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  • Texas Reserve squadron wins Grover Loening Trophy

    The 457th Fighter Squadron at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas is the 2016 recipient of the Grover Loening Trophy as the best flying squadron in the U.S. Air Force Reserve.
  • Tech. Sgt. Christopher Saenz, 944th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels technician, briefs civilian employers on his Air Force Reserve Command occupation Apr. 1 during Bosses Day 2017 at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Nestor Cruz.)

    Civilian boss’s deploy from Luke

    More than 60 local civilian employers of citizen airmen from the 944th Fighter Wing visited experienced a “deployment” scenario for Bosses Day 2017 here April 1.
  • Airmen from the 477th Fighter Group, 302nd Fighter Squadron and 90th Fighter Squadron participated in a bilateral exercise with the Royal Australian Air Force at RAAF Base Tindal, Northern Territory, Australia. They spent more than 45 days training with the RAAF as part of the Enhanced Air Cooperation program.

    Alaska F-22 units engage in bilateral training in Australia

    Airmen from the 477th Fighter Group, 302nd Fighter Squadron and 90th Fighter Squadron participated in a bilateral exercise with the Royal Australian Air Force at RAAF Base Tindal, Northern Territory, Australia. They spent more than 45 days training with the RAAF as part of the Enhanced Air Cooperation program.
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    Homestead Reservists making mark in SWA

    More than 200 Airmen from 482nd Fighter Wing, Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, are currently serving in Southwest Asia in support of Operation Inherent Resolve.
  • (Left to Right) U.S. Air Force Reservists, Master Sgt. John Herrick, 39, who has completed three other marathons; Staff Sgt. Tyrone Hawkins, 47, an avid cyclist; 2nd Lt. Amber Schoenberger, a direct descendent of a Bataan Death March survivor; Tech. Sgt. Delbert Templeton, 36, a prior Marine; and Tech. Sgt. Trevor Petersma, 39, who completed the Air Force half marathon while deployed in Iraq in 2008, all members of the 610th Command and Control Squadron, pose behind their unit guidon after completing the Bataan Memorial Death March Marathon March 19 at White Sands Missile Range, NM. (Courtesy photo)

    Bataan survivor’s descendant leads unit in grueling marathon

    Thirty years ago, she was dancing on her granddaddy’s feet; this month, she marched 26.2 miles through deep desert sand and over mountains carrying a 50-pound ruck sack with four comrades in arms, in his honor.
  • KODIAK, Alaska Reserve and Guard Airmen arrive at Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, Alaska on March 26, 2017 to take part in ARCTIC CARE 2017. ARCTIC CARE 2017 is an Office of Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs (OSD/RA) sponsored, Air Force Reserve led, multi-service/component training event coordinated with Kodiak Area Native Association (KANA) and civil authorities in Kodiak, Alaska.

    MIlitary exercise provides medical care for Kodiak Island residents

    The Arctic Care 2017 exercise kicked off on March 28 with the opening of clinics and other villages throughout the island started receiving services on March 29, as service members work to provide all citizens on Kodiak Island various medical and veterinary services.
  • U.S. Air Force Reserve Staff Sgt. Joshua Castorela is a 720th Security Forces Squadron Citizen Airman and Tucson Police Department patrol officer who was recently recognized for heroism in the line of duty. He is set to deploy to the Dominican Republic with other defenders from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. (Photo illustration by Carolyn Herrick)

    Ride-along fuels Reservists dream in law enforcement

    Ever since Staff Sgt. Joshua Castorela went on his first ride-along with a family friend, he knew that he wanted a career in law enforcement.
  • U.S. Air Force Reserve security forces members Tech. Sgt. Chris Boley and staff sergeants Juan Pareja, Francisco Shirley, Joshua Castorela, and Jose Flores are scheduled to deploy to the Dominican Republic next week from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. All five members are Spanish proficient and part of the 720th Security Forces Squadron, and looking forward to supporting this 12th Air Force (Air Forces South) humanitarian operation. The 720th SFS geographically-separated unit of the 920th Rescue Wing, at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo by Carolyn Herrick)

    Reserve defenders deploy to Dominican Republic

    ive U.S. Air Force Reserve defenders are heading to the Dominican Republic, in support of a Operation New Horizons, a 12th Air Force (Air Forces Southern) humanitarian mission to build churches and schools.
  • Senior Master Sgt. Todd Wylie, 339th Flight Test Squadron C-5 flight engineer, performs pre-flight checks to a C-5M Super Galaxy March 29, 2017, at Robins Air Force Base, Ga. Wylie has been with the squadron for eight years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jamal D. Sutter)

    Engineers keep C-5 flight ready

    Senior Master Sgt. Todd Wylie, 339th Flight Test Squadron C-5 flight engineer, performs pre-flight checks to a C-5M Super Galaxy March 29, 2017, at Robins Air Force Base, Ga. Wylie has been with the squadron for eight years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jamal D. Sutter)
  • U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brendin Peters (left), 317th Airlift Squadron loadmaster and U.S. Air Force Col. Craig Peters, 940th Air Refueling Wing commander, reunite in front of a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft after a training mission, March 17, 2017, at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Brendin Peters participated in a refueling training mission where his crew’s C-17 was refueled by a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft piloted by his father Craig Peters. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Cody Dowell/Released)

    Father and son train together

    Altus Air Force Base trains new aircrew members every day, but on March 17, a father and son were reunited during a training mission together, 21,000 feet in the air.U.S. Air Force Col. Craig Peters, 940th Air Refueling Wing commander, piloted a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker and had the chance to refuel a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III,
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