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  • An aircrew from Joint Base Charleston offloads a fire truck - along with an ambulance and firefighting equipment - from a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft during a weekend humanitarian and training mission to the Dominican Republic, May 31, 2019. The ambulance, along with a fire truck and firefighting equipment, was donated by a fire department in Rochester, New York and transported under the Denton Cargo Program, which allows for humanitarian aid and supplies to be transported on military aircraft on a space-available basis. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Justin Clark)

    All in a weekend: JBC's 315th Reserve Citizen Airmen deliver humanitarian aid to Dominican Republic

    The dual-purpose mission gave the Reserve aircrew an opportunity to train with the added benefit of delivering humanitarian aid to organizations in the Caribbean via the Denton Cargo Program.
  • Maj. Kendall Dunn, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron pilot, poses for a photo in front of a WC-130J Super Hercules at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, May 30, 2019. The 53rd WRS aka Air Force Reserve ‘Hurricane Hunters,’ is the only Air Force unit tasked with mission of flying into the eye of hurricanes to collect data from the inside of a storm. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Carranza)

    Reserve Citizen Airmen hunt

    This specialized unit of Reserve Citizen Airmen is made up of a five-person crew consisting of a pilot, co-pilot, navigator, aerial reconnaissance weather officer, and loadmaster who is also the dropsonde operator.
  • Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division prepare to jump out of a Charleston-based C-17 Globemaster III aircraft during the Palmetto Challenge Exercise May 23 near Pope Field, North Carolina.

    Reserve & Active Airmen team up at Palmetto Challenge

    Reserve Citizen Airmen with the 315th Airlift Wing, along with their active duty counterparts assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing and 628th Air Base Wing from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, participated in the Palmetto Challenge, May 21-23 at Pope Army Air Field Field, North Carolina.
  • F-35A Lightning II fighter jets, Airmen, and associated equipment from the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings, at Hill AFB, Utah, deployed to Aviano Air Base, Italy, to participate in exercises and conduct training with other Europe-based aircraft as part of a Theater Security Package. (U.S. Air Force photo by Micah Garbarino)

    Hill Airmen deploy F-35 to Europe as part of Theater Security Package

    The U.S. Air Force has deployed one squadron of F-35A Lightning II fighter jets, Airmen, and associated equipment to Aviano Air Base, Italy, from the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings, at Hill AFB, Utah, to participate in exercises and conduct training with other Europe-based aircraft as part of a Theater Security Package.Funded through the European
  • A 465th Air Refueling Squadron aircrew and U.S. Air Force Reserve KC-135 Stratotanker out of Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, refuel an F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 18th Aggressor Squadron at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, May 14, 2019, during exercise Northern Edge. Northern Edge provides effective, capabilities-centered joint forces, ready for deployment worldwide and enables real-world proficiency in detection, identification and tracking of units at sea, in the air and on land and respond to multiple crisis in the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Bobby Jackson)

    Okies support Northern Edge

    Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 507th Air Refueling Wing joined approximately 10,000 U.S. military personnel participating in exercise Northern Edge 2019, a joint training exercise hosted by U.S. Pacific Air Forces on and above the central Alaska ranges and the Gulf of Alaska May 13-24, 2019.
  • U. S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Albert Pempsell, loadmaster with the 300th Airlift Squadron Joint Base Charleston, S.C., briefs Soldiers from the 414th Signal Company, Fort Stewart, Georgia, May 14, 2019, at Wright Army Airfield. The Airforce and the Army participated in an Expeditionary Deployment Readiness Exercise to help bolster combat readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman William Brugge)

    Reservists Aid Army Exercise

    The 315th Airlift Wing from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, provided C-17 Globemaster III support to Wright Army Airfield for an Army Expeditionary Deployment Readiness Exercise May 14 at Fort Stewart, Georgia. The 300th Airlift Squadron from JB Charleston, provided aerial support to the 414th Signal Company’s Tactical Communication Squadron from Fort Stewart. The EDRE helps to prepare military members to tactfully and efficiently deploy within hours.
  • A note found inside the cockpit of Wise Guy, a B-52 Stratofortress, is displayed at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona. The jet has been a the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group since 2008 and was recently flow out to be restored to active service. (courtesy photo)

    Wise Guy back in the sky

    A team of Reserve Citizen Airmen and active duty maintainers spent four months prepping Wise Guy, a B-52 Stratofortress for flight. The bomber had been at the 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group since 2008.
  • Maj. Gen. Ronald B. “Bruce” Miller, 10th Air Force commander, Naval Air Station Forth Worth, Texas showed up on Florida’s Space Coast with 15 Texas business and community leaders to visit the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Florida and learn about its mission. During the visit the civic leaders took time out for a group photo in front of a space capsule. The capsule was used by U.S. Air Force rescue personnel in the 67th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Squadron at Royal Air Force Woodbridge to train in recovery operations for both the Apollo and Skylab programs. The capsule has been on loan from the Smithsonian Institute’s National Air and Space museum since 1992 due to the unit’s role in human spaceflight rescue. The PAFB visit was their second stop on Florida’s East Coast after visiting the 482nd Fighter Wing, at Homestead Air Reserve Station, in Miami, earlier that day on April 24, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo Patrick Air Force Base Multimedia)

    Two-star general, 15 Texans experience Air Force Reserve missions through eyes of Airmen

    Two-star general, 15 Texans experience Air Force Reserve missions through eyes of Airmen
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