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  • U.S. Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. Jerry Rutland, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron pilot, flies a WC-130J into the early morning sunrise as they approach Hurricane Florence Sept. 12, 2018. The U.S. Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters are conducting a reconnaissance mission to provide critical and timely weather data for the National Hurricane Center to assist in providing up-to-date and accurate information for storm forecasts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Chris Hibben)

    No off season: Hurricane Hunters fly winter storms too

    The United States Air Force Reserve 403rd Wing’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, more affectionately known as the Hurricane Hunters, is most well-known for doing the unfathomable—flying at 10,000 feet, sometimes less, through major tropical systems, storms and hurricanes to collect useful data. These storms generally occur during the
  • Staff Sgt. Jennifer Lopez, a 302nd Aeromedical Staging Squadron medical technician, takes the blood pressure of a reservist during the Air Force Reserve Command’s 302nd Airlift Wing December unit training assembly at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Dec. 2, 2018.

    New medical process gives reservists more time for training

    Instead of spending hours completing their annual Periodic Health Assessments, reservists here were in and out in as little as 15 minutes during the December unit training assembly.
  • Warner awarded Airman's Medal

    Reserve Citizen Airman awarded Airman's Medal for saving father and daughter

    Maj. Justin Warner, an introduction to fighter fundamentals instructor with the 97th Flying Training Squadron, was awarded the Airman's Medal for saving the life of a father and his daughter after their vehicle rolled and caught fire in January 2018.
  • Reserve Airmen from the 16th Intelligence Squadron pose for portrait November 9, 2018 at Fort George G. Meade, Maryland. The 16th Intelligence Squadron, nicknamed the "Honey Badgers," became the fastest squadron in the 655th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group to reach Full Operating Capability in just under 10 months after achieving Initial Operating Capability on Oct. 1, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexandre Montes)

    Integrating SIGINT, for multi-domain total force

    The 16th Intelligence Squadron set on a path to become a Reserve Component partner with the 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing (ISRW), Oct. 1, 2014, creating a culture of seamless operations integration between active duty and Reserve Airmen.
  • Air Force Medical Service

    SG increasing lethality at Wings

    The Surgeon General’s Office of the Air Force Reserve Command here is revitalizing the medical waiver adjudication process from the top down. They recently tested a new process where wing commanders have the authority to allow members to continue serving, in a full or limited range, while his or her waiver is being adjudicated at headquarters. The commander will review the member’s records and make the decision in conjunction with a local medical provider’s recommendation.
  • C-17 Globemaster III

    315th wins Aircrew Excellence Award

    The skillful response and handling of an in-flight crisis by a 315th Airlift Wing crew leads to a national level award. On Aug. 17, 2018, an all Reserve Charleston-based C-17 crew, carrying medical evacuation patients, experienced a cabin pressure malfunction then, successfully completed their mission, despite poor weather conditions and emergency oxygen system malfunctions, earning the 2018 4th Air Force Aircrew Excellence Award.
  • 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.
  • Scobee and Kelly Mission and Vision Graphic

    Scobee, White outline vision, mission priorities

    Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, Chief of the Air Force Reserve, and Air Force Reserve Command Chief Timothy White Jr. 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.
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