emergency DoD