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  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Gabriel Carias, 624th Civil Engineer Squadron electrical power production craftsman, prepares to put antifreeze into an electrical generator at Bellows Air Force Station, Hawaii, Jan. 25, 2020.

    Hawaii Reserve Citizen Airmen help keep power on at Bellows

    Reserve Citizen Airmen assigned to the 624th Civil Engineer Squadron here provide real-world support at Bellows Air Force Station during a unit training assembly Jan. 25. The work provided an opportunity to accomplish needed equipment maintenance support while performing hands-on upgrade training for mission readiness.
  • Five 815th Airlift Squadron and two 327th AS C-130J Super Hercules aircraft sit on the flightline at Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Miss. Oct. 1, 2019. The 815th AS, aka ‘Flying Jennies,’ with the 327th AS, provided airlift and airdrop support for the U.S. Army’s Joint Forces Exercise Arctic Anvil, Oct. 1 to 6. (U.S. Air Force video by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Carranza)

    AFRC studying locations for four new C-130Js

    Air Force Reserve Command is currently studying possible locations for four new AFRC C-130J aircraft recently approved by Congress.“The inclusion of four new C-130Js in the fiscal 2020 Defense Appropriations Bill and National Defense Authorization Act is great news for the Air Force Reserve,” said Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, AFRC commander and chief
  • (Left to right) Tech. Sgt. Daniel Wehrly, 931st Maintenance Squadron Technology craftsman, poses with his friend, Thomas Becker, at the top of Mount Everest, May 23, 2019. Wehrly, a Traditional Reservist, started the summit with two friends and a team of seven local Sherpas to assist them. The two-month journey began as a personal challenge for Wehrly, an active climber who had already scaled a number of mountains in the U.S.

    Reservist summits Mount Everest

    Tech. Sgt. Daniel Wehrly, was on top of the world, literally. It’s been more than eight months since the 931st Maintenance Squadron Technology craftsman summited 29, 035 feet to the world’s tallest peak, Mount Everest, but he still remembers it as if it were yesterday.

  • MilTax: Military OneSource offers free tax prep

    MilTax kicks off on Military OneSource Jan. 22, offering electronic filing via do-it-yourself software and personalized support from a tax consultant.

  • 14th Air Force redesignated as Space Operations Command

    Air Force military and civilian personnel previously assigned to the Fourteenth Air Force are now assigned to SPOC by virtue of the redesignation action.

  • Santa's Helpers in the Pacific

    Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 44th Aerial Port Squadron supported aerial port operations mid-December with the 734th Air Mobility Squadron here during Operation Christmas Drop 2019. Reservists loaded more than 190 bundles aboard U.S. Air Force C-130 Hercules and other partner aircraft for delivery to approximately 20,000 people living on remote islands spread across about 1.8 million square nautical miles throughout the Pacific.
  • Graphic image that says the new number for Air Force Employee Assistance Program is 566-580-9078 and the new website is www.afpc.af.mil/EAP

    Employee Assistance Program has new phone number, website

    The Air Force Employee Assistance Program, EAP, has a new phone number and website. EAP is a professional service that provides information, consultation, problem-solving counseling, resource identification and support to all Air Force civilian employees and their immediate family members.
  • Airmen salute during a retreat ceremony

    Changes to VA-guaranteed home loans to take effect soon

    Beginning January 1, 2020, the VA Funding Fee will increase for some Veterans, however, the effective 'cap' on VA no-down payment loans will be eliminated, according to the Veterans Affairs website.
  • Five Low-Cost, Low-Altitude humanitarian aid bundles

    Operation Christmas Drop delivers critical supplies, holiday spirit

    Now in its 68th year, Operation Christmas Drop has not only served as the world’s longest running airdrop training mission, providing critical supplies to 55 Micronesian islands like Woleia, but has also served as a coming together for elders and their communities on their respective islands across approximately 1.8 million square nautical miles throughout the Pacific.
  • Capt. Ben Shea, left, and 2nd Lt. Taylor Yost review missile alert facility checklists during Shea's first alert as an individual mobilization augmentee. (Photos by Senior Airman Alyssa M. Akers)

    Guardians of the Galaxy: Reserve missileer sits alert for first time in Air Force history

    For the first time in the history of the Air Force, a Reserve Citizen Airman has become a full-fledged mission partner for the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile leg of the nuclear triad at Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota.Capt. Benjamin Shea took command of a Minuteman III weapon system in Max, North Dakota, on Oct. 26, making him the first
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