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  • Members of the Chaplain Candidate Intensive Internship participate in a simulated search and recovery mission during a Field Exercise at the Combat Readiness School, Robins Air Force Base, Ga. July 13, 2015. Open to seminary and professional religious school students, the CCII serves as the second of four phases of the Chaplain Candidate Training Plan, evaluating candidates’ suitability and potential for commissioning as an Air Force Chaplain. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. James Branch)

    Air Force Reserve chaplain candidates practice what they preach during intensive internship

    Serving Airmen and Pursuing Excellence is part of the Air Force Chaplain Corps motto. Recently, 17 Air Force Reserve Command chaplain candidates challenged themselves both physically and mentally during the 35-day Chaplain Candidate Intensive Internship from July through mid-August.Open to seminary and professional religious school students who
  • The "Tribute in Light" memorial is in remembrance of the events of Sept. 11, 2001, in honor of the citizens who lost their lives in the World Trade Center attacks. The memorial was first held in March 2002. This photo was taken from Liberty State Park, N.J., on Sept. 11, 2006, the five year anniversary of 9/11. (U.S. Air Force photo/Denise Gould)

    Remembering 9/11: Airman reflects on childhood memories of Twin Towers

    For Staff Sgt. Jasmine Walker, a 1st Maintenance Group aircraft maintenance scheduler, the memory of the Twin Towers is a bittersweet reminder of her childhood.
  • Led by Lt. Col. Korey Brown, paratroopers taking part in the airborne anniversary celebrations march from the drop zone past a vintage C-47 Skytrain as visitors look on. (Photo by Gene H. Hughes)

    Alabama airlifters assist Airborne Anniversary

    The 908th Airlift Wing recently received an invitation to take part in the 75th Anniversary of the very first air drop of American paratroopers here. "What an honor to not only participate, but to be specifically requested to do so by Fort Benning," said Capt. Brian Powell, aircraft commander for the 908th C-130. "To be a part of such an important

  • Hurricane Hunters fly busy storm season in Pacific

    The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron "Hurricane Hunters" have flown several storm missions over the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans this hurricane season, gathering weather data for the National Hurricane Center and Central Pacific Hurricane Center.The Pacific Ocean has been particularly active. So far this year, the Hurricane Hunters have flown
  • Master Sgt. Troy Bickham, a loadmaster with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, preps the back of a WC-130J before a deployment to the Caribbean to gather storm data in Hurricane Danny for the National Hurricane Center, Aug. 19, 2015. The Hurricane Hunters completed the last mission for Danny Aug. 24, 2015, and started flying into Tropical Storm Erika Aug. 25, 2015, and moved their operations to Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, Aug. 26, 2015, as Erika is projected to impact St. Croix, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, the forward operating location for the 53rd WRS. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Brian Lamar)

    Hurricane Hunters to fly Tropical Storm Erika

    The Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters are operating out of Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, flying state-of-the-art WC-130J aircraft into Tropical Storm Erika in support of the National Hurricane Center in Miami.The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron flew four missions into TS Erika out of their deployed location at St. Croix in the U.S.
  • Pfc. Alonte Smith, a paratrooper assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division Artillery, jumps from a 440th Airlift Wing, Air Force Reserve C-130 onto Avon Park Air Force Range in Florida on Aug. 13 as part of the 82nd Airborne Division Association Convention. (U.S. Army photo by Capt. Joe Bush)

    Pope reservists participate in airborne celebration

    Everyone knows that paratroopers and C-130s go together like peanut butter and jelly. So when current and former paratroopers gathered in Florida earlier this month to celebrate the 82nd Airborne Division and the 75th anniversary of airborne operations, it wasn't a surprise that the 440th Airlift Wing, Air Force Reserve, was there to support. The
  • Students of the basic paratrooper course prepare to jump from the 913th Airlift Group’s C-130H during the third and final week of jump school at Fort Benning, Ga. July 13, 2015. To graduate the course students must successfully complete five parachute jumps with the T-11 parachute at 1,250 feet from a C-130 or C-17 aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Mark Withee)

    Air Force Reserve Supports Airborne Students

    Members of the Air Force Reserve’s 913th Airlift Group and 302nd Airlift Wing supported the Army’s 1st Battalion, 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment’s Basic Airborne Course July 13-17 in Fort Benning, Georgia. The mission was a Total Force effort of one C-130H and 15 Total Force crewmembers from the 327th Airlift Squadron, 50th Airlift Squadron and

  • President proclaims National ESGR Week

    Presidential Proclamation -- National EmployerSupport of the Guard and Reserve Week, 2015NATIONAL EMPLOYER SUPPORT OF THE GUARD AND RESERVE WEEK, 2015- - - - - -BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION The United States military is the finest fighting force the world has ever known -- not just because of our weapons or
  • Airmen from the 913th Maintenance Squadron tow a C-130H to a nearby hangar August 4, 2015, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark. The C-130 is capable of operating from rough, dirt strips and fulfills a wide range of operational missions in peace and wartime situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Harry Brexel)

    913th Airlift Group Gets Black-Letter Status

    It happens less frequently than a blue moon, and is rarer than a no-hitter in Major League Baseball, but black-letter initials do happen, and the 913th Airlift Group’s Maintenance Squadron made sure it did July 28. A black-letter initial is just that, a crew chief’s initial with black ink on an Aircraft Inspection Form 781H verifying the
  • Patrick Kennedy, Under Secretary of Management, from the United States Department of State, addresses an audience of personnel from the Department of State, MRI Global, Paul Allen Foundation, and members of the 94th Airlift Wing, at an unveiling of the DOS Containerized Biocontainment System, held at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga. Aug. 11, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo/Don Peek)

    Next generation biocontainment system unveiled at Dobbins

    The next generation in biocontainment systems was unveiled in a ceremony Aug. 11 at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia.The 94th Airlift Wing was chosen by the Department of State as the host unit for the Containerized Biocontainment Systems because of the installations proximity to world-class hospitals that can treat patients infected with highly
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