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  • Maj. General Craig L. La Fave, the commander of the 22nd Air Force, receives a briefing by the 910th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron on the 910th Airlift Wing’s C-130H Hercules fleet engines in the engine shop on Youngstown Air Reserve Station June 2.

    22nd Air Force commander visits 910th

    Maj. Gen. Craig L. La Fave, commander of the 22nd Air Force, visited Youngstown Air Reserve Station from June 1 through 3 making his way around the station and receiving briefings from several of the 910th Airlift Wing’s squadrons on how they provide a current, qualified, mission-ready force so the Air Force can fly, fight and win in air, space and cyberspace.
  • U.S. Rep. Doug Lamborn, presents a copy of the Congressional Record recognizing the Air Force Reserve’s 302nd Airlift Wing for its 25 years supporting the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System mission to Col. James DeVere, the 302nd AW commander, at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, June 1, 2018. Lamborn came to the wing on an official visit to discuss the MAFFS mission with DeVere. Lamborn’s proclamation was officially added to the U.S. House of Representatives Congressional Record April 26, 2018. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Frank Casciotta)

    Reserve wing recognized by Congress for MAFFS milestone

  • (L-R) Senior Master Sgt. Tim Smith and Master Sgt. Brian Osman, air advisors assigned to the 770th Air Expeditionary Advisory Squadron, and Iraqi Air Force 1st Lt. Alaa Aziz, oxygen officer, watch an Iraqi maintenance airman fill up a tank with liquid oxygen May 22, 2018, at Al Muthana Air Base in Baghdad, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Benjamin Hughes)

    Iraqi Air Force provides vital air to Italian pilots

    Editor's note: Senior Master Sgt. Tim Smith is a member of the 908th Airlift Wing, Maxwell AFB, Ala., a unit of 22nd Air Force.  The Iraqi Air Force provided an Italian Air Force aircraft with vital liquid oxygen for their pilots at Al Muthana Air Base on May 13.  After relocating the aircraft to northern Iraq last month, the Italian pilots were
  • 340th FTG CPI manager, Lt. Col. Sara Linck, Master Sgt. Amy Whitman-Rector (C) and Master Sgt. Latisha Melendez survey outbrief statements during the recent Financial Management travel voucher process CPI event. (U.S. Air Force photo by Janis El Shabazz)

    340th CPI team finds way to pay members faster

    Show me the money! Thanks to a recent continuous process improvement event held here, the 340th Flying Group Financial Management section will be able to show official travelers their money a little faster. A six-month review of the travel voucher submission\completion processes revealed that 17 percent of vouchers were paid beyond the 30-day 340th
  • Col. Dan Sarachene, commander of the 910th Airlift Wing, based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, gives the keynote address at a Memorial Day ceremony in Austintown Township, May 28, 2018.

    Youngstown commander's speech honors those who gave all

    Col. Dan Sarachene, commander of the 910th Airlift Wing, based at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, gives the keynote address at a Memorial Day ceremony in Austintown Township, May 28, 2018.
  • Lt. Col. Maura George, Maj. Derik George and their children pose with The Chew host cutouts prior to joining the hosts on camera as program special guests. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Andy Davis, SAF/PAON, NYC)

    22nd AF Airmen chat & chew with TV celebs

    Two Reserve Citizen Airmen and their children were recently featured guests on ABC’s The Chew during an episode designed to honor military members and veterans, and to kick off the annual U.S. Navy’s Fleet Week in New York City. Appearing on the popular daytime talk show May 20 were 340th Flying Training Group's 70th Flying Training Squadron
  • Staff Sgt. Annie Lepillez, a 731st Airlift Squadron loadmaster, reads over a checklist before a training mission during the annual wildland firefighting training and certification sponsored by the U.S.D Department of Agriculture Forest Service at McClellan Reload Base, California, April 26, 2018.

    A loadmaster’s journey to MAFFS

    Annie had just found a decent vantage point to get a better look at the infamous Black Forest fire as it was burning near her hometown of Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 2013 when she spotted an aircraft dropping a line of bright orange retardant on the outskirts of the wildfire. At the time, she had no idea that she would be flying as part of the
  • From left, Mike Sanford and Col. Tony Polashek meet with DoD stakeholders Salvadore Libretto and Cheryl Loft during Phase 1 of the BHMC Pilot May 17. (Air Force Photo/Paul Zadach)

    Minnesota, 934th AW picked for new DoD pilot program

    Minnesota was selected as one of seven states to pilot the multi-year Building Healthy Military Communities (BHMC) program. The BHMC program aims to better understand unique challenges faced by graphically dispersed service members and their families that may impact their readiness, resiliency and well-being. Other states selected for BHMC are
  • Maj Matt Bar teaching the new innovation 5th Generation Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals syllabus to Lt. Col. Kyle Goldstein. (U.S. Air Force photo by Janis El Shabazz)

    39th FTS Cobras take over San Antonio sky

    Reserve Citizen Airmen took command of San Antonio military airspace May 3 during an annual training and readiness exercise here called “Cobras in the Clouds.” During the exercise, 39th Flying Training Squadron Cobras assumed control of every training flight, operations desk, supervisor position and flight control tower. The annual exercise enables
  • U.S. Air Force Reserve Capt. John Leslie, 327th Airlift Squadron pilot, 913th Airlift Group, conducts low-level training through the mountainous terrain of Wadi Rum in southern Jordan April 20, 2018 while supporting Eager Lion 2018.

    913 AG supports Eager Lion 2018

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