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  • Marshall W. ‘Major’ Taylor (left) and Léon Hourlier race each other at Paris’ Vélodrome Buffalo cycling track in 1909. Taylor, an Indianapolis native, was an African American world champion cyclist who lived and trained in nearby Worcester, Massachusetts at the turn of the last century. (Courtesy Photo, Agence Rol / Public Domain)

    Future Air Force leaders continue inclusion, awareness conversation

    Nearly 70 future leaders of the 439th Airlift Wing continued the conversation on inclusion and racial equality in the military during the July unit training assembly.  Lt. Col. Rodney Furr, 439th Airlift Wing chief of Public Affairs, spoke to the Development and Training Flight on the life and times of Marshal W. “Major” Taylor, an African American
  • Airmen of the Air Force Reserve 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and Mississippi Air National Guardsmen from the 183rd AES transport a medical mannequin onto a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft as part of their three-day training event, July 20-22, 2020 at Keesler Air Force Base and the Mississippi Air National Guard's Combat Readiness Training Center in Gulfport, Mississippi. The purpose of the joint training event between Reservists and Guardsmen was to work as one team, while training on patient care and handling during a simulated air evacuation of injured service members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Jessica L. Kendziorek)

    Joint Forces: Reserve, Guard train for care in the air

    From broken bones, burns to head trauma, loss of limbs and more; Aeromedical Evacuation teams see more than their fair share of battle injuries. Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and Mississippi Air National Guardsmen from the 183rd AES collaborated for a three-day training event to work as one team, focused on

  • 2019 Air Force Security Community Awards

    Congratulations to the following Air Force Reserve Command nominees for the 2019 Air Force Security Community Awards:William A. Davidson Security Award for Outstanding Contribution:  Ms. Lauran Oswald, 94th Airlift Wing Information Protection Office Air Force Security Award for Excellence:  Ms. Karen Toriello-Fite, 94th Airlift Wing Information
  • Hurricane Preparedness graphic with information about hurricane preparations and planning. (U.S. Air Force Graphic by Jessica L. Kendziorek)

    Are you ready for hurricane season?

    May 3-9 is National Hurricane Preparedness Week and hurricane season is less than a month away, starting June 1. Are you ready?
  • Image shows two large aircraft flying over Colorado Springs hospital

    302nd Airlift Wing thanks Colorado healthcare workers with flyover

    Over the last several months, medical personnel, healthcare workers and essential personnel all over the world have been working against one common enemy; COVID-19. In Colorado, as of May 6 there have been 17,830 cases, 2,986 hospitalized and 921 deaths, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health & Environment website.
  • Mobilized Air Force Reserve medics board a C-17 in route to “hot zones” in support of the COVID-19 pandemic from Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., April 5, 2020. This deployment is part of a larger mobilization package of more than 120 doctors, nurses and respiratory technicians Air Force Reserve units across the nation provided over the past 48 hours in support of the COVID-19 response to take care of Americans. The C-17 is deployed from March Air Force Base, Calif.

    First of 944th medics mobilized for COVID-19 response

    In response to short-notice mobilization orders, several members of the 944th Aeromedical Staging Squadron deployed today to aid in the COVID-19 response in New York City and surrounding states.This deployment is part of a larger mobilization package, activated by President Donald Trump, of more than 120 doctors, nurses, and respiratory technicians
  • Reservists load into a C-5 Super Galaxy Aircraft to help support COVID-19 relief efforts.

    Air Force Reserve mobilizes medics to New York for COVID-19 response

    Within 48 hours of notification, the Air Force Reserve mobilized more than 120 medical personnel across the nation to Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., to help with the fight against COVID-19 in New York City.
  • U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Tatiana Abasolo, a member of the Air Force Reserve’s 624th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, provides instruction on how to properly secure a patient for movement during an aeromedical staging and aerial port training at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, March 3, 2019.

    President signs Executive Order calling up Air Force Reserve medics, other specialties

    On March 27, the President signed an Executive Order authorizing mobilization of the Reserve Component in response to COVID-19 operations.  For the Air Force Reserve, personnel already serving in the Selected Reserve and Participating Individual Ready Reserve, as well as those assigned to the Individual Ready Reserve, may be asked to volunteer to activate in support of COVID-19 response.  If taskings exceed the volunteer pool, mobilization of the IRR to active status is now authorized to ensure mission accomplishment. 
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    COVID-19: Important Information for Reserve Citizen Airmen

    In an effort to inform Reserve Citizen Airmen and their families with facts on COVID-19 effects, Air Force Reserve leaders encourage all to visit the Air Force’s COVID-19 web page for the latest on the virus and how it is effecting the service. The site contains the latest DoD and Air Force guidance, news, and links to helpful resources from the Centers for Disease Control, Department of State, Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, travel advisories, frequently asked questions and answers, COVID-19 affected activities and gatherings, and health protection measures.
  • Humanitarian mission helps those in need while providing training for AE, aircrew

    315th AW delivers humanitarian aid to Honduras

    The Denton Program is a Department of Defense transportation program that moves humanitarian cargo, donated by U.S. based non-governmental organizations, to developing nations.
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