53rd WRS reflect on 2019 Hurricane season

Andrea, Barry, Dorian, Fernand, Humberto, Jerry, Karen, Lorena, Nestor and Olga. At first glance one may think this is a list popular baby names for the year, but in fact they’re the names of nine storms the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron flew into during this year’s hurricane season. The 2019

Dobbins chief reaches 10,000 flight hours

Chief Master Sgt. Terry Studstill, 700th Airlift Squadron flight engineer superintendent, completed 10,000 flight hours this past weekend on a C-130H3 Hercules bound for Key West, Florida.

Soaring with Eagles: Outstanding Airman flies with FLTS

Base color guard presents colors for Air Force band

The U.S. Air Force Heritage Band of America performed a concert at Stambaugh Auditorium in Youngstown, Ohio, Nov. 18, 2019.

Loadmaster first Reservist to complete USAF Weapons School Advanced Instructor Course

Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Parker, 815th Airlift Squadron instructor loadmaster, returned this week after completing the U.S. Air Force Weapons School Advanced Instructor Course as the first Reserve Citizen Airman to be selected for the school and as the distinguished graduate.

New 403rd Wing Chaplain

Before Maj. Bitrus Cobongs became the new 403rd Wing Chaplain, he was a young student from Nigeria attending the Dallas Theological Seminary. His ambition had been to return to Africa to teach, but the events of Sept.11, 2001 led him to join the U.S. military. “That’s how the chaplaincy came to me,”

NOAA, NHC visit 53rd WRS Hurricane Hunters

From the outside looking in, hurricane forecasts seem fairly simplistic. On any given local weather station, they show either a spaghetti model or a more conical shaped model predicting a storm’s path and intensity. There might be a high or low pressure system animated into the graphic as well

934th Airmen enlist at TCF Bank Stadium

Col. James Wall, 934th Airlift Wing vice commander, officiated an enlistment and reenlistment at TCF Stadium in Minneapolis, Minn., November 9, 2019. From left to right, Chris Streit, Ashley Erdman, Master Sgt. Glen Kramlinger, Zachary Glas and Alyssa Snyder took the oath of enlistment before the

C-130 weed killer

How does the Air Force kill weeds to make fire breaks in hazardous areas of the Utah Test and Training Range? It uses a C-130 assigned to the U.S. Air Force Reserve 757th Airlift Squadron stationed at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio.

920th Wing Commander Selected for New Assignment

Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, Chief of Air Force Reserve, announced on Nov. 5, 2019, that Col. Kurt Matthews, 920th Rescue Wing commander, has been selected to serve as the Vice Commander for 22nd Air Force at Dobbins Air Force Base, Georgia.Colonel Matthews has been the commander of the 920th Rescue