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  • Senior Airman Louis Shackelford, an Aerospace Medical Technician for the 446th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, initiated a clothing drive in his unit for those who have unstable living conditions in the Pacific Northwest area. (Courtesy photo)

    Airman gives back to community through clothing drive

    During the September Unit Training Assembly, he asked his squadron Reserve Citizen Airmen to donate clean, gently used civilian clothing and ABU items. Since the announcement of the drive, Shackelford has collected over 20 bags, amounting to more than 100 items including belts, t-shirts and sage-green boots.
  • A newly upgraded T-56 Rolls Royce 3.5 modified engine is tested at various speeds and monitored by Contract Field Team member, Barry Wertz, to ensure the engine and propeller meets performance specifications on Jan. 4, 2021, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., before delivery to an Air Force Reserve or Air National Guard C-130H Hercules squadron. Contract Field Team members at the test cell facility ensure each engine is serviceable, troubleshoots any issues, and performs additional inspections. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo by Maj. Ashley Walker)

    Reserve Centralized Repair Facility provides strategic depth

    A small maintenance operation, Air Force Reserve Command T-56-15A engine Centralized Repair Facility, supported by the 913th Airlift Group sustains agile combat support by upgrading the C-130H Hercules engines and returning combat airlift to the Air Force fleet.
  • Family members of Team Little Rock gather at the 327th Airlift Squadron to greet returning Reserve Citizen Airmen at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, May 19, 2019.

    Working toward deployment predictability

    In September 2020, the 913th Airlift Group conducted a Strategic Alignment where squadron leaders identified goals that would make the organization a more lethal fighting force. Currently, there are five ongoing process improvement projects that will be individually highlighted in future stories. To keep up with the demand of combatant commanders around the world, experts across the 913th Airlift Group are working behind the scenes to streamline the group’s deployment readiness processes and update projected combat capabilities reports.
  • Operation Nightstorm ground crew members familiarize themselves with a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter in preparation for sling loading cargo Dec. 14, 2020, at Martindale Army Air Field, San Antonio, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Samantha Mathison)

    74th APS supports Operation Nightstorm

    Eight Reserve Citizen Airmen with the 74th Aerial Port Squadron at the 433rd Airlift Wing here participated in a joint-service training exercise dubbed Operation Nightstorm Dec. 14-15, to learn how to sling load cargo onto in-flight helicopters.
  • Reserve Citizen Airmen and loved ones with the 514th Air Mobility Wing, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., and the 459th Air Refueling Wing, Joint Base Andrews, Md. participate in the first fully-virtual Air Force Reserve Command Yellow Ribbon Program event, October 24 to 25, 2020.

    Virtual or in-person: Yellow Ribbon events benefit deploying Airmen and their loved ones

    Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, the success of the Air Force Reserve Yellow Ribbon Program could be summarized by one key statistic—more than 95 percent of attendees said Yellow Ribbon events benefited their family. This success was built on in-person events where deployers, their loved ones, leaders and subject-matter experts gathered in a conference-like setting for two days of training, education and networking on people-centric topics related to Reserve deployments. But when coronavirus shut down most military travel, the Yellow Ribbon team was forced to change their ways.
  • Senior Airman Lamont Hicks, a personnel specialist assigned o Headquarters Air Reserve Personnel Center, poses for a photo outside of the headquarters building Dec. 15, 2020, on Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado.

    Innovative Youngstown ARS Airman assists with HQ ARPC mission

    Senior Airman Lamont Hicks, a personnel specialist assigned to DPT, has become a key member of both the evaluations and the recognitions sections since his selection for a temporary duty assignment at HQ ARPC just five months ago.
  • Photo of foam filling the inside of a hanger

    Duke Field fuel cell hangar fire suppression test marks final steps towards renovation completion

    The 919th Special Operations Wing and 492 SOW will soon have a newly renovated fuel cell hangar ready for use. Civil engineers and contractors performed a fire suppression test last week marking one of the final steps for project completion.
  • Members of the Air National Guard and the 403rd Wing work together loading bags onto a truck at Camp Gulfport, which is located at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, where one Restriction of Movement operation was set up in order to prevent the spread of COVID-19. ROMs were put into effect before all deployments start, in order to ensure the safety of service members in the U.S. Central, Africa, and European Commands area of responsibilty. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek)

    Camp Gulfport opens doors for ROM operations

    Members from the Air Force Reserve 403rd Wing and the Mississippi Air National Guard units, as well as volunteers from guard units across multiple states work together operating restriction of movement, ROM, named Camp Gulfport, located at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Mississippi.
  • Title card for AFRC virtual year-end Commander’s Call

    AFRC leaders hold virtual year-end commander’s call

    Air Force Reserve Command leaders held a virtual commander’s call via social media platforms Dec. 3, 2020.
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    Senior leaders provide update on strategic priorities

    Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, commander of Air Force Reserve Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Timothy White, AFRC’s command chief master sergeant, issued a memorandum for all Reserve Citizen Airmen November 30 titled AFR Strategic Priorities – Our Current Progress and Future Path. Here is the text of the memorandum:You are our greatest resource. Directing
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