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March 19, 2021
Wing stands up new deployment readiness cell

HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah – The 419th Fighter Wing cut the ribbon on a new deployment readiness cell intended to reduce the time and effort required of Airmen to transition to and from deployed locations.The cell will consolidate offices into one location and allow for live tracking of all wing
Feb. 17, 2021
489th MXS Reserve Citizen Airman wins Leo Marquez award

Tech. Sgt. Johnny Brown doesn’t seek the limelight. He doesn’t have to, it seems to find him. The 489th Maintenance Squadron egress technician recently won the Leo Marquez Award for 2020 for Air Force Global Strike Command. He was also named the 489th Bomb Group’s Noncommissioned Officer of the
Feb. 11, 2021
Seeing Double: Barksdale CP notches second big award

The Barksdale Command Post leveraged the strength of its active-duty Airmen and Reserve Citizen Airmen to win its second Air Force-wide award in a row.
Dec. 28, 2020
Virtual or in-person: Yellow Ribbon events benefit deploying Airmen and their loved ones

Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, the success of the Air Force Reserve Yellow Ribbon Program could be summarized by one key statistic—more than 95 percent of attendees said Yellow Ribbon events benefited their family.This success was built on in-person events where deployers, their loved ones,
Dec. 3, 2020
Senior leaders provide update on strategic priorities

Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, commander of Air Force Reserve Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Timothy White, AFRC’s command chief master sergeant, issued a memorandum for all Reserve Citizen Airmen November 30 titled AFR Strategic Priorities – Our Current Progress and Future Path. Here is the text of the
Nov. 27, 2020
STARBASE, La. National Guard Youth Challenge Program a perfect match

The COVID-19 pandemic had a silver lining for two Dept. of Defense education initiatives, STARBASE Louisiana and the Louisiana National Guard Youth Challenge Program. Logistical and health concerns for STARBASE Louisiana's target student audience opened the door the YCP to give the STEM program a
Nov. 13, 2020
App for military resources available to service members, families

The purpose of Military OneSource is to put as many resources as possible in one place, so people have an easier time finding what they need, said Erika Slaton, Military Community Support Programs associate director. The app makes it more convenient when users are away from their computers and are
Oct. 30, 2020
Retired Reserve 'Awaiting Pay' Notification Letter Update

Effective October 1, 2020, Headquarters Air Reserve Personnel Center reinitiated the process to notify service members assigned to the Air Force Retired Reserve’s ‘awaiting pay’ status on the processing procedures to draw retirement pay.
Oct. 27, 2020
Air Force C-130s fly mosquito control aerial spray ops to support hurricane Delta, Laura recovery efforts

U.S. Air Force C-130H Hercules aircraft, equipped with Modular Aerial Spray Systems (MASS), and approximately 85 Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 910th Airlift Wing, Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, deployed to Barksdale AFB, Louisiana, to conduct mosquito control aerial spray missions over
Oct. 6, 2020
Long Ranger Roundup: September in Photos

September found the 307th Bomb Wing operating everywhere from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana to the Arctic Circle. From teaching STARBASE students rocketry to launching B-1 Lancers on global Bomber Task Force missions, our Long Rangers seemed to be everywhere at once.

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