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  • Yellow Ribbon event provides rest, eases redeployment

    Rest and relaxation mixed with reintegration seminars and Veteran resources, coupled with plenty of chocolate, was the theme for the 60-day Yellow Ribbon Event held April 16-18 at Hershey Lodge, Hershey, Pa.Yellow Ribbon coordinators from the 514th Air Mobility Wing planned this event for more than

  • Joint training enables Reservists to train as they fight

    Reservists from the 815th Airlift Squadron "Flying Jennies" familiarized Army Special Forces customers with the C-130J-30 "Super Hercules" capabilities during a joint training mission in Key West, Fla., April 16.Students and instructors of the Special Forces Underwater Operations School parachuted

  • Reserve Command stands up second F-22 group

    The Air Force Reserve Command stood up its second F-22 fighter unit during an activation ceremony here April 9.Col. Donald Lindberg took command of the 44th Fighter Group with the ceremonial passing of the unit guidon from Maj. Gen. Frank Padilla, 10th Air Force commander. The 44th Aircraft

  • Air Force Reserve selects top Airmen, first sergeant

    Air Force Reserve Command announced its Outstanding Airmen and First Sergeant of the Year during its annual awards banquet April 14 in Macon, Ga. The selectees are:First sergeant - Senior Master Sgt. Mark E. Barber, 81st Aerial Port Squadron, Charleston AFB, S.C.Senior NCO - Senior Master Sgt.

  • Reservists mobilized to support Afghanistan surge

    More than 1,600 Air Force reservists went on active duty April 5 to support the Afghanistan surge operations.Aircrew members, aircraft maintainers, aerial porters and base operating support forces are among the reservists supporting the movement of an additional 30,000 U.S. troops to Afghanistan.

  • No one escapes the 'Shot Lady'

    It's a Saturday afternoon during the Air Force Reserve's 920th Rescue Wing "drill weekend" and the clinic is buzzing with activity. Servicemembers waiting for flight physicals patiently pass the time chatting while others choke down copious amounts of water in preparation for their random-drug

  • Close circuit inspection

    Air Force Reserve Senior Airman Tony Vitela, an aerospace ground equipment technician assigned to the 452nd Maintenance Squadron, inspects an electrical circuit card of an A/  M32-86 generator at March Air Reserve Base.

  • March welcomes Air Force Reserve's first full-time chaplain

    Standing in front of the wooden altar, leather-bound Bible in hand, Chaplain (Maj.) Craig Benson looks as natural as any other chaplain in the sanctuary of the March Air Reserve Base chapel.What sets Chaplain Benson apart is his status. He is the first of six fulltime chaplains the Air Force Reserve

  • 445th Airlift Wing mobilizes to support Afghanistan operations

    The 445th Airlift Wing began a six-month mobilization April 5 in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.A total of 130 Airmen were placed on active duty status to support current military operations. Most of the activated Airmen will remain at the 445th Airlift Wing. Members of the 445th Operations

  • Photographer wins award, others place in contest

    A photographer from Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., won an award, and people from four other bases placed in the Air Force Media Contest.According to an announcement April 6, Staff Sgt. Hueming Mui from Westover's 439th Airlift Wing took first place in the Portrait/Personality Photograph