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  • Air Force continues to pursue total force integration

    The Air Force continues to make strides toward total force integration, according to an annual report submitted to Congress March 4. The report is based on recommendations from the National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force and focuses on how the force structure should be modified to best fill current and future mission requirements, an area Air Force senior leaders have been vocal about, expressing their desires to continue to expand total force integration.

  • AF Reserve chief delivers holiday message

    Lt. Gen. James Jackson, the chief of Air Force Reserve, and his wife Barbara wish all Airmen and their families a season’s greetings in a video holiday message.
  • Members of the Air Force Reserve community look over the panels after the unveiling of the Profiles in Leadership display in the Pentagon, Washington D.C., Dec. 7, 2015. The display highlights outstanding examples of leadership in the Air Reserve forces, and celebrates and honors Citizen Airmen's contributions in serving the nation. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Jim Varhegyi)

    Pentagon exhibit showcases Reserve leaders

    The Office of the Air Force Reserve unveiled 13 portraits of Air Force Reserve leaders during the Profiles in Leadership display ceremony here Dec. 7. The display celebrates and honors citizen Airmen’s contributions in serving the nation.
  • Air Force Reserve Senior Airman Anne Venice Jalos, a 446th Airlift Wing finance manager, stands in Heritage Park at McChord Field, Wash., Aug. 7, 2015. Jalos became a U.S. citizen after completing Air Force basic military training. (U.S. Air Force Reserve photo/Senior Airman Daniel Liddicoet)

    Airman achieves dream of U.S. citizenship

    Growing up in rural Tarlac province in the Philippines, Air Force Reserve Senior Airman Anne Venice Jalos, a finance manager with the 446th Airlift Wing here, never envisioned that at age 19 she would be serving in the U.S. military as a naturalized citizen.
  • A C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the California Air National Guard's 146th Airlift Wing taxis to a reload "pit" to take on nearly 3,000 gallons of fire retardant at McClellan Air Tanker Base in Sacramento, Calif., Aug. 4, 2015. The aircrew received a tasking to provide support to the growing Rocky Fire northwest of Sacramento, which had consumed approximately 65,000 acres as of the morning of Aug. 4. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Stephen J. Collier)

    Colorado AF reservists fighting California fires from the sky

    Two Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped aircraft arrived at McClellan Air Tanker Base in Sacramento, California, from the Air Force Reserve Command's 302nd Airlift Wing at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, Aug. 3, to assist in fighting the Rocky Fire northwest of Sacramento, California, the same day.
  • Air National Guard Director Lt. Gen. Stanley E. Clark III, far left, testifies before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense, to answer questions pertaining to the fiscal year 2016 funding request and budget justification for the U.S. National Guard and Reserve, in Washington, D.C., April 29, 2015. Among others, Clark testified before the Senate with Air Force Reserve Chief Lt. Gen. James Jackson. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jim Varhegyi)

    AF Reserve, Guard leaders testify before the Senate

    The chief of the Air Force Reserve and the director of the Air National Guard testified alongside the other services’ Reserve chiefs and Guard directors before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense, April 29.

  • OTS eliminates component distinctions

    The Air Force Officer Training School here has removed all service component distinctions from its line officer commissioning courses.
  • Reserve Airmen from the 512th Airlift Wing deliver humanitarian supplies to Nicaragua aboard a C-5M Super Galaxy Dec. 20, 2014, just in time for the holidays. The massive delivery was made possible through the Denton Program, a Defense Department humanitarian assistance transportation program that utilizes space available military air, surface and sea-lift assets. The supplies were provided to World Missions Outreach, which is an international nonprofit organization based in Nicaragua that provides food, education, medical and ministry services to the country's citizens. (U.S. Air Force photo/2nd Lt. Steve Lewis)

    Reserve aircrew deliver food to thousands in Nicaragua

    Reserve Airmen from the 512th Airlift Wing delivered 125,000 pounds of humanitarian supplies to Nicaragua aboard a C-5M Super Galaxy Dec. 20, just in time for the holidays.

