March 11, 2016 Alaska Reservists support, sponsor 'Last Great Race on Earth' As a Lead Dog Sponsor for the second year in a row Reservists from the 477th Fighter Group gave a warm send off to the 85 teams heading out on the 1,000 mile trek across Alaska's rugged terrain to claim the title of Iditarod champion.Known as the "The Last Great Race on Earth" mushers, each with a
March 11, 2016 Air Force continues to pursue total force integration The Air Force continues to make strides toward total force integration, according to an annual report submitted to Congress March 4. The report is based on recommendations from the National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force and focuses on how the force structure should be modified to best
March 11, 2016 Symposium sharpens potential diamonds Grissom hosted a first sergeant symposium here March 2-4 to help those with the additional duty better understand their roles, and perhaps someday make the full-time transition to a diamond wearer.Thirty-five Airmen from seven Air Force wings all gathered here to hone the skills needed to be a
March 11, 2016 Rescue Reservists train with Royal Canadian Air Force More than 100 Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing here trained with Royal Canadian Air Force search-and-rescue personnel during an annual exercise in Key West, Florida, March 2-6.During the search-and-rescue exercise, or SAREX, the Reserve Airmen and their counterparts practiced land and water rescue
March 7, 2016 McConnell Reserve group becomes wing The 931st Air Refueling Group was designated as the 931st Air Refueling Wing March 5. An official ceremony to celebrate the designation is scheduled here April 30.The wing designation also establishes the 931st Operations Group, the 931st Maintenance Group, and the 931st Force Support Squadron. This
March 1, 2016 Hurricane Hunters fly research missions into atmospheric rivers The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Hurricane Hunters spent Feb. 11-24 flying through "atmospheric rivers" in the Pacific Ocean stretching from Hawaii to the U.S. West Coast in efforts to improve storm predictions.The squadron teamed up with NOAA, National Weather Service, Scripps Institution
March 1, 2016 Exercise Alamo Shield provides life-saving training Airmen from the 433rd Airlift Wing conducted an eight-day training exercise to hone their skills and prepare in case they are called into action in a deployed environment.Alamo Sheild, held here and Camp Bullis Training Annex Feb. 22-29 is a comprehensive training exercise designed to deploy and
Feb. 29, 2016 Bird strikes Dover aircraft Reservists from the 712th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron repaired a Team Dover C-17 Globemaster III, here, after it encountered an engine bird strike near Ft. Campbell, Kentucky. The plane landed at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, since Dover AFB's runway is closed for repairs. "We had a real
Feb. 23, 2016 'Eddie the Eagle' star soars Hugh Jackman, star of the upcoming movie "Eddie the Eagle", received a civic leader flight in an F-16 here from the 301st Fighter Wing Feb. 19 in a display of Air Force Reserve combat capability and air superiority."This is kind of a dream come true," Jackman said before the flight. "I'm very, very