Sept. 8, 2022 MET shop upgrades dropsonde operator pallets The MET shop have upgrades to install on the WC-130J Super Hercules even during the peak of hurricane season.
July 22, 2022 Reserve tactical airlift unit uses upgraded night-vision devices Imagine a nearly pitch black space. The hand you can only faintly see in front of you rises to flip a battery pack towards your forehead and a faint hum of power buzzes incessantly like a mosquito in the summertime.White light emits from two electronically connected monocular devices.You thumb and
June 23, 2022 302 AW Airmen embody Agile Combat Employment via aerial firefighting In January 2022, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr., signed the service’s first doctrine publication on Agile Combat Employment, presenting expeditionary and multi-capable Airmen who can accomplish tasks in a contested and combat environment. At the 302nd Airlift Wing, Airmen have been
June 22, 2022 Rally in the Swamp This year’s 22nd Air Force week-long exercise, Rally in the Swamp, was held in Florida to test Reserve Citizen Airmen on agile combat support by challenging them with realistic scenarios that support a full spectrum of operations.
April 27, 2022 Blue skies and tailwinds, Lt. Col. Bill Gauntt, American Airman, POW The 301st Fighter Wing's 457th Fighter Squadron, an Air Force Reserve F-16 unit stationed at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, was proud to honor the military career of William “Bill” Aaron Gauntt (U.S. Air Force, Lt. Col., ret.), a Vietnam War POW, Monday, April 18.
Feb. 24, 2022 Far from Home: Global Vikings deploy to European Theater in support of Allies Aircrew and maintainers of the 934th Airlift Wing deployed to the EUCOM area of responsibility on Feb. 16, 2022. The Airmen were mobilized to satisfy a short-notice deployment as part of prudent steps the United States is taking to heighten the readiness of its forces at home and abroad so they are
Feb. 2, 2022 445th AW, 88th ABW Airmen lead community based learning for Afghan children Three Airmen from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, are among a small but mighty team offering community based learning to Afghan children and families temporarily residing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey.
Sept. 14, 2021 914 ARW trains with U.S. Army medics for battlefield medical treatment & K-9 support The 914th Aeromedical Staging Squadron of the 914th Air Refueling Wing conducted battlefield mass casualty and aeromedical evacuation training with the 691st Medical Detachment from the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Utica, New York, The 1982nd Forward Surgical Team from the Armed Forces Reserve Center
Sept. 13, 2021 20 years later, we'll still never forget Twenty years after the September 11th terrorist attacks, members of the Western New York community gathered in front of Niagara University to remember.“The streets were covered with thick ash and the air was filled with smoke. It was an eerie feeling and one that will be planted in my mind as long
Sept. 11, 2021 403rd Wing pays tribute to 9/11 victims, ruck marches in remembrance on 20th anniversary The Air Force Reserve’s 403rd Wing commemorated the 20th anniversary of 9/11 by hosting a Memorial Ruck March today at 8:30 a.m. More than 100 Reserve Citizen Airmen and active duty members from the 81st Training Wing took part in the five-mile trek around Keesler’s flight line to pay tribute to