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  • Technology connects deployed father with newborn daughter

    Someday, when Amelie Rea is old enough, her father will tell her the story of when she was born. It was a cool October afternoon in American Fork, Utah. He was right beside his wife when little Amelie arrived. All smiles, he cooed in his daughter's ears and held back tears, as daddies do.Still, he

  • Ohio reservists find help, resources at Yellow Ribbon event

    Nearly 100 Airmen and their family members attended the pre-deployment Yellow Ribbon Program Sept. 24-26 hosted by the 445th Airlift Wing at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Dublin, Ohio. Congressionally legislated, the Yellow Ribbon Program is a directive that dictates National Guard and Reserve members

  • Security forces Airman delivers daughter in van

    Staff Sgt. Nathan Kemp and his wife Natalie were anxious on Sept. 21. Their third child was due to be born in four days, but there no signs that the baby was coming anytime soon. "When I left for work at the 934th Security Forces Squadron at approximately 8:20 p.m., nothing seemed out of the

  • Leadership sees Total Force Integration in action

    Lt. Gen. Robert Allardice, 18th Air Force commander, visited the 302nd Airlift Wing Oct. 3 here to see the wing's Total Force Integration during an Air Force Reserve Unit Training Assembly weekend. The general met with both AF Reservists and Regular Air Force Airmen assigned to the 52nd Airlift

  • Czech Republic welcomes a Cold War Warrior

    The crowd looked toward the horizon; the black smoke from the engines of a B-52 bomber barely visible. As the glow from the aircraft landing lights came into view, the excitement began to grow as all eyes and cameras focused on the gray metallic hulk descending onto the airfield. Spectators lined

  • AF reservists play key role in Pakistan flood relief as air operations end

    The government of Pakistan has informed the U.S. that as flood relief operations shift from air to ground transportation they no longer require U.S. military C-17 Globemaster III or C-130 Hercules aircraft support for delivery of relief supplies.Two U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft conducted

  • President extends deadline for stop loss benefit

    Eligible Airmen, veterans and their beneficiaries now have until Dec. 3 to apply for retroactive stop loss special pay following an extension in the continuing resolution signed by the president Sept. 30.The new Dec. 3 deadline extends the original Oct. 21 cutoff for applications and allows eligible

  • Air Force reservists update Congress on satellite protection

    Air Force reservists were on Capitol Hill to brief congressional staffers on a new initiative to protect satellite communications. Often taken for granted, information flowing through satellite links is a vital part of everyday civilian life and high-tech military operations."Space technology

  • Air Force reservists participate in Africa's largest air expo

    Six reservists from the 317th Airlift Squadron Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., were in Cape Town, South Africa Sept. 21-25, to participate in Africa's largest air show, the Africa Aerospace and Defense Exposition 2010 at Ysterplaat Air Force Base.Lt. Col. Mitch Richardson, a veteran of five air