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  • 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

  • Air Force announces changes to headquarters organization

    Air Force leaders announced changes to headquarters staff manning and organization today.The Air Force will create efficiencies by deactivating and realigning organizations at Headquarters Air Force, Major Commands, Numbered Air Forces and Field Operating Agencies, resulting in savings of $1.6 billion across the Air Force in the next five years."I
  • Col. Donald Lindberg, 10th Air Force vice commander, congratulates this year's winner of the 10th Air Force Power and Vigilance trophy, Col. Bryan Radliff, 419th Fighter Wing commander. This is only the fifth year this trophy has found a home. The first four winners being the 477th Fighter Group, Elmendorf, Alaska, 482nd Fighter Wing, Homestead ARB, Fla., 301st Fighter Wing, NAS Fort Worth JRB, Texas, and the 442nd Fighter Wing, Whiteman AFB, Missouri. The Power and Vigilance Award is presented annually to the 10 AF Reserve unit that exhibits the NAF mission as "the premier provider of affordable, integrated, flexible, and mission-ready Citizen Airmen to execute power and vigilance missions in support of U.S. National Security.” The symbolism of the bronze figure on the award says it all, ‘grabbing the bull by the horns’. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Julie Briden-Garcia)

    Power and Vigilance awarded to the 419th Fighter Wing

  • Maj. Gen. William Binger, 10th Air Force Commander, shakes hands and gives a coin to Senior Master Sgt. Stephen Brook, 944th Logistics Readiness Squadron Superintendent of Vehicle Operations, Dec. 10 at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. (U.S. Air Force photo taken by Tech. Sgt. Louis Vega Jr.)

    10 AF Commander visits with 944 Airmen

    Maj. Gen. William Binger, 10th Air Force Commander, Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas, visited the 944th Fighter Wing, Dec. 9 through Dec. 10 2013. Binger focused his visit primarily on talking to the men and women of the 944th. He spent his time at Luke visiting and touring several units and attended various unit update
  • The internal components of the Joint Threat Emitter (JTE) Command and Control Unit are testing during installation, Sept. 24, 2013, Claiborne Bombing and Gunnery Range, Alexandria, La. The JTE simulates surface-to-air missile threats against U.S. Air Force aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt. Col. Dave Webb/Released)

    307th Bomb Wing leverages new electronic attack transmitter for a $6 million a year savings

    A Joint Threat Emitter (JTE) is about to go live this month at Claiborne Bombing and Gunnery Range, saving the 307th Bomb Wing approximately $6.6 million a year in fuel costs.The 307th BW currently maintains 20 B-52H Stratofortress aircraft at Barksdale Air Force Base, La.In a time when the cost of doing business is extremely important, a new, less
  • Lt. Col. Robert Garcia assumes command as the 38th Intelligence Squadron’s first commander today, Beale Air Force Base, Calif. The 38th IS provides real time intelligence support to ground forces world-wide. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Heather Skinkle)

    Air Force Reserve activates intelligence squadron

    Air Force Reserve Command's 10th Air Force activated the 38th Intelligence Squadron here October 26.The 38th is one of several new intelligence squadrons standing up under the 655th Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance Group, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, as part of AFRC's latest reserve Intel transformation initiative."It is incredibly humbling
  • Many Air Force Reserve Command flying units reported reduced aircraft availability for training due to maintenance. The furlough of aircraft maintenance personnel has disrupted aircraft maintenance schedules, reducing 12- and 24-hour fix rates and reducing mission capable rates for aircraft. (U.S. Air Force graphic/Philip Rhodes)

    Sequestration impacts felt throughout Air Force Reserve Command

    The impact of sequestration on readiness and morale has been felt widely throughout Air Force Reserve Command units.Under the Budget Control Act of 2011 and the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012, across-the-board budget reductions, referred to as "sequestration," were initiated on March 1, 2013, and included a mandatory six-day furlough for
  • Lamia, the namesake of the Lamia Afghan Foundation, a non-profit organization found by retired Lt. Gen. John and Jan Bradley, poses for a photo during one of the Bradleys trips. They met in 2007 when Lamia pushed her way through a crowd to as a 9-year-old to ask the general for a pair of boots for her cold feet. The Bradleys have collected and delivered more than two million pounds of aid for Afghanistan Mid-January 2010. In all, the Bradleys are working on building the seventh school and have collected and delivered more than two million pounds of supplies. (Courtesy photo)

    Love for Lamia: Retired general devotes life to help Afghans

    It was part of the international relationship building he spoke about to the graduating pilots from Euro NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program, Aug. 9. 2013, at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, that has propelled Lt. Gen. (Ret.) John Bradley into a post-military career passion. During his service as the chief of Air Force Reserve and commander of
  • Members of the 35th Combat Communications Squadron, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., hone their skill during a field training exercise at the Lackland AFB Media Annex in San Antonio, Texas. The 35th CBCS is one of four Reserve combat communications squadrons each located in separate regions of the country that provide theater-deployable communications during wartime and contingency operations or humanitarian missions in austere locations.

    Reservists hone combat communications skills

  • Airman 1st Class Jermaine James, 477th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron F-22 crew chief, greets Col. Tyler Otten, 477th Fighter Group commander before his flight here July 31. This was the first time tail number 147 has flown after being transformed into the 477th Fighter Group flagship. The words “Spirit of Tuskegee” painted across the tail, a nod to the units Tuskegee Airmen heritage. The Reserve 477th Fighter Group was previously the 477th Bombardment Group, a Tuskegee unit activated in 1944. The group's 302nd Fighter Squadron historically was part of the 332nd Fighter Group, also known as "The Redtails" the famous all-black unit that fought both American prejudice and the axis powers in Europe. (U.S. Air Force/ Tech. Sgt. Andy Eichorst)

    "Spirit of Tuskegee" adorns Alaska Reserve F-22 flagship

    An F-22 here has been transformed into the 477th Fighter Group flagship with the words "Spirit of Tuskegee" painted across the tail, a nod to the units Tuskegee Airmen heritage. "We are part of history. Whether we realize it or not, what we do on a day to day basis is writing the pages of history," said, Col. Tyler Otten, 477th Fighter Group
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