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  • 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

  • 302nd Airlift Wing hosting annual aerial firefighting training

    About 300 people from the Air National Guard, U.S. Forest Service and other firefighting agencies are scheduled Monday to begin a weeklong aerial wildland firefighting training and certification hosted by the Air Force Reserve’s 302nd Airlift Wing at Peterson Air Force Base, here.

  • Stitching pride into the mission

    Though their chief responsibility is ensuring aircrew safety, the Reserve Citizen Airmen at the 302nd Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment shop go beyond that scope by using a skill set some might not associate with a military organization – sewing.

  • 1993: The 302nd Airlift Wing takes on the MAFFS mission

      It was 1993 when the 302nd Airlift Wing received the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System mission from the Air Force Reserve’s 943rd Airlift Group, March Air Force Base, California. The MAFFS mission provided aerial firefighting support to largescale, wildland fires by laying down lines of fire

  • IG Inspections, process managers ensure mission readiness

    The Special Operations Command Para-Commandos dazzle air show attendees around the country, but without airlift, their performance can't "get off the ground." The weekend at the Wings Over Myrtle Beach Air Show, a C-130 and crew from the 934th Airlift Wing left their home in chilly Minneapolis,

  • Gearing up for fire season

    Staff Sgt. Michael Allen, a 731st Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules aircraft loadmaster, makes adjustments to a USDA Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System aircraft loading trailer while Senior Master Sgt. Nattessa Gilbert, a 731st AS loadmaster and MAFFS instructor, offers guidance at

  • Colorado Reserve wings host local civic, military leaders

    Col. James DeVere, 302nd Airlift Wing commander, explains the Reserve wing’s aerial port mission to members of the Colorado Springs Chamber & EDC’s Military Affairs Council, Area Chiefs of Staff forum during a meeting hosted by 302nd AW and 310th Space Wing commanders at Peterson Air Force Base,