April 6, 2022 South Texas Reserve units induct Honorary Commanders The 433rd Airlift Wing and 960th Cyberspace Wing conducted an Honorary Commanders’ induction ceremony in San Antonio, April 2.
March 17, 2022 Reserve Airman makes history with first USAF-piloted eVTOL vehicle flight Just south of his home in Brooklyn, New York, a young Terrence McKenna spent much of his childhood in Prospect Park tossing around wooden gliders and flying remote-controlled airplanes, each aircraft more complex and capable than the last.By the early 2000s, McKenna came across an ad for flying
March 11, 2022 Manufacturing Excellence Have you ever experienced not being able to get something when you need it because the company is backed up or the part is not made anymore? Wouldn’t it be great if you could make it yourself? That is an everyday occurrence for U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Matthew Windmann, a metals technician for the
March 9, 2022 More than 50 years later, 919th SOW still leading from the front In the minutes just after midnight, a large formation of aircraft entered the southwest side of North Vietnam just a few hundred feet above the tree tops in the valley between the mountains. It was November 21, 1970.The controls of the C-130 were sluggish, and large inputs were needed any time the
Feb. 4, 2022 Tenth Air Force commander visits 310th Space Wing Maj. Gen. Bryan Radliff, the 10th Air Force commander, speaks to an audience of 310th Space Wing Reserve Citizen Airmen at Schriever Space Force Base, Colorado, December 5, 2021. Radliff spent the day meeting and talking with Airmen in their workspaces. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Frank
Jan. 27, 2022 7th Bomb Wing, 307th Bomb Wing team up for award wins Citizen Airmen of the 307th Bomb Wing and their active-duty counterparts in the 7th BW swept 8 of 18 Air Force Global Strike Command maintenance awards here this month, including four Lt. Gen. Leo Marquez Award winners from the 489th Maintenance Squadron.
Jan. 11, 2022 Family Care Plan: Reserve Citizen Airmen need to be ready Deployments can put a strain on family life. For many Airmen, a Family Care Plan provides a roadmap for taking care of their dependents and eases the transition. The 307th Force Support Squadron offered a Family Care Plan Roadshow here Jan. 9, providing an opportunity for Airmen to update or create
Dec. 20, 2021 307th Bomb Wing one step closer to B-52 innovation Lt. Col. Warren Carroll and Maj. Brandon Wolf, two Reserve Citizen Airmen assigned to the 307th Bomb Wing, brought a proposed B-52 Stratofortress innovation one step closer to fruition here last week.Engineers from the B-52 Stratofortress Systems Program Office followed up on the two Airmen’s
Dec. 19, 2021 CSAF Spouse announces Five & Thrive initiative The Five & Thrive platform aims to encourage, support and build thriving military families by tackling challenges and enhancing preventative measures through partnerships and sharing of best practices.
Dec. 10, 2021 93rd and 11th Bomb Squadrons take home GSC hardware The 93rd Bomb Squadron won the Linebacker Trophy for best B-52 Stratofortress Squadron and their active-duty counterparts at the 11th BS won the Bartsch Trophy for best electronic countermeasures at the Global Strike Challenge 21 award ceremony here last Wednesday.The two units work together in a