• We are First Sergeants

    They wake up at 4:30 a.m. to be at the fitness center at 5 a.m. They workout, head back home and change into the uniform for the day. They talk to their spouse for a few minutes, kiss their children and tell them they will see them later and head off to work. They are in the office by 7:15 a.m. and

  • Obama nominee could become Air Force's first female general

    President Barack Obama has nominated Lt. Gen. Janet C. Wolfenbarger to the rank of general, and as commander of Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta announced today.The promotion would make Wolfenbarger the Air Force's first female

  • Reservists continue Haiti humanitarian relief

    Reservists from the 315th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. delivered almost 56,000 lbs. of humanitarian aid to the island nation of Haiti this weekend.The three-day mission involved two C-17 Globemaster III aircraft delivering medical supplies, food, clothing, a van and construction

  • Guardsmen save man 200 miles off coast of California

    Air National Guardsmen from the 129th Rescue Wing here performed a rescue mission 200 miles off the coast of California on Feb. 4.Responding to a call from the Eleventh District Coast Guard at Alameda, Calif., pararescuemen, two HH-60G Pave Hawk rescue helicopters and one MC-130P Combat Shadow

  • February issue of Citizen Airman available online

    The February issue of Citizen Airman magazine is now available on the web at http://www.citamn.afrc.af.mil/. The issue features a story on the wide variety of benefits provided to the Department of Veterans Affairs, including Air Force Reservists. Also included are stories on a new Heritage Hall

  • Air Force RCSB scheduled

    The CY12 Air Force Reserve Command Screening Board is scheduled to convene at the Air Reserve Personnel Center here April 10, 2012.The RCSB will nominate eligibles for consideration for wing commander, vice wing commander, operations group commander, space wing commander, space operations group

  • First African-American pilot a war hero during WWI

    After watching his father narrowly escape a lynching in early 20th century Georgia, Eugene Bullard would escape the confines of racial tensions and a segregated country to become the first African-American combat pilot and one of the first African-American heroes of World War I.Bullard, who grew up

  • President Barack Obama visits Buckley Air Force Base

    President Barack Obama was greeted by Col. Daniel Dant, 460th Space Wing commander, and Michael B. Donley, Secretary of the Air Force, at Buckley Air Force Base, Jan. 26, 2012, amidst a flurry of media and surrounded by the base's best as he spoke on energy conservation and renewable energy.Buckley

  • CSAF: Airmen key to new defense strategy

    Airmen will play an important role in the joint team's effort to achieve the priorities laid out in the new defense strategic guidance, according to the Air Force's top uniformed officer.Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz spoke to members of the World Affairs Council of Wilmington here