• Air Force reservists support 50 years of space discovery

    Flying in the prone position atop a modified jumbo jet, NASA's Space Shuttle Discovery paraded down Space Coast beaches this morning, making a u-turn over Patrick Air Force Base, before heading north to its new home as a static display at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington D.C.The paired air

  • Chief's perspective: Now is the time for bold leadership

    Enlisted Airmen,A week ago I sent an email message titled Leadership vs. Policy to Command Chiefs and Career Field Managers. You may have seen that message, or parts of it, but I'd like to take the opportunity to address it with you directly.The theme of the message was that too much arbitrary

  • Selection board secretariat hosts open house

    The Air Reserve Personnel Center Reserve of the Air Force Selection Board Secretariat will host an open house here April 19, 2012. Members of ARPC are welcome to visit during two sessions, which will be from 9 - 10 a.m. and 10 - 11 a.m. "We're opening our doors to bring everybody down from other

  • Air Force Reserve turns 64

    In a world where a cell phone is outdated in less than a year, the Air Force Reserve continues to grow more and more high-tech and leading-edge as it celebrates its 64th birthday.Back when the world had only a handful of jet aircraft, no space travel and not an inkling of the Internet, the "Air

  • Stenner: People are our strength

    Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner, Jr., chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command, discusses the force structure announcement in a video message released April 13, 2012. The general talks about the planned reductions in Air Force Reserve and the potential changes to the

  • Weapons load competition pits Reserve units in 'virtual loadeo'

    As they maneuvered hefty missiles and bombs into position under the wing of an F-15E Strike Eagle, a three-man weapons load team from the 414th Maintenance Squadron had trouble seeing the other teams they were pitted against during a weapons load competition March 22, 2012.From the weapons load barn

  • AFRC commander visits ARPC

    Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., Chief of Air Force Reserve and Commander of the Air Force Reserve Command, paid a two-day visit to the men and women at Headquarters Air Reserve Personnel Center, here recently."I've worked with ARPC throughout my career," Stenner said, "and it's thrilling to have

  • Air National Guard medical team sets bar during disaster response test

    It took only 36 minutes for the 139th Airlift Wing's medics here to make their presence known as medical performers during a recent homeland response evaluation. Fifty Air Force doctors, nurses, emergency medical technicians and support staff began their test in haste, pulling equipment from their

  • Generals Rice, Stenner: AETC, AFRC partnership vital to mission success

    Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., commander of Air Force Reserve Command, took some time to highlight the importance of the partnership between AFRC and Air Education and Training Command during a visit to the 340th Flying Training Group here April 4.Stenner visited many of the Reserve units working

  • Reserve, active duty F-22 pilots fly long-range strike exercise

    A mix of personnel from the 477th Fighter Group, 3rd Wing, and 673rd Air Base Wing left Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, to participate in a long range strike exercise on April 4.F-22 Raptors and E-3's assigned to the 3rd Wing along with F-16s from Misawa Air Base, Japan, B-1's from