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  • Personnel officer earns Air Force award

    A 403rd Wing personnel officer is the 2015 Personnel Reserve Component Company Grade Officer of the Year. Capt. April Martin, 403rd Force Support Squadron Manpower and Personnel Flight commander, won the Air Force-level award. This spring she was named the Air Force Reserve Command Personnel CGO of

  • GPS - Not just for navigation

    With seemingly never ending winters here in Minn., the summer months present eager times for everyone to enjoy the outdoors and have some fun. Great weather with warm temperatures and longer lasting daylight hours cause for people to partake in various outdoor festivities during the fantastic

  • Pokémon, Don’t

    Watch out! Everyone’s favorite game from the 90s is back, this time in form of a mobile phone application. That’s right, with Nintendo’s release of its new Pokémon Go mobile game, people across America are catching Pokémon fever again. Confused about how the game works? Well, Pokémon Go uses your

  • Final 440th C-130 Departs Pope

    The final C-130 Hercules aircraft of the Air Force Reserve's 440th Airlift Wing departed here June 29, 2016, signifying the end of the flying era of the historic unit that will be inactivating in September.The 440th flew the aircraft to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona, where it was

  • Cyber Lightning sparks virtual awareness

     “Was it worth the trip?”This question was asked by Master Sgt. Robert Beveridge, computer systems operator with the 910th Airlift Wing and software engineer at Carnegie Mellon University to a classroom full of communications Airmen.The answer was a unanimous yes.Communications Airmen from the 911th

  • Dietary supplements: Know what you're taking

    Air Force reservists should be careful when taking dietary supplements because of their potential health risks but also because they could lead to a positive urinalysis test result, according to officials with Air Force Reserve Command’s Medical Services Directorate and staff judge advocate’s

  • Keesler Heritage: Air Force reservists serve Mississippi Gulf Coast

    The United State Air Force has a long legacy of service in the Gulf Coast region. Keesler Air Force Base itself is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year, marking a long tradition of keeping the skies above the Mississippi Gulf Coast safe for its citizens. The U.S. Air Force Reserve,

  • Chief recalls experience of Khobar Towers bombing 20 years later

    This year marks the 20th anniversary of the terrorist bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia, which occurred June 25, 1996. For one 403rd Wing member, that day proved to be a vivid and marked experience.Chief Master Sgt. Josephine Keller, 403rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron chief enlisted

  • Last C-130 brings new opportunities

    U.S. Air Force Gen. Carlton D. Everhart II, Air Mobility Command commander, departs a C-130J prior to an aircraft delivery ceremony at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., June 20, 2016. Everhart delivered the final C-130J to the 19th Airlift Wing form Lockheed Martin. On Jan. 1, 2016, the 913th

  • Navigator nabs 9000 Flying Hours

    Nine thousand is a big number in the flying world, especially when considering hours aboard a C-130 Hercules aircraft. That is the number navigator Lt. Col. Barry Cupples, Jr. of the 328th Airlift Squadron surpassed, June 10, 2016. “It makes me feel old, honestly,” Cupples joked as he spoke of his