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  • A pilot waves the American flag out of a window as a U.S. Air For C-130 Hercules pilots down the flightline returning to Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga. after its four-month long deployment May 18, 2015. More than 150 members from the 94th Airlift Wing deployed to support the Central Command Area of Responsibility earlier this year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Brad Fallin)

    Community welcomes deployers home

    A sea of people in patriotic colors waving signs and banners welcomed home more than 150 Citizen Airmen from a deployment in southwest Asia back to Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia May 18 and 19.This was the second Aerospace Expeditionary Force deployment for the 94th AW since converting from a C-130 training mission to a combat coded wing in
  • Members of the Employers Support of the Guard and Reserve took turns flying the C-130 Eastern Regional Flight Simulator at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., May 15, 2015. The ESGR tour of Dobbins ARB was arranged to provide a hands-on understanding of what their Air Force Reserve employees experience when deployed to the theater of operations. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Brad Fallin)

    Reserve hosts nation's employers at Dobbins

    More than 20 employers of Air Force Reservists from around the country arrived at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia May 15 to receive a tour of the base and learn about the capabilities of America’s Citizen Airmen. “You all were nominated by your Citizen Airmen,” Lt. Gen. James Jackson, Chief of Air Force Reserve and AFRC commander, told the group.
  • Air Force Reserve Senior Airman Matt Tyrell, 910th Maintenance Squadron crew chief, removes a panel to check oil levels in the propeller of a C-130H Hercules aircraft here, May 3, 2015. This is one of many inspections to make sure the aircraft is fully mission capable. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Rachel Kocin)

    Airman at Work: Routine maintenance keeps aircraft safe

  • Parents and students get an up-close look at a 94th Airlift Wing C-130H3 aircraft during the 2015 Academy Day, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., May 9, 2015.The annual event provides high school students the opportunity to meet with representatives from each of the service academies, including West Point, the U.S. Naval Academy, the U.S. Air Force Academy, the Coast Guard Academy, and the U.S. Merchant Marines Academy. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Brad Fallin)

    Dobbins hosts students, parents at Academy Day

    The 94th Airlift Wing hosted Georgia’s17th annual U.S. Service Academy Day May 9, where more than 1,200 applicants, parents and grandparents were given the chance to meet with state elected officials who are integral to the application process to a military service academy.The goal of the program is to allow high school students the opportunity to
  • Lt. Col. James "G-Man" Doyle, an Air Force Reserve pilot with the 514th Flight Test Squadron here, made an emergency landing in an A-10 that averted a possible disaster. (U.S. Air Force/Bill Orndorff)

    Reserve test pilot lauded for emergency landing

    Quick thinking and good communication not only saved a $13 million aircraft andits pilot, it also averted a possible tragedy close to Hill Air ForceBase.On Jan. 10, 2014, Lt. Col. James "G-Man" Doyle, an Air ForceReserve pilot with the 514th Flight Test Squadron, was taking off on afunctional test flight on an A-10C Thunderbolt when he realized
  • Staff Sgt. Kenneth McMillen, (center), a structural carpenter assigned to the 307th RED HORSE Squadron, instructs a group of Airmen on proper procedures for clearing buildings during a training exercise at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana., Sept. 10, 2014. McMillen, who is also a Bowie County Sheriff’s Deputy, has been credited with saving the life of a woman in a house fire on March 9, 2015. (U.S. Air Force file photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Walston)

    RED HORSE reservist's actions save a life

    When Bowie County Sheriff Deputy Kenny McMillen, who is also an Air Force reservist assigned to the 307th RED HORSE here, started the graveyard shift on Mar. 8, 2015, it began like any other. Within hours that would all change.In the early morning of March 9, McMillen was dispatched through 911 to back up Deputy Michelle Carrier at a house fire.

  • AF celebrates Public Service Recognition Week

    PSRW is a nation-wide campaign to recognize people who serve the nation as federal, state, county and local government employees. It's to highlight their contributions and to say “thank you for your service.”
  • Master Sgt. Hertrich, an operations specialist with the 911th Airlift Wings’ Civil Engineer Squadron, uses a lift system to help put sheets of dry wall on the ceiling of a home being built for the local Navajo Nation of Gallup, N.M., April 24. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Joseph E. Bridge)

    Prime BEEF is sizzling in Gallup

    Walking through a warehouse here in Gallup, N.M., the sound of saws, nail guns and screw guns abound in every direction like a symphony hall with maybe just a bit of bad acoustics. Airmen of every rank move about with an ease of knowing what to do, and a sense of urgency of what needs to be done.Members of the 911th Airlift Wings' Civil Engineer
  • Air Force Reserve Command’s Outstanding Airman of the Year winners pose for a photo with Lt. Gen. James Jackson, AFRC commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Cameron Kirksey, AFRC command chief, during the AFRC OAY banquet at the Waverly Hotel in Atlanta, Ga., April 15, 2015. The AFRC banquet honored Citizen Airmen for the hard work and dedication. (U.S. Air Force photo/Brad Fallin)

    AFRC’s Outstanding Airmen of the Year recognized

    More than 200 leaders from Air Force Reserve Command and the surrounding community came together at the Waverly Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia April 15 for a ceremony to honor the nation’s top Citizen Airmen. The nominees from all of AFRC’s Numbered Air Forces were also recognized for their outstanding contributions to the Air Force and its global
  • Members of the 911th Civil Engineer Squadron talk with Albert Prieto, the construction project manager of the Southwest Indian Foundation’s Veterans Vocational Center, about construction plans as part of Operation Footprint in Gallup, New Mexico, April 20, 2015. The civil engineers will be in Gallup for approximately two weeks participating in the construction for the underprivileged of the Navajo Nation. (Photo by Senior Airman Joseph E. Bridge)

    Pittsburgh Citizen Airmen assist Navaho Nation

    Reservists from the 911th Civil Engineer Squadron, Pittsburgh Air Reserve Station, Pa., are spending their annual training tour here constructing homes for the Navaho Nation under Operation Footprint, a Department of Defense Innovative Readiness Training program.Operation Footprint partners DOD members with the Southwest Indian Foundation to target
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