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  • MTI offers preview to 403rd Wing trainees; opportunity for reservists

    Members of the 403rd Wing Development and Training Flight received a small dose of what is to come at Basic Military Training when Master Sgt. Robert Elliot, a military training instructor recruiter for the 433rd Training Squadron at Joint-Base San Antonio Lackland, Texas, visited trainees here

  • ASTS team reflects on Guyana mission

    Traveling an hour to work at the crack of dawn on a bumpy road, passing homes with no doors or enclosed walls and people washing themselves at a nearby river, six Reserve Citizen Airmen from Robins Air Force Base knew they weren’t in Middle Georgia anymore.Lt. Col. Joni Scott-Weideman, Senior Master

  • Reserve Numbered AF commanders meet for Pre-ESG Huddle

    Preparing for an Executive Steering Group (ESG), the commanders from the 10th Air Force, 4th Air Force and 22ndAir Force met for a Pre-ESG huddle Oct. 28-29 at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas. This was the first time ever all three NAF commanders met prior to an ESG. During

  • AF reclaims USPA National (Arena) Commander-in-Chief Cup

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-Randolph, Texas – The Air Force reclaimed the U.S. Polo Association National (Arena) Commander-in-Chief Cup, overcoming the Army's valiant efforts during the arena polo tournament held in Poteet and Lockhart, Texas, Oct. 26 and 27.Air Force player Cody Goetz, an Air Force

  • Reserve Citizen Airmen fly to Corpus to welcome new pilot to the fold

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-Randolph, Texas – At about three feet tall, Alessandra "Ale" Alaniz might be the shortest pilot ever, but what she lacks in stature, she makes up for in charisma.Ale, a Driscoll Children's Hospital patient in Corpus Christi, Texas, celebrated the Air Force's birthday this year

  • Night Flyers: Herc’s Take to the Stars

    The night skies of Beja, Portugal are full of stars, but they have company.Pilots deployed from Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia flew night training missions in two C-130H3 Hercules aircraft during Exercise Real Thaw 2019 at Beja Air Base, Portugal, Oct. 2, 2019. RT19 is a Portuguese-led large

  • Air Force announces new officer developmental categories

    In an effort to enhance the officer talent management system and enable tailored and agile development, the Air Force is expanding the single Line of the Air Force promotion category into six distinct developmental categories, senior officials here announced Oct. 21.

  • Wing hires first group superintendent, proponent for enlisted force

    He may be drinking from an informational fire hose right now, but as the 403rd Wing’s first of three traditional reserve group superintendents, he has embraced his new role as a proponent for the enlisted force.“I have been learning a lot very quickly,” said Chief Master Sgt. Darren Bannister, who

  • Dobbins displays tactical airlift skills in Portugal

    U.S. Air Force Reserve ready forces were on full display as Airmen and C-130H3 aircraft assigned to the 700th Airlift Squadron, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, deployed to Portugal to participate in Exercise Real Thaw 2019 Sept. 23-Oct. 4, 2019.Real Thaw is a Portuguese-led, large-scale joint and