May 3, 2021 From Little Girl in Ghana to Legislative Fellow in the U.S. Government; Reserve Citizen Airman embodies the American Dream Senior Master Sgt. Eva Appiah, 357th Airlift Squadron first sergeant, was selected as the Air Force Reserve Command's Enlisted Legislative Fellow for 2021.
April 12, 2021 Football game flyover symbolizes partnership, promise The rains ceased and the clouds abated just enough, and just in time, for a 908th Airlift Wing C-130 “Hercules” cargo aircraft to appear above the crowd at Alabama State University football stadium Saturday, April 10.
Sept. 29, 2020 908th Gains Experience with New Vice The 908th Airlift Wing added an extremely large amount of C-130 experience to its team when Col. Casey J. Burril joined as the wing’s new vice commander.
Sept. 3, 2020 Rally in the Valley 2020 Exercise Recap Rally in the Valley Exercise RecapAug. 22-23, Senior Leadership Seminar and Summersville Airdrops (0:00-2:15)Aug. 24, Aircraft Takeoffs and Mountain Top Airdrops (2:15-4:00)Aug. 25, Dirt Landing Zone and Engines Running On-Load/Off-Load (4:00-5:20)
Aug. 27, 2020 First Sergeants: More Than a Position, A Calling That Requires Having a Heart as Strong as a Diamond The Air Force first recognized the outcry for a career field that focused on the health and well-being of Airmen and the overall unit by establishing the first sergeant position in 1961. This move was then followed by the Strategic Air Command’s 15th Air Force opening their own first sergeant school
Aug. 26, 2020 Rally in the Valley 2020 Five Air Force Reserve units from the 22nd Air Force and a West Virginia Air National Guard unit participated in Rally in the Valley, a multi-day C-130 training exercise under a distributed operations concept, Aug. 22-25, 2020.
Aug. 20, 2020 908th Airlift Wing’s Unique Relationship with DoD’s only Airborne School The fog was starting to dissipate on Maxwell’s flightline as the crew walked along the painted yellow line to the C-130 Hercules. Their shoulders weighed down by equipment that was readied for the long journey ahead. On March 11, 2020, the pilots, flight engineers, loadmasters and a navigator of the
March 16, 2020 Commander of 22nd Air Force Visits YARS Maj. Gen. John P. Healy, the commander of 22nd Air Force, visited Youngstown Air Reserve Station March 6-8, 2020.
Jan. 24, 2020 908th CATM Instructor Loves Teaching, Inspiring Others Inside one of Maxwell Air Force Base’s firing range classrooms is Tech Sgt. James Kuehne, 908th Security Forces Squadron Combat Arms instructor, demonstrating how to hold an M4 carbine.
Jan. 12, 2020 908th Combat Arms instructors are driven to teaching Airmen The sun will not be up for hours but the 908th Security Forces Squadron Combat Arms instructors are already at Maxwell’s Firing Range, preparing for their class’ arrival Nov. 2, 2019, for the 908th SFS’ annual qualifying test.