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  • Chaplain candidates keep the faith during intense Air Force experience

    Thirty chaplain candidates, participating in the Air Force Chaplain Candidate Intensive Internship Program, arrived here July 24.Charleston AFB was the second stop for the candidates. They are touring five bases in four and a half weeks.The CCIIP tour is structured to give the candidates an in-depth

  • Air Force Reserve rescue wing deploys for naval exercise

    As the Rim of the Pacific exercise enters its final two weeks, more Air Force reservists from Patrick AFB have winged their way to Hawaii to participate.Two HC-130s Hercules aircraft and three HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters from the 920th Rescue Wing arrived July 17. The HH-60s mid-air refueling

  • Air Force Reserve designing new Force Generation Center

    Air Force Reserve planners are designing an organization that will serve as the single path to request and receive, as well as oversee and deliver, Air Force Reserve forces and capability. Called the "Force Generation Center," the new unit is projected to begin initial operations in October and be

  • Air Force Reserve streamlines call-up process

    Air Force Reserve Command officials are proposing comprehensive changes to how reservists are managed and called to active duty based on lessons learned from nearly nine years of combat and surge operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.Collectively called "AFR 2012," this series of projects establishes a

  • Airmen listen to Voices of History

    Airmen from the 434th Air Refueling Wing gathered outside the boundaries of the base to hear the lessons from outside the boundaries of a generation.Veterans from World War II, spoke to a small crowd of Airmen and civic leaders during a special luncheon held in a pavilion at the Grissom

  • DOD leaders urge survey participation

    Noting the importance of getting the opinions of those who would be most affected by a possible repeal of the so-called "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" law that bans gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates is urging service men and women to provide their

  • AWACS reservists take part in Pacific exercise

    An E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control Systems aircraft with 44 Air Force reservists from the 513th Air Control Group and one Airman from the Regular Air Force's 965th Airborne Air Control Squadron left for Hickam AFB, Hawaii, July 17 to participate in a major U.S Pacific Fleet exercise.The Rim

  • Dover reservists treat patients in Dominican Republic

    Thirty-nine Air Force Reserve medics with the 512th Aerospace Medicine Squadron here left July 10 for the Caribbean to participate in a Medical Readiness Training Exercise that lasts until July 24.Known as MEDRETE 2010 Dominican Republic, the 512th Airlift Wing Airmen, as well as other reservists

  • Dover C-5s support Afghanistan troop surge

    C-5 aircrews from here spent June 15 to July 15 overseas delivering 4 million pounds of cargo to support the troops surge in Afghanistan.Two C-5M Super Galaxies and two C-5B Galaxies airlifted 103 helicopters to the 4th Combat Aviation Brigade, 4th Infantry Division. Soldiers from the Fort Hood,

  • Tinker reservists begin RIMPAC missions

    Lt. Col. Eric Wilks, KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft commander with the 465th Air Refueling Squadron, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., flies a refueling mission on July 8, 2010 in support of RIMPAC 2010 at Hickam AFB, Hawaii. RIMPAC 2010 is the 22nd in a series of significant international multilateral