• Air Guard stunt pilot dives into Air Force Week New England

    When it was parked on the flight line, the 330 horsepower, carbon-fiber Air National Guard stunt plane, with its colorful paint scheme, drew looks from passersby. But when its owner took off and barrel-rolled it with white smoke trailing, then soared high into the clouds before stalling and flipping

  • Postmark honors Air Force's 60th birthday

    The U.S. Postal Service and the 94th Airlift Wing will honor the Air Force's 60th anniversary with a commemorative pictorial cancellation here Sept. 18. These kinds of postmarks are unique and commemorate a special event, which are rare and often sought after by stamp collectors and others

  • Simplified Tricare Reserve Select Opens Oct. 1

    Commanders- A simplified Tricare Reserve Select (TRS) program open to all Guardsmen and Reservists will debut Oct. 1, 2007. New TRS provides an across-the-board health care plan similar to the active-duty coverage but open to all Guardsmen and Reservists. The only group excluded is Guardsmen and

  • New Performance Reports Processing

    Commanders- The Air Force implemented new performance evaluation reports Aug. 15. This outlines the interim procedures the Air Force Reserve will use until we roll out a more complete evaluation and roles-based routing solution in October. - Unit assigned Reserve AGRs, ARTs and unit assigned

  • ARPC announces fiscal 2008 ANG promotions to lieutenant colonel, major

    The Air Reserve Personnel Center here announced today the fiscal 2008 Air National Guard Line and Nonline Lieutenant Colonel and Major Promotion Selection Boards results that selected 541 officers for promotion. A selection board convened at ARPC on April 16 to determine those officers qualified to

  • Air Force streamlines officer, enlisted evaluation forms

    Air Force officials are introducing new officer and enlisted evaluation forms as it transforms its personnel processes. The major part of this effort has been directed at reducing the workload associated with preparing officer and enlisted performance reports while ensuring the evaluation process

  • Reservists called to 'half-day' duty

    The Air Reserve Personnel Center will conduct a muster for nearly 145 Individual Ready Reservists on May 18 and June 22 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Air Reserve Personnel Center here. The IRR Muster Program exists to enhance readiness and ensure the Air Force can "reach out and touch" the IRR

  • Rules require technicians to wear uniforms full time

    When people visit an Air Force Reserve Command unit during the week in the coming months, they are likely to see more people in military uniforms. The Air Force changed three of its instructions Aug. 7 to require all air reserve technicians to wear military uniforms rather than civilian clothes

  • Improved health care plan for reservists starts in October

    Reservists can begin signing up Aug. 11 for more affordable Tricare Select Reserve health care that starts Oct. 1. For some, it means they will pay a third of what they are paying today. "All drilling reservists, including individual mobilization augmentees, will have access to the health-care

  • Assignment Facilitators Added to Force Development Team

    Commanders- Since becoming host for AF Reserve Force Development Teams in May 2006, ARPC has facilitated 24 Development Team events for 15 career fields, providing nearly 10,000 deliberate career and developmental education vectors to officers. Development Teams use the online Reserve Officer