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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 39th FTS instructor pilots impact generations

    Snuggled in the outskirts of San Antonio lies Randolph Air Force Base, which houses a unique squadron with a very serious mission -- to train those who will train future Air Force pilots.The 39th Flying Training Squadron, which falls under the 340th Flying Training Group, has a mission to provide

  • Refueling units welcome deployers home

    Maj. Chase Crosby, 18th Air Refueling Squadron pilot, greets his son after returning from a deployment to Southwest Asia, Oct. 4, 2014, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. Crosby returned along with 19 other members of the 931st Air Refueling Group.(U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Abigail Klein)

  • Reserve recruiters reach goal for 15th straight year

    For the 15th consecutive year, Air Force Reserve Command Recruiting Service has met the command’s accession goal. Lt. Gen. James F. Jackson, AFRC commander, sent a congratulatory message to recruiters praising them for meeting their fiscal year 2015 goal. “Thank you for your outstanding efforts in

  • Combat Comm Airmen repair Honduran hospital network

    Combat communications Airmen with the U.S. Air Force Reserve's 35th Combat Communication Squadron from Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, restored Internet connectivity to a local hospital in Trujillo, Honduras.The Airmen restored connectivity to 19 offices and 24 workstations allowing 30 users to

  • F-22, F-16 pilots hone water survival skills

    More than 70 reservists and active duty service members from three units participated in water survival training at Naval Air Station Key West, Florida, Sept. 14 - 18. Service members from the 301st Fighter Wing here and its geographically separated

  • Hurricane Hunters fly Joaquin

    An aircrew with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron "Hurricane Hunters," an Air Force Reserve unit assigned to the 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, flew their third mission into Hurricane Joaquin early this morning.The crew measured strong flight-level winds of 83 miles per