A Contagion Spreads: Air Force Kudzu

The zealous desire by some Airmen to acquire then boastfully use post-nominals is as noxious and invasive in the Air Force as the destructive weed kudzu is in the American countryside. It detracts from the study of the profession of arms, hampers the delivery of required services, and delays

Long-time weather reconnaissance crewmembers retire

A WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft landed on the Keesler Air Force Base runway and taxied to its parking spot in front of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron where a crowd watched the engines shut down and the propellers come to a slow halt.Lt. Col. Troy “Bear” Anderson and Lt. Col. Valerie

Casing Honor: 440th Airlift Wing Inactivates

440th Airlift Wing members, Airmen from around the country, soldiers and community members gathered together yesterday to honor generations of 440th Airmen and pay tribute to the legacy of the Air Force's third oldest unit, the Air Force Reserve's 440th AW, at its inactivation ceremony, September

Reserve RED HORSE Squadrons team up for construction project

Four Reserve RED HORSE squadrons combined forces at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina this summer to help keep their skills sharp between deployments while building a storage building for the 560th RED HORSE Squadron. Members of the 556th RHS from Hurlburt Field, Florida, 555th RHS from Nellis

815th Airlift Squadron flies four-ship training mission

The 815th Airlift Squadron “Flying Jennies”, an Air Force Reserve unit assigned to the 403rd Wing here, flew a four-aircraft training exercise today, their first multi-element training mission since the squadron found out in 2015 that it was no longer scheduled for inactivation.The 815th AS is a

Maintenance unit starts historic chapter with 403rd Wing

A new chapter began today with the activation of the 403rd Wing’s newest maintenance unit during a ceremony at the Consolidated Roberts Aircraft Maintenance Facility.Maj. Brian Horton assumed command of the 803rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, which is responsible for the inspection, repair, launch

22nd AF vice commander visits Little Rock

Incident Response Course hosted at Dobbins

“Dirty Bomb.” It was a term not widely used 25 years ago. Unfortunately today, it's a term with which our children are all too familiar.The term “dirty bomb” relates to a terrorist activity that involves the detonation of an explosive that spreads radioactive material. It is a reality for which

Hurricane Hunters fly into Hurricane Hermine

Today the U.S. Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron flew a fix mission out of Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Mississippi into Tropical Storm Hermine which was named a hurricane mid-flight.As of this afternoon Hermine had max wind speeds of 70 miles per hour at the surface,

Dobbins combats Zika with Georgia Department of Public Health

Dobbins’ Bioenvironmental Engineers recently partnered with the Georgia Department of Public Health to partake in the Department of Defense initiative to combat the Zika virus and other mosquito-spread diseases.Kathleen Schmidt, Georgia DPH vector surveillance coordinator, along with BEE personnel,