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Features

  • Desert Hammer 2024: A Blueprint for Next-Generation Readiness

    In the heart of southern Arizona, the Air Force Reserve’s 944th Fighter Wing showcased the depth of its readiness and adaptability through Desert Hammer 2024, a Joint Large Force Exercise in November.This exercise, involving more than 700 participants and 130 aircraft, was more than a test of

  • Upgrade Allows Hurricane Hunters to Transmit More Data, Faster

    The 403rd Wing’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, is gearing up for the future with some new potentially life-saving technology.In October, the 403rd Maintenance Squadron’s Meteorological Equipment Technician Shop installed equipment on the squadron’s

  • First Stand-Alone F-35 Unit Welcomes Initial Lightning II

    The 301st Fighter Wing at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, celebrated a milestone Nov. 2 with a ceremony marking the arrival of the first F-35A Lightning II, officially positioning the wing as the Air Force Reserve’s first stand-alone F-35 unit.

  • Grey Wolf participates in first training event

    The 908th Flying Training Wing, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, has been transitioning from a C-130-equipped tactical airlift unit to becoming the formal training unit for the MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopter for nearly four years now. After divesting the last of its C-130s in April 2022, and receiving

  • Barksdale wings test ACE concept at Beale

    Reserve Airmen from the 307th Bomb Wing, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, and their active-duty counterparts in the 2nd Bomb Wing joined forces with the Reserve’s 940th Air Refueling Wing at Beale AFB, California, to participate in an Agile Combat Employment exercise in August.