• Combat controller posthumously awarded Silver Star

    Senior Airman Mark Forester had an American flag wrapped around his chest plate inside his body armor when he was fatally wounded by an enemy sniper's fire Sept. 29, 2010.This simple act is a testament to how Forester lived his life, a life respected by all who knew him.Forester, a combat controller

  • Robins Reservist gets extra role in baseball legend movie

    June 8 was a day to remember for Scotty Brown. The former high school baseball player and current Air Force reservist spent the day running through baseball drills on an old diamond near historic Luther Williams Field in Macon, Ga., while the motion picture cameras rolled.Brown was selected as an

  • CSAF: Balance required to avoid a 'hollow force'

    The Air Force chief of staff reinforced the importance of avoiding a "hollow force" to a group of civic and industry leaders attending the Air Force Association's monthly breakfast here June 11.Gen. Norton Schwartz said the Air Force must secure the proper balance between three separate but closely

  • Air Force launches first special tactics wing

    U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command stood up the 24th Special Operations Wing in a ceremony at Hurlburt Field, Fla., June 12 to meet the growing demand for the unique capabilities special tactics Air Commandos provide.AFSOC commander Lt. Gen. Eric Fiel said creation of this new brand of wing

  • Reserve reaches milestone in IR deployment processing

    The Readiness Management Group here and the 94th Airlift Wing at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., achieved a milestone in Individual Reserve deployment processing May 24. Lt. Col. Kim Devoto was the first individual reservist to return from a deployment through the Centralized Deployment Processing

  • Policy changing to allow reservists to carry leave balance

    Air Force Reserve officials are working to change policy to allow reservists who earn days of leave to carry those days over from year to year.New laws and Department of Defense instructions permit reservists to carry over the leave days. However, policy and procedures have not caught up with the

  • Air Force transfers last piece of former Lowry AFB back to community

    The final 70 acres of the former Buckley Annex was given back to the Denver community during a final transfer ceremony June 1.Denver Mayor Michael Hancock said the old Lowry Air Force Base was once a thriving hub for the United States Air Force and it members, and is now a vibrant and prosperous

  • CY12B AIR FORCE RESERVE SCHOOL SELECTION BOARD (RSSB) (AFRC)

    CY12B AIR FORCE RESERVE SCHOOL SELECTION BOARD (RSSB) (AFRC): The CY12B Air Force Reserve School Selection Board (RSSB) will convene Sept. 17, 2012 at the Air Reserve Personnel Center, Buckley Air Force Base, Colo. Both the Invitation to Apply and the RSSB application can be found on myPers,