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Oct. 23, 2023
Go Blue, Stay Blue: Fostering a diverse force

Chaplain Capt. Donsha Watkins, 9th Reconnaissance Wing, has brought her values of diversity and representation to her duties as an Individual Mobilization Augmentee at Beale AFB.
Oct. 18, 2023
CMSAF meets high-speed recruiters, Sorensen team at motorsport drifting event

Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne Bass visited a recruiting booth and met with public and the drivers of the AFRS-sponsored stock car at a Formula Drift event in California.
Sept. 12, 2023
Healy highlights Reserve readiness, unit integration at Air, Space and Cyber Conference

Lt. Gen. John Healy and three other senior Air Force officers discussed the importance of leading and empowering Airmen and sustaining a combat-ready Air Force.
April 28, 2023
AF Week in Photos

This week's photos feature Airmen from around the globe involved in activities supporting expeditionary operations and defending America. This weekly feature showcases the men and women of the Air Force.
July 4, 2022
Historic highway landing advances Agile Combat Employment

The Air National Guard, Air Force Special Operations Command and Air Force Reserves landed, took off and performed integrated combat turns on a closed 9,000-foot section of Michigan highway M-28 during exercise Northern Agility 22-1.
Oct. 26, 2021
Reservists deliver agile airpower during Castle Forge

The flight is part of Castle Forge, an ongoing U.S.-led operation in the Black Sea region. Its purpose is to test the partnerships and interoperability that make Agile Combat Employment possible.
Dec. 30, 2020
Force Development Summit focuses on developing Airmen in contested environment

Active duty, guard, reserve and civilian Airmen representing every major command joined stakeholders from Headquarters Air Force, the U.S. Air Force Academy, Air Force Warfighting Integration Capability and the Air National Guard, to highlight initiatives emphasizing how the service has and can
May 27, 2020
Hurricane Hunters participate in online National Tropical Weather Conference

The event is a national forum where experts in tropical meteorology inform media and business members about hurricane preparedness so they can better prepare their communities for when a hurricane threatens, said Alex Garcia, NTWC director and the Storm Science Network’s president and chief
May 14, 2020
Making history, reserve pilot flies U-2 Dragon Lady

The U-2 is known as the hardest aircraft to fly in the world. It has been a host to less than 1,500 pilots since the first flight in 1955, and 65 years later the first reserve pilot makes history.
Aug. 13, 2019
419th Civil Engineers help relocate Alaskan village

With the nearest interstate highway roughly 600 miles away, 419th CES personnel were transported to the village by helicopter. Their tools and supplies were brought in via a barge on local waterways.
July 23, 2019
Oliver Ray Crawford: fierce, effective Air Force advocate dies at 94

A lawyer who spent 13 years in the Air Force Reserves, Oliver Ray Crawford was a charter member of the Air Force Association. In 1989, he was named the organization’s Man of the Year and went on to serve as AFA president for two years in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Following his tenure as
Aug. 10, 2018
Air Force promotes pilot diversity with ACE Flight Program

The inaugural class of the U.S. Air Force’s Aviation, Character and Education Flight Program recently graduated the three-week pilot training camp August 4.
June 4, 2018
Shared tears and triumphs define Memorial Day for 920th Rescue Wing commander

A year-and-a-half into commanding the 920th Rescue Wing, Col. Kurt A. Matthews is getting ready to attend his fourth burial. Tragedies of the past year brought Memorial Day into perspective for 2,000 Airmen that serve with the 920th Rescue Wing, along with Matthews, who has seen the scars left by
May 15, 2018
Prepare now for hurricane season

Hurricane season begins June 1 and now is the time to prepare. To promote this message, an Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircrew with their WC-130J Super Hercules and a team of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration hurricane experts visited five Gulf Coast cities as part of this
March 24, 2017
AF leaders: Total force essential to readiness

Air Force senior leaders testified on the current state of the total force readiness before the House Armed Services Committee in Washington, D.C., March 22, 2017.
May 18, 2016
Reservist's book makes CSAF reading list

The service’s top general has selected a biography written by an Air Force reservist for inclusion on this year’s Air Force Chief of Staff Reading List. “At All Costs” by Chief Master Sgt. Matt Proietti tells the life and death story of Medal of Honor recipient Chief Master Sgt. Richard L. “Dick”
April 12, 2016
AF names candidate bases, criteria for choosing next F-35A sites

Air Force officials announced April 12 that Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona; Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida; Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas; and Whiteman AFB, Missouri, are candidate bases for the first Reserve-led F-35A Lightning II location.
Dec. 24, 2015
Reservists selected to lead active-duty units

Three Air Force Reserve officers have been selected to lead active-duty units under the voluntary extended active duty tour program.

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