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  • Youngstown facility keeps Innovative Readiness Training program rolling

    On endless roads, the fixed horizon changes as time and distance pass by. Logistics never stop; they flow through every operation with a pulse.Innovative Readiness Training is a Department of Defense program that delivers Joint Force training to service members and incidental benefits to American

  • IMA Best Practice Drives New Leadership Initiative

    The Individual Mobilization Augmentee portfolio has ebbed and flowed through 75 years of the Air Force Reserve’s storied history. Today, more than 7,500 IMAs are spread throughout 200 Department of Defense organizations globally. These part-time Reservists adapt to each active component’s

  • Reserve Chaplains Honored, Humbled to Serve at Arlington National Cemetery

    There are close to 400,000 people buried at Arlington National Cemetery. On row after row of precisely placed headstones across 639 acres of rolling hills in Arlington County, Virginia, not far from the Pentagon, are the names of brave men and women who proudly served their country and are now laid

  • The Civil Air Patrol: Reservists play critical role on CAP-USAF Team

    Senior Master Sgt. Shane Williams is a huge fan of the Civil Air Patrol. He joined CAP’s cadet program in 1989 and has been involved with the Air Force’s official auxiliary continuously since then. Today, he serves as the Reserve Forces superintendent for CAP’s Rocky Mountain Liaison Region where he

  • Reserve Celebrates 100th Anniversary of Aerial Refueling

    On June 27, 1923, U.S. Army Air Services aviators 1st Lt. Virgil Hine and 1st Lt. Frank Seifert carefully maneuvered their DH-4 airplane precariously close to another DH-4 being flown by Capt. Lowell Smith and 1st Lt. John Richter.

  • New Recruiting Leaders See Success Ahead Despite Challenges

    As the ambitious mission comes into focus for two, newly assigned senior leaders for Air Force Reserve Recruiting, the successful path ahead could not be clearer despite the challenges clouding the current recruiting environment.

  • Summertime is Exercise Time for Thousands of Reservists

    Reserve Citizen Airmen train year-round to ensure they are always Ready Now, but the training usually ramps up in the summer when thousands of Reservists take part in large-scale readiness exercises. 2023 was no different as Citizen Airmen sharpened their skills in a host of exercises, including

  • Airlift Wing Takes Joint Training to a New Level

    More than 60 service members from across the Air Force Reserve, Minnesota National Guard, Wisconsin National Guard and the Royal Canadian Air Force participated in a joint training exercise aboard UH-60 Blackhawk helicopters and a C-17 Globemaster III across two states recently.

  • Louisiana Reservists Help Construct Education Building in Iowa

    Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 307th Bomb Wing’s Civil Engineer Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, traveled to Woodbine, Iowa, recently to partner with the Defense Department’s Innovative Readiness Training program and the Ignite Pathways program to help construct a new