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  • Deployed 442d Fighter Wing reservists received a phone call from Missouri Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler on Monday. Hartzler phoned the deployed citizen airmen from her home office outside Harrisonville, Mo. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Technical Sgt. Emilly Alley)

    Deployed Reservists talk war and baseball with congresswoman

    It was almost midnight Tuesday, August 19, in Bagram when a room full of deployed Airman from the 442d Fighter Wing took a phone call from Missouri Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler.Lt. Col. Bryan Stone, 303d Air Expeditionary Fighter Squadron Commander, casually mentioned, at the start of the conversation, the airfield had been attacked 64 times since
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    ARPC announces school selection results

    Air Reserve Personnel Center officials here announced selection results from the semi-annual CY14B Reserve School Selection Board. The selection board convened at the center July 14 - 18 to match selected members to their respective schools based upon the needs of the Air Force Reserve followed by consideration for the individual's preferences.
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    ARPC announces lieutenant colonel promotions

    Air Reserve Personnel Center officials here announced results for the Calendar Year 2014 Air Force Reserve Line and Non Line Lieutenant Colonel Promotion Selection Boards today. The boards selected more than 500 Citizen Airmen for promotion.The selection boards convened at the center here June 9 - 13 to determine those officers best qualified to

  • Changes to academic degree and developmental education expectations

    Air Force officials announced actions designed to set clear expectations, restore Airmen's time and refocus officer promotions on job performance.The Air Force has addressed long-standing perceptions that to be promoted, officers must complete an advanced academic degree, and those officers selected by a promotion board to attend developmental
  • Members of the Nuclear Command and Control Support Staff are briefed on the capabilities of the B-52 Stratofortress during a visit to Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Aug. 18, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Jeff Walston/Released)

    Nuclear Command and Control Support Staff visits Barksdale

  • Col. Rich Dinsdale and his son, Senior Airman Scott Dinsdale, both serve with the 943rd Rescue Group. The senior Dinsdale is a doctor with the 943rd Aerospace Medicine Squadron, and the younger works as a “rigger” in life-support. (U.S. Air Force Photo/ Staff Sgt. Sarah Pullen)

    All in the family: Reserve father inspires son to join the 943rd Rescue Group

    Col. Rich Dinsdale says one of the proudest days of his life was when his son announced he wanted to join the Air Force Reserve. Assigned to the 943rd Aerospace Medicine Squadron, the doctor is finishing his 30th year of service, while his son, Senior Airman Scott Dinsdale, is finishing his second year of training.As a "rigger" assigned to the
  • Pararescuemen drag patients on a sled to a HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter during a mass causality drill as part of Operation Shocker, a training exercise designed to hone 943rd Rescue Group Airmen’s combat-search-and-rescue skills. (U.S. Air Force Photo/ Master Sgt. Luke Johnson)

    That Others May Live: 943rd Rescue Group Performs Critical Lifesaving Mission

    Jason Hughes had a promising sales job in Baltimore when he did a complete about-face at age 21 and decided to join the Air Force as a "Guardian Angel." "I joined because I wanted to do something more challenging with my life," said the 25-year-old pararescueman who wears the rank of Senior Airman with the 943rd Rescue Group. "I wanted something to
  • Staff Sgt. Robert Abbey, assigned to the 507th Security Forces Squadron at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., guards an E-3 Sentry on July 20 on the flight line at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Security forces Airmen from the 507th are supporting reservists from the 513th Air Control Group as they fly missions in support of the Rim of the Pacific 2014 exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Caleb Wanzer)

    513th provides AWACS support for RIMPAC 2014

    More than 60 reservists from the 513th Air Control Group and the 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron returned home last week after a nearly two-week mission to support the Rim of the Pacific 2014 exercise at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.The 970th flew the only E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft in the exercise,
  • Maj. Gen. William Binger, 10th Air Force commander, (left) passes the 926th Group guidon to the new 926th GP commander, Col. Ross Anderson, during the change of command ceremony at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., July 31, 2014. The 926th Group is comprised of 10 squadrons and one detachment located across the nation, is an Air Force Reserve unit assigned to the 10th AF. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Mikaley Towle)

    926th GP welcomes new commander

    The 926th Group, an Air Force Reserve unit assigned to 10th Air Force, welcomed a new commander during a change of command ceremony here July 31.During the ceremony, command of the group, which consists of 10 squadrons and one detachment located across the nation, passed from Col. John Breeden to Col. Ross Anderson.The presiding official of the
  • Staff Sgt. Steve Hansen, 919th Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron, found the medical skills taught in a recent combat deployment training course would prove critical much closer to home. Hansen is an airdrop specialist with the Duke Field reserve unit. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech Sgt. Cheryl Foster)

    Duke reservist credits training, faith in rescue of local motorist

    Staff Sgt. Steve Hansen figured his recent combat first-aid training skills would be used in a deployed environment. But that's not how things worked out for the Duke Field reservist.On a recent commute home from Duke, Hansen, an air transportation craftsman and airdrop training specialist with the 919th Special Operations Logistics Readiness
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