  • Air Force announces criteria for KC-46A Reserve basing

    After extensive internal review, the Air Force on Nov. 9, released the basing criteria that will be used to select candidate bases for the first Reserve-led KC-46A main operating base.
  • Air Force Officer Training School holds its first simultaneous graduation of active-duty, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard officer trainees Oct. 10, 2014, at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. The graduation moved OTS closer to complete total force integration. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Melanie Rodgers-Cox)

    Officer Training School graduates first total force class

    The Air Force Officer Training School moved one step closer to complete total force integration with its first simultaneous graduation of active-duty, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard officer trainees here, Oct. 10.
  • Chief of the Air Force Reserve Lt. Gen James F. Jackson, gives his insight on the reserve component during Air Force Association's Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition, in Washington, D.C., Sept. 15, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott M. Ash)

    State of Air Force Reserve discussed at AFA

    Senior Department of Defense and industry leaders gathered at the Air Force Association’s 2014 Air and Space conference and technology exposition Sept. 15 to discuss the future of the Air Force and Air Force Reserve.

  • July 7 – Pulse on AF force management

    Featured in this force management update are details regarding civilian force management program expansions and ongoing officer early retirement and enlisted retention boards.
  • Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III looks at the painting, "Bandage 33," June 20, 2014, with the artist, Maj. Warren Neary, in the Pentagon. Neary, a U.S. Air Force Reserve historian, contributed "Bandage 33" and another work, titled "Showtime," through the Air Force Art Program. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott M. Ash)

    Air Force Art Program highlights Reserve Airmen

    Lt. Gen. James Jackson, the chief of Air Force Reserve, and Maj. Warren Neary, the Air Force Space Command historian, presented two pieces of art depicting Reserve Airmen in operational roles to Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, June 20.
  • Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James spoke to Airmen and held a question and answer session in the base hangar May 2, 2014, during her visit to Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Brian P. Boynton)

    SecAF, AFRC commander visit Westover ARB

    The 439th Airlift Wing hosted Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James and Lt. Gen. James Jackson, the chief of Air Force Reserve, May 2.
  • Aeromedical Evacuation members load simulated litter patients onto a C-130 Hercules March 31, 2014, during Ultimate Caduceus 2014,a national disaster exercise, at Cheyenne Air National Guard Base, Wyo. During Ultimate Caduceus, AE members provided medical support processed and transferred patients. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Stephenie Wade)

    Airmen, civil authorities train for natural disasters

    Natural disasters can and often strike with little notice, making a recent multi-state disaster response exercise involving military, civilian and interagency personnel especially valuable.

  • Reserve offers opportunities to continue AF career

    Airmen who don't want to hang up their uniforms for good during the current period of force management, may find rewarding career opportunities in the Air Force Reserve, recruiting officials said recently.
  • Lt. Gen. James F. Jackson, the chief of the Air Force Reserve, testifies to the National Commission of the Structure of the Air Force October 24, 2013 in Arlington, Va. The National Commission of the Structure of the Air Force was established by Congress this year to comprehensively study the U.S. Air Force and it three components - active, reserve and Air National Guard - and determine how the Air Force's structure should be modified to best fill current and future mission requirements, including homeland defense, with available resources.

    Leaders advise against merging Guard, Reserve

    Air Force Reserve leaders told members of the National Commission on the Structure of the Air Force that merging the Air Force Reserve with the Air National Guard would create little value and cause numerous adverse impacts - detracting from the broader goal of improving the Air Force structure.
  • Lt. Gen. James “JJ” Jackson speaks during the Air Force Association’s 2013 Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition Sept. 16, 2013, in Washington, D.C. Jackson is chief of the Air Force Reserve and the Air Force Reserve Command commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/Andy Morataya)

    Commander discusses future of Air Force Reserve

    Discussing the future of the Air Force, senior military and industry leaders gathered at the Air Force Association's 2013 Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition, at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center at National Harbor, Md., Sept. 16-18.

  • Reserve units still feel effects of sequestration

    The impact of sequestration on readiness and morale has been felt widely throughout Air Force Reserve Command units.

  • Leaders discuss roles of reserve components

    Continuing to perform an operational role, while solving manpower costs and dealing with shrinking defense budgets, was one of the challenges discussed by military and civilian leaders at the Reserve Officers Association 2013 National Security Symposium here Aug. 7-10.
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