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  • Policy helps reservists keep per diem, avoid paperwork

    About 3,000 Air Force reservists will not have to submit a waiver this summer to keep getting per diem.The Air Force has authorized reservists on active-duty orders for more than 180 days at one location supporting Operations Noble Eagle, Iraqi Freedom or Enduring Freedom to continue to get per diem until Sept. 30, 2009, without submitting a
  • Lt. Col. Joe Alcorn, an HH-60G Pave Hawk pilot, speaks to his son's 2nd grade class at Gemini Elementary in Melbourne Beach, Fla. Colonel Alcorn and other reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., spent four months in Afghanistan supporting joint operations. Colonel Alcorn showed the class images of an Afghan school he visited. The Afghani children received school supplies donated by the 2nd graders. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Rob Grande)

    Lessons about Afghan culture

  • Space Shuttle Atlantis made a pit-stop, to a parking area near the 433rd Airlift Wing at Lackland AFB, Texas, today (June 2, 2009). The shuttle is on its way home to Kennedy Space Center, Fla., from the landing site at Edwards AFB, Calif. According to Ms. Candrea Thomas, public affairs officer at NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Atlantis was returning from "STS Mission 125" where the crew serviced and upgraded the Hubble Space Telescope on the International Space Station. Weather caused a delay and relocation of the landing site. After landing at Edwards AFB, Atlantis was "piggybacked" onto a modified Boeing 747 called a shuttle carrier. The 747 then flew from Edwards to El Paso, Texas and spent the night waiting for severe thunder storms to pass. Next stop was the Lackland AFB flight line. The shuttle carrier took on fuel while parked near the Alamo Wing"s C-5 Galaxy parking ramp. From here, the shuttle plans a stop in Columbus, Ohio and is expected back in Florida early in the evening. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Collen McGee)

    Pit stop for Shuttle Atlantis

  • Tech. Sgt. Ted Fussell, 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron structural craftsman, gets doused with flour and water during a surprise promotion ceremony for him at Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq, May 21, 2009. Sergeant Fussell is a firefighter with the Anchorage, Alaska, Fire Department, and recently promoted to senior captain. The act of dousing a firefighter with flour and water is a long-standing tradition within the fire department. Sergeant Fussell is a reservist with Air Force Reserve Command's 477th Fighter Group, an F-22 classic associate unit, at Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. (Courtesy photo)

    'Cake' ceremony for firefighter

  • KIRKUK REGIONAL AIR BASE, Iraq -- Tech. Sgt. Mark Gilding, 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron heavy equipment NCOIC, installs new speed bumps here May 22. The speed bumps are meant to not only control speed mitigation, but increase the safety of the security forces Airmen manning the gates and protect more than 6,000 servicemembers deployed here. Sergeant Gilding, a Colorado Springs, Colo., native, is deployed here from Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. (U.S. Air Force photo / Staff Sgt. Eunique Stevens)

    Speed bumps help make base safer

    Up, over and down. Drivers here may find speed bumps annoying but they are helping to thwart terrorists at security checkpoint gates. After Airmen in the 506th Air Expeditionary Group's antiterrorism force protection section identified a vulnerability in base security, the 506th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron tackled the problem by

  • Budget request calls for more people, money

    President Barack Obama recommended more people and more funding for Air Force Reserve Command in his fiscal 2010 defense budget request. Under the proposal released May 7, the command's military personnel account would increase by 7.4 percent. The account represents about a third of the command's overall budget. If approved, the Air Force's
  • Look for these stories and more in the June issue of Citizen Airman Magazine: Shark Attack -- A new Reserve associate unit is teaming up with the world-famous Flying Tigers and their shark teeth-sporting A-10s at Moody Air Force Base, Ga. Failure is Not an Option: Explosive ordnance disposal specialists destroy captured ordnance to prevent it from being used against coalition troops. Down and Dirty -- Airmen and Sailors team up for helicopter training near Maxwell AFB, Ala.

    June issue of Citizen Airman now available

  • Maj. Gen. Mike Scaparrotti, 82nd Airborne Division commanding general, pins an 82nd Airborne Division Parachute Badge on Col. Merle Hart, 440th Airlift Wing commander, as the division's Command Sgt. Maj. Tom Capel looks on. Colonel Hart was named an honorary member of the division on April 24, 2009. (U.S. Army photo)

    Fort Bragg honors Air Force Reserve neighbor

    Attending Army functions is part of the job for Col. Merle D. "Maddog" Hart, 440th Airlift Wing commander. The Air Force reservist from here internalizes strategic partnerships with the Army. "It is kind of like visiting with your neighbors," said Colonel Hart, who frequently visits the 82nd Airborne at Fort Bragg, N.C. At a recent 82nd Airborne
  • Major Chad Gibson, chief of Public Affairs, "tweets" about the Air Force's first-ever media day flight for internet bloggers as participants blog in the background. Bloggers from across the nation flew on the WC-130J Hurricane Hunter aircraft, learning about the Reserve weather mission. This pioneering event was the first of many hosted by the 403rd Wing focused on new media.

    Air Force reservists make history with blogger flight

    An aircrew from Air Force Reserve Command's 403rd Wing here flew an historic flight May 19. The training mission on a WC-130J Hurricane Hunter aircraft gave bloggers from across the country an opportunity only available to traditional media outlets until now.The Air Force is embracing new media in efforts to continue communicating in today's world.
  • An Air Force Reserve Command HC-130 aircraft lands on an unimproved airstrip in Africa. The 920th Rescue Wing from Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., sent about 100 reservists to Djibouti, Africa, to provide combat search-and-rescue support for two months. The last group of 28 reservists returned to Patrick AFB on May 14, 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Rob Grande)

    Air Force Reserve rescuers return from Africa

    Twenty eight more Airmen from Patrick's 920th Rescue Wing came home May 14. They were the last group of wing reservists to return from Djibouti, Africa. About 100 aircrew, pararescue, maintenance and support people were mobilized and sent to Africa. The Air Force Reserve Command wing also deployed two HC-130P/N Hercules aircraft to Africa. The
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