Jan. 11, 2016 Incentive flight broadens mission understanding Outstanding performers in the 927th Air Refueling Wing here got to experience their mission in a more personal way during an refueling flight Jan. 9.The 63rd Air Refueling Squadron took the wing’s stellar Airmen on an incentive flight to observe the KC-135 crew refuel a C-17 Globemaster from Joint
Jan. 11, 2016 Rescue wing retiring aging HC-130s With no fanfare other than the fading rumble of its four turbo-prop engines, one of Patrick's well-worn HC-130P/N King aircraft - number 65-00976 - disappeared into the afternoon sky heading into retirement at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base's 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, the
Jan. 11, 2016 New maintenance trainer aircraft arrives The 919th Special Operations Wing maintainers welcomed their newest aircraft here Jan. 5. The aircraft’s arrival brings an official start to the wing’s newest mission set.The white and blue C-146 Wolfhound touched down to its new home on the Duke flightline. The aircraft is scheduled to be used
Dec. 31, 2015 Air Force takes center stage at Armed Forces Bowl NAVAL AIR STATION FORT WORTH JOINT RESERVE BASE, Texas - Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III receives the Great American Patriot Award during the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl at Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 29. Welsh received the award in recognition of exemplary
Dec. 30, 2015 Reserve KC-135s to begin upgrades in February KC-135R Stratotankers operated by the 507th Air Refueling Wing are scheduled to be the first Air Force Reserve Command tankers to be retrofitted with the new KC-135 Block 45 upgrade at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex here in February 2016.The latest KC-135 upgrade, called Block 45, will
Dec. 22, 2015 Reservists support historic launch, landing of rocket Helicopter aircrews from the 920th Rescue Wing held their hover near Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station while a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted skyward at 8:29 p.m. Dec. 21.On board the Falcon were 11 communications satellites, which were to be placed into low-Earth orbit (LEO)
Dec. 21, 2015 AF Reserve kicks off inaugural Celebration Bowl The North Carolina A&T Aggies defeated the Alcorn State Braves to become the first ever Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl champions at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Dec. 19. “You don’t get opportunities like this very often,” said Maj. Gen. Richard Haddad, Air Force Reserve Command vice commander.
Dec. 16, 2015 Air Force Reserve Command realigns three units Air Force Reserve Command announced organizational assignment changesthat will realign several units within the command’s numbered air forces. Two organizations were reassigned Dec. 10. The 932nd AirliftWing, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, was reassigned from Fourth Air Force,March Air Reserve
Dec. 14, 2015 Command announces 2015 Financial Management Awards Air Force Reserve Command has announced the 2015 Outstanding Financial Management and Comptroller Award winners. The 512th Airlift Wing Financial Management Office, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, is the Financial Management Comptroller Organization of the Year.The 943rd Rescue Group FMA,
Dec. 14, 2015 Refueling "Spirit" in the sky Grissom's KC-135R Stratotankers can transfer more fuel in eight minutes than a gas station can pump in 24 hours, but its ability to transfer that fuel after dark moving at speeds up to 500 mph is truly amazing.The 72nd and 74th Air Refueling Squadrons conduct around the clock operations and training