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  • Reserve officers hone leadership skills

    More than 60 Air Force Reserve officers from throughout the nation came to the First State to hone their leadership skills as part of the Junior Officer Leadership Development course April 29-May 2.Hosted by the Air Force Reserve Command's 512th Airlift Wing, three general officers shared their

  • Maintainer passes tests, joins Thunderbird team

    An aircraft maintainer from Air Force Reserve Command's 926th Group has earned a coveted spot with the Thunderbirds, the U.S. Air Force Aerial Demonstration Squadron.Staff Sgt. Andrue Donaldson, an F-16 crew chief, was patched during a ceremony March 12 in the Thunderbird hangar."The amount of

  • AF Reserve aerial spray aircraft called in to fight Gulf oil spill

    Aircraft and crews from the 910th Airlift Wing have arrived at a staging area in the Gulf coast region in anticipation of supporting emergency oil spill clean-up efforts. "We are posturing to be ready to provide support to the ongoing emergency efforts if called upon," said Col Craig Peters, 910th

  • FEMA administrator visits AF Reserve Hurricane Hunters

    Craig Fugate, Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator, visited Reservists of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron April 29 to address hurricane preparedness as the June 1 storm season approaches."The Air Force does a lot for FEMA," Mr. Fugate said in an address to the 53 WRS "Hurricane

  • Air Force-wide social media access begins

    Air Force officials began a two-week phased opening April 26 of access to social media sites Air Force-wide.  Air Force Reserve Command will get access beginning May 1.Pacific Air Forces bases gained access to social media sites earlier in April, serving as the test-bed prior to the Air Force-wide

  • Arctic Care brings medical support to Alaskans

    Military and Department of Defense senior leaders traveled here to visit Airmen, Soldiers and Sailors participating in Operation Arctic Care 2010.This operation is the largest recurring joint military medical readiness and logistics training exercise, providing real-world humanitarian assistance and

  • Air Force Reserve units see changes in command this spring

    Several Air Force Reserve Command senior officers are moving to new assignments this spring. The changes include the following:Maj. Gen. Howard N. Thompson from deputy to the chief of Air Force Reserve, Headquarters Air Force, Pentagon, to chief of staff of U.S. Northern Command, Peterson AFB,

  • Alamo Wing Nurse earns native Alaskan patients' confidence

    A joint medical team recently deployed to a remote village in northern Alaska where earning trust is often the first step to getting patients through the door. According to Maj. Emily Cerreta, a traditional reservist assigned to the 433rd Airlift Wing at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, the fact that

  • Colorado C-130 crews prepare for 2010 wildland fire season

    The Air Force Reserve's 302nd Airlift Wing test fired the Modular Airborne Firefighting System II unit April 22 here as part of its preparation for the upcoming 2010 wildland fire season.The test coincides with the U.S. Forest Service's MAFFS certification week April 25-May 1 at the South Carolina