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  • U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Kenneth Kunkel, 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules flight engineer, checks his headset during a C-130 Hercules pre-flight inspection Nov. 13, 2018, at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. Kunkel reached 10,000 flying hours Oct. 6, 2018, a number considered prestigious amongst military aviators. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hubenthal)

    Flight Engineer passes rare milestone

    Working at 20,000 feet in a C-130 Hercules has been one Airman’s passion for more than three decades of his 38-year career. U.S. Air Force Reserve Chief Master Sgt. Kenneth Kunkel, 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron C-130 flight engineer, reached 10,000 flying hours Oct. 6, 2018 – a mark considered very rare amongst military aviators.
  • Air Force Reserve mission, vision statement

    Scobee, Kelly outline vision, mission priorities

    Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, Chief of the Air Force Reserve, and Air Force Reserve Command Chief Ericka Kelly unveiled the new mission, vision and priorities for the Air Force Reserve and Reserve Citizen Airmen in a letter dated Nov. 5:
  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeants Hui Jin Kim and Nathaniel Petraitis, members of the Air Force Reserve’s 48th Aerial Port Squadron, remove a cargo net from a pallet during a training exercise designed to perfect their pallet building skills as air transportation specialists Oct. 13, 2018, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The 48th APS, which is part of the 624th Regional Support Group, deploys qualified personnel to provide air terminal operations worldwide in support of contingency operations, exercises, unit moves, and foreign humanitarian relief or disaster operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Theanne Herrmann)

    Who’s up for a challenge? Hawaii ‘Port Dawgs’ are …

    Computer based training has its place, but how do we motivate Airmen to become the best at their craft? Stepping away from the office for hands-on training with their fellow “Port Dawg” tends to do the trick.
  • Maj. Daniel Toftness, a reservist in the 419th Fighter Wing, departs for a sortie in an F-35A Lightning II Oct. 18, 2018, at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The flight marked the 10,000th sortie with the aircraft at Hill since the first operational F-35s arrived in September 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Todd Cromar)

    388th FW, 419th FW fly 10,000th F-35A sortie

    Maj. Daniel Toftness, an Air Force reservist in the 419th Fighter Wing, departs for a sortie in an F-35A Lightning II Oct. 18 at Hill Air Force Base, Utah. The flight marked the 10,000th sortie with the aircraft at Hill since the first operational F-35s arrived in September 2015.
  • An Airman with the 911th Airlift Wing participates in a time challenge using the Alpha Warrior Battle Rig at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pa., October 14, 2018. The battle rig is designed to meet all four of the Comprehensive Airman Fitness model's pillars: mental, physical, social and spiritual. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Beth Kobily)

    Battle Rig: A new kind of fitness

    A new workout made its debut here October 14, 2018, with the introduction of the Alpha Warrior Battle Rig to Pittsburgh Air Reserve Station’s array of fitness equipment. The 911th Airlift Wing welcomed two Alpha Warrior pros, Tawnee Leonardo and Kevin Klein, to demonstrate the rig and explain the various programs designed to keep Airmen functionally fit.
  • Air advisors teach Colombian air force to ‘Help Itself’

    Air advisors teach Colombian air force to ‘Help Itself’

    The 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron (MSAS) recently conducted a Building Partnerships Capacity (BPC) mission in Bogota, Colombia.The 17-member mobile training team (MTT), including members of the Wyoming Air National Guard and the Colorado-based Reservists, executed a four-week joint training mission with the Colombian air force, designed
  • Chaplain (Capt.) Richardson Honore gets tased by 412th Security Forces Squadron personnel as part of a capabilities demonstration at Edwards Air Force Base, California, Sept. 13, 2018. Honore serves as the 412th SFS chaplain and volunteered to be tased in order to get better understanding of different stress factors that Defenders face every day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Giancarlo Casem)

    Reserve chaplain supports defenders through ‘ministry of presence’

    For Chaplain (Capt.) Richardson Honore, being where “the rubber hits the road,” means being out in the field with the 412th Security Forces Squadron’s Airmen. To him, being visible out at the gates or at training events at Edwards Air Force Base, California, with the Airmen helps facilitate a more resilient Air Force.
  • Senior Master Sgt. William Kellums, the 302nd Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment superintendent, sits aboard a parked C-130 Hercules aircraft with custom-made equipment bags at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Aug. 15, 2018.

    Stitching pride into the mission

    Though their chief responsibility is ensuring aircrew safety, the Reserve Citizen Airmen at the 302nd Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment shop go beyond that scope by using a skill set some might not associate with a military organization – sewing.
  • The Air Force Reserve Command Defender Challenge team and event cadre run to the finish line to complete the first day’s competition Sept. 11, 2018 at Camp Bullis Military Training Reservation, Texas.

    Reserve Citizen Airmen participate in Defender Challenge 2018

    Air Force Reserve Command defenders participated in the 2018 Defender Challenge competition Sept. 10-13, 2018 here.
  • 315th Airlift Wing Developmental Training Flight

    It starts here: Development & Training Flight

    Concern, fear, anxiety, and fatigue shadow the rigid, but unorthodox position of attention among the young men and women of the 315th Airlift Wing Development and Training Flight here. Mixed among those faces, beamed a glimmer of pride and patriotism that sparked the initiative of these recently enlisted trainees who are bound for Air Force basic military training.
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