• Reserve Generation brings taste of home to troops in Afghanistan

    (Editor's Note: The U.S. Air Forces Central Band is a Total Force unit comprised of deployed Airmen from the Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve and U.S. Army band.)As the group of musicians took to the stage in front of a large audience at Kandahar Airfield's popular boardwalk area on a cold

  • Reservist saves lives during round-trip flights

    A Reservist assigned to the 920th Rescue Wing here found himself in not one, but two life-saving situations during flights to and from his November unit training assembly . Col. (Dr.) Lewis D. Neace, 920th Aeromedical Staging Squadron commander, was called to action during the flight from Portland

  • Academy firefighters recognized for Waldo Canyon Fire efforts

    More than 50 firefighters with the 10th Civil Engineer Squadron here received Air Force Achievement Medals and Air Force Civilian Achievement Awards in a pair of ceremonies Dec. 19-20 for their efforts in containing the Waldo Canyon Fire, which burned 12 acres on the Air Force Academy in June but

  • Holiday hours of operations announced

    With the holidays around the corner, many places are adjusting hours of operation Dec. 24-25 and Dec. 31-Jan. 1 to include customer service centers for ID cards, finance, legal assistance, as well as all 460 MDG Clinic offices. On-call medical representatives will be available by calling

  • Angel Tree delivers delight to those in need

    With the help of Team Buckley members, the 2012 Angel Tree program contributed to holiday cheer for 131 families that signed up for the program at Buckley Air Force Base.Organized by Buckley's first sergeants and the Buckley Spouses Group, the Angel Tree is a program designed to provide gifts to

  • Buckley assists in humanitarian delivery

    Team Buckley provided humanitarian assistance to those in need, Dec. 14, by participating in the Denton Program.The Denton Program permits Department of defense to provide transportation of privately donated cargo to foreign countries using military transportation on a space-available basis. Colonel

  • Reservists deliver humanitarian supplies to the Caribbean

    Reservists from the 315th Airlift Wing delivered more than 38,000 pounds of humanitarian aid to the island nations of St. Lucia and Haiti this past weekend.The missions involved two C-17 Globemaster III aircraft delivering humanitarian aid, medical and school supplies, food and construction

  • Operation Christmas Drop: tales from the tail

    Airmen from Team Andersen, Yokota Air Base, Japan, were joined by the University of Guam, the local community and charitable organizations to provide more than 39,000 pounds of humanitarian supplies to islanders during Operation Christmas Drop Dec. 11 - 18.Since December 1952, Operation Christmas