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  • Pilot for a day: 303rd Fighter Squadron helps dream come true

    Many people set goals for their lives but there are some who know from the day they're born that there are dreams they may never be able to achieve but dare to dream anyway, without regard to the obstacles. Such is the case of Wyatt Maurer, a tall, 13-year-old young man from Lawrence Kan., who was

  • When the 442nd FW deploys, it calls on 'Team Kennedy'

    An Airman answers the phone and a voice on the other end informs him he is being deployed. Somewhere there is a space that needs to be filled, a job needs to be done, a mission needs to be accomplished and that Airman is just the individual the Air Force needs. After the initial shock, the Airman

  • CAC login gives users easy access to vPC-GR

    Air Reserve Personnel Center officials launched a new enhancement today allowing Airmen to log into the virtual Personnel Center-Guard and Reserve using their Common Access Card. This enhancement gives Airmen the option to associate their vPC-GR account with their CAC, eliminating the need to

  • Wing's safety office named best in AFRC

    Air Force Reserve Command released its safety-award selections for 2008 and recognized the 442nd Fighter Wing's safety team with The Safety Office of the Year Award Nov. 26. The inspection reviewed safety programs in the areas of weapons, flight, ground and documentation. "They look at everything,"

  • Game plan offers assignment choices for reserve colonels

    Certain qualified Air Force Reserve line colonels will soon be able to select from an a la carte of job vacancies when a new website goes online in January 2009. The Web-based job announcements are part of a program called the Reserve Line Colonel Assignments Gameplan 2009. The game plan is a first

  • The 'Hog' drops in on history

    The A-10 Warthog, known for its close-air support superiority and the ability to carry large and varied ordnance, is now on its way to delivering a new capability to the warfighter. The 40th Flight Test Squadron, with support from the 46th Test Wing, Boeing and a host of other units, flew a quick

  • Some drilling reservists qualify for travel reimbursements

    Certain Air Force reservists who travel 150 miles or more from their homes to perform monthly drills may be eligible for round-trip travel reimbursements. Qualifying reservists include those displaced by Base Realignment and Closure actions and programmatic changes or those serving in critical Air

  • Air Force Reservists may qualify for early retired pay

    ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- The Department of Defense has issued new guidelines for early receipt of retired pay for members of the reserve components. Instead of having to wait until age 60 to receive Reserve retired pay, eligible members may receive retired pay prior to age 60 but not before age