Boy meets pilot

Jacob Ogden, an eighth-grader at Legacy Junior High School in Layton, gets an F-16 "101" from Lt. Col. Paul "Buster" Delmonte, an F-16 pilot in the 419th Fighter Wing. The two recently met by chance when Ogden, 14, saw Delmonte wearing his flight suit in a doctor's waiting room. Ogden approached

DoD announces recruiting, retention numbers for FY14

The Department of Defense announced today recruiting and retention statistics for the active and reserve components for fiscal 2014, through January 2014.All four active service components met or exceeded their numerical accession goals for fiscal 2014, through January.Army -- 17,002 accessions,

Reservist re-enlists at center ice

Senior Master Sgt. Robert Gaspar, 507th Operations Support Squadron, takes the oath of enlistment from Maj. Charles Hicks, 507th OSS, March 15. The re-enlistment, the last for Gaspar, took place at center ice before the Oklahoma City Barons hockey game. Also on hand presenting the colors was the

Air Force Reserve recruiters thank Oklahoma governor

Chaplains vector people, programs, professionals

The Air Force Reserve Command chaplain convened the annual chaplain vectoring board here Feb. 6.While the AFRC manages the accessions training program, Col. Gary Califf, AFRC command chaplain, calls on active duty and Air National Guard chaplains to help vector chaplain candidates for further

Reserve Command seeks to recruit recruiters

Tasked with filling the ranks, recruiters are at the start of all Airmen's careers, and now they're looking to pull from those ranks to fill their own. The Air Force Reserve Command is now actively seeking Airmen who want to serve as full-time recruiters on active-guard and reserve tours, said

47-year-old mom joins AF Reserve

Imagine... your child just graduated high school and is deciding between college and the Air Force, but at 47-years-old, you join instead. That is exactly what Capt. Karen Stewart, a newly qualified flight nurse with the 315th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. did."After

Recruiters officially recognized for excellence

Airmen of the Air Force Reserve Command Recruiting Service learned they were selected to receive the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award Dec. 9.The award will be conferred to the nearly 500 Airmen of the Recruiting Service for their exceptional service during the period from October 2010 to

Air Force on ice: Reserve enlists six during hockey game

Six men and women took the first steps toward future careers in the Air Force Reserve during the first period intermission of the Wichita Thunder hockey game against the Tulsa Oilers, at Intrust Bank Arena, Dec. 7.Colonel Mark S. Larson, commander, 931st Air Refueling Group presided over the

Reserve wing holds enlistment ceremony at Punkin Chunkin

The 512th Airlift Wing conducted an enlistment ceremony during the World Championship Punkin Chunkin Opening Ceremony Nov. 2 in Bridgeville, Del. On stage at an event, which attracted thousands, the Dover AFB Honor Guard presented the colors, and 2nd Lt. Adara Scholl, 436th AW, sang the national