Oct. 30, 2015 Nellis families welcome Reservists home Family members of Senior Airman Jaime Parada, 926th Security Forces Squadron, wait for his arrival at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Oct. 22. Parada was returning from a 7-month deployment to Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jake Carter)
Oct. 30, 2015 Westover not chosen as preferred KC-46A base Air Force officials announced Thursday that Westover is no longer a prime candidate to be the first reserve-led KC-46A Pegasus main operating base. Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, has now been slotted as the preferred base. The KC-46s are expected to begin arriving in 2019.Westover
Oct. 28, 2015 Alaska Reservist presented decoration for Nepal relief efforts An Alaska Reservist was presented with a commendation medal for her work while supporting earthquake relief efforts in Nepal during a ceremony in the Courtyard of Heroes at the Pacific Air Force Headquarters Oct. 16. "I deployed as the Joint Air
Oct. 27, 2015 Hurricane Hunters fly record breaking storm A 53rdWeather Reconnaissance Squadron "Hurricane Hunter" aircrew flew their WC-130Jaircraft off the western central coast of Mexico over the Pacific Ocean togather storm data from Hurricane Patricia Oct. 22-23.The data collected by the Air Force Reserve Hurricane Huntersclassified Hurricane Patricia
Oct. 26, 2015 Partnership brings Feel the Heat back to Youngstown In partnership with the American Red Cross Lake to River Chapter, Youngstown Air Reserve Station (YARS) hosted the second annual Feel the Heat event here, Oct. 22, 2015. The purpose of Feel the heat is to exercise and demonstrate the collaborative response capabilities of the Red Cross and 910th
Oct. 23, 2015 Airmen, Marines team up for air jumps Joint forces came together Oct. 15 and 16 as Airmen and Marines took the Georgia skies for low-level static line parachute training.This was a unique opportunity for the members of the 94th Airlift Wing and 4th Recon Battalion that provided an invaluable training scenario. “Joint training is always
Oct. 23, 2015 Community gathers for business after hours Maj. Gen. Richard S. “Beef” Haddad, Air Force Reserve Command vice commander, shares a light moment with retired Col. Henry Childs during the Business After Hours event hosted by the Robins Regional and Perry Chambers of Commerce Oct. 22 in Perry, Ga. The events are held periodically by both
Oct. 15, 2015 Hill total force team welcomes F-35 The 388th Fighter Wing and 419th Fighter Wing formally welcomed the arrival ofthe F-35 Lightning II during a ceremony here today.The event was hostedby Lockheed Martin, the aerospace company that designed and produced theaircraft, to mark the beginning of F-35 operations at the active duty 388th
Oct. 14, 2015 AF Reserve set to reactivate bomb group The Air Force Reserve plans to reactivate the 489th Bomb Group and associated elements during an Oct. 17 ceremony at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas.The bomb group reactivation includes the 345th Bomb Squadron, the 489th Maintenance Squadron and the 489th Aerospace Medical Fight.The 489th BG is a
Oct. 7, 2015 Reserve rescue assists with search for cargo ship The 920th Rescue Wing deployed an aircraft Tuesday in support of the search for possible survivors from the cargo ship El Faro, which is believed to have sunk during Hurricane Joaquin.A wing aircrew departed from here in an HC-130P/N King aircraft today at approximately 10:45 a.m. with two 4-man