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  • Thirty-five members of the 908th Logistics Readiness Squadron recently performed their two-week annual tour, hosted by the 627th LRS, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Courtsey)

    For training, LRS willing to go the distance

    To receive on-the-job training or to maintain proficiency on key core tasks, Reservists often have to find other locations that offer training not available at their home base.Thirty-five members of the 908th Logistics Readiness Squadron recently returned to Maxwell from a two-week annual tour, hosted by the 627th LRS at Joint Base Lewis-McChord,
  • 910th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department Chief Anthony Wells observes the response of his unit members to a simulated aircraft accident during the second annual Feel the Heat event here, Oct. 22, 2015. Feel the Heat is an interactive training and demonstration event involving the 910th Airlift Wing and the American Red Cross Lake to River Chapter. During the event, the 910th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department ignited a mock training aircraft and responded with vehicles and personnel to combat the blaze and rescue victims. (U.S. Air Force photo/Eric M. White)

    Red Cross partnership brings Feel the Heat back to YARS

    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 Airlift Wing.
  • Marines from Bravo Company, 4th Recon Battalion, 4th Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve, Smyrna, Ga., jump from a C-130H3 from the 94th Airlift Wing at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., Oct 15, 2015. The Marines were performing static line parachute recertification jumps to a landing zone on Dobbins ARB. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Don Peek)

    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 a limiting factor identified during

  • Niagara EOD supports recent Pope visit to the U.S.

    Two members of the 914th Explosive Ordnance Disposal flight were part of the joint personnel team that secured various locations in New York City during Pope Francis' recent visit to the United States September 22 to 27. Master Sgt. Garth Muenter and Senior Airman Joseph Kulczyk, 914th EOD, worked with representatives from all service branches of
  • Col. Kevin Webb, Air Force Reserve Command Chief of Mobility Operations Division, demonstrates some of the functions of the Mobile Mission Kit during a test phase of the unit held at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga. Sept. 29, 2015. The device is designed to capture a wide variety of accurate and timely mission data using a paperless and real-time process, reducing crew workload, saving costs and improving overall efficiency before, during and after flying missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Peek)

    Dobbins first to test new aviation technology

    A team from Air Force Reserve Command arrived at Dobbins Air Reserve Base the week of Sept. 30 to test the first-of-its-kind Mobile Mission Kit with the 94th Airlift Wing.The 94th AW became the first unit in the Air Force to test out this new system for documenting flight information that is estimated to save at least 19-million dollars in man
  • Secretary of Defense Ash Carter shakes hands with Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone after presenting him the Airman’s Medal at the Heroes of the Rails ceremony at the Pentagon in Washington, D.C., Sept. 17, 2015. Stone was awarded the Airman’s Medal and the Purple Heart for bravery and valor for his heroic actions on the train bound for Paris. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott Ash)

    Airman 1st Class Stone in stable condition

    At approximately 1 a.m. PST, Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone, the Air Force service member who helped thwart a gunman’s attack on a French train in August, was involved in a stabbing incident in Sacramento, California. He was transported to a local hospital, and is currently in stable condition.
  • Tech. Sgt. Jenna Daniel, a 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron loadmaster, logs information on a dropsonde to be dropped in the eyewall of Hurricane Joaquin during a mission into the storm Oct. 2, 2015. Hurricane Joaquin has downgraded to a Category 1 storm. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Staff Sgt. Nicholas Monteloene)

    Hurricane Hunters fly storms from Hawaii, Georgia

    Aircrews with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron "Hurricane Hunters," departed Friday and today for Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, where they will start flying data-gathering missions Sunday into storms southwest of the Hawaiian Islands.Operations for Hurricane Joaquin moved to Hunter Army Airfield in Savannah, Ga., Friday. Crews

  • C-130J crashes in Afghanistan

    An Air Force C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 774th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, part of the 455th Air Expeditionary Wing, crashed Oct. 2 at approximately 12:19 a.m. at Jalalabad Airfield, Afghanistan.
  • Maj. Gen. Stayce Harris, 22nd Air Force commander and (retired) Col. Tom Palmer, Commandant of Cadets for the University of North Georgia, proceed through a cadet cordon on their way to the inaugural Honor2Lead symposium at the school's Library and Technology Center in Dahlonega, Ga., Sept. 25, 2015. Honor2Lead was created in an effort to emphasize the importance of ethics and values in today's business, academia and military environments.(U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. James R. Wilson)

    22nd AF commander speaks at UNG

    Maj. Gen. Stayce Harris, 22nd Air Force commander, and other military senior leaders spoke at the Honor2Lead symposium at the University of North Georgia in Dahlonega, Georgia Sept. 25. Harris was one of six senior executives to speak to an international audience of thousands on values-based leadership. This was the inaugural event for the
  • Swift Response 2015 was the largest combined airborne training on the continent since the end of the Cold War. The exercise included more than 4,800 participants from 11 NATO nations including Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain the United Kingdom and the United States. Three Air Force Reservists from the 302nd Airlift Wing deployed to Ramstein Air Base, Germany to direct air operations for the multinational training exercise. (Courtesy photo)

    Colorado reservists lead air ops for multinational exercise

    Air Force Reservists from the 302nd Airlift Wing here directed the air operations portion of the largest airborne training exercise in Europe since the end of the Cold War.Col. Erich Novak, 302nd AW vice commander, Lt. Col. Frank Wilde, 302nd Operations Group deputy commander, and Lt. Col. Bradley Ross, 302nd Operations Support Squadron, directed
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