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A Reserve Citizen Airman from the 624th Civil Engineering Squadron gives critical instructions while directing teammates during a live firefighting exercise in Kahului, Maui, Sept. 8, 2024.

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C-5 associate unit inagurated.

1 April 1973 Air Force Reserve inaugurates a C-5 associate unit with the 301st Military Airlift Squadron, at Travis Air Force Base, Calif.
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Reservists mobilize for Pueblo incident

Members of the 302nd AARS in the mobilization line on Jan. 26, 1968. Five C-124 military airlift groups and one HC-97 aerospace rescue and recovery squadron were mobilized in the wake of the Pueblo Incident.
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403rd TCW loads a C-119

Members of the 403rd Troop Carrier Wing load a C-119 assigned to Portand Airport, Ore.
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Headquarters Air Force Reserve stands up at Robins Air Force Base, Ga., on Aug. 1, 1968.

Headquarters Air Force Reserve, a field operating agency, replaced the discontinued Continental Air Command at Robins AFB, Ga., on Aug. 1, 1968.
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452nd Bomb Wing in Korean War

B-26 bombers from the 452nd Bomb Wing taxi at a southern Japan base in June 1951. From 1950-1953, more than 147,000 Reservists were mobilized to augment the active duty. Both the 452nd BW, Long Beach Municpal Airport, Calif., and the 437th Troop Carrier Wing, O?Hare International Airport, Ill., saw extensive combat service in Korea.
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Standing down after Cuban Missile Crisis

The 512th Troop Carrier Wing forms on the fightline at Willow Grove Air Reserve Station, Pa. in 1962, following demobilization from deployment to southern Florida in support of exercise Sun Shade II. Eight Air Force Reserve flying wings deployed to Florida to provide ready response to the mounting Cuban Missile Crisis. Initially slated slated for one year, the deployment ended early after only one month of active duty.
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Reservists mobilize for Korean War

From 1950-1953, more than 147,000 reservists were mobilized to augment the active duty. Both the 452nd Bombardment Wing, Long Beach Municipal Airport, Calif., and the 437th Troop Carrier Wing, O?Hare International Airport, Ill., saw extensive combat service in Korea.
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Operation Sixteen Ton in 1956

The Air Force Reserve began to perform real world missions as part of its training in Operation Sixteen Ton; this was in support of the US Coast Guard.
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President Kennedy visits the 512th TCW at Homestead AFB

President John F. Kennedy visits with members of the 512th Troop Carrier Wing deployed to Homestead Air Force Base, Fla., after the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
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71st SOS crew in front of AC-119 Gunship

71st Special Operations Squadron crew members pose in front of their AC-119 Gunship.
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