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  • Kelly selected as new AFRC Command Chief

    The Chief of the Air Force Reserve has announced the new Command Chief Master Sergeant for Air Force Reserve Command.Chief Master Sgt. Ericka E. Kelly, command chief for the 349th Air Mobility Wing, Travis Air Force Base, California, will fill AFRC's top enlisted position, according to a release

  • AF implements new DOD-wide changes to maternity leave

    WASHINGTON (AFNS) --  Beginning Feb. 5, active-duty female Airmen will receive up to 12 continuous, non-transferable weeks of fully paid maternity leave in accordance with Defense Department-wide changes to the policy outlined in Defense Secretary Ash Carter's Force of the Future announcement Jan.

  • Yellow Ribbon unveils new in-depth couples’ program

    The Air Force Reserve Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program has added a class aimed at couples to its weekend slate of deployment-related training options. The Couples Enrichment Program is designed to help those who are married, engaged or dating delve into their relationships to better understand

  • 3-time Super Bowl champ, A-10 pilot reflects on America's game

    Super Bowl 50 is just days away and it's hard not to wonder how one of the U.S. Air Force Academy's best all-time players fits into that history.Chad Hennings won three Super Bowls with the Dallas Cowboys during the 1990s, and his first appearance was within a year's time of flying his A-10

  • It's all about winning

    This past year was quite successful for our local professional sports teams.  The Kansas City Royals claimed the World Series crown for the first time in thirty years.  The Kansas City Chiefs won eleven games in a row including a playoff victory on the road against the Houston Texans.  By the way,

  • 442 FW prepares for CSAR exercise

    Personnel from the 442d Fighter Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., prepare for take-off in a C-17 Globemaster III from Charleston AFB, S.C., Jan. 24, 2016. The aircraft was loaded with more than 14,000 pounds of cargo for a combat search and rescue exercise at Patrick AFB, Fla. (U.S. Air Force

  • 442d Maintainers win Maintenance Effectiveness Award two years running

    The 455th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Bagram AB, Afghanistan has been awarded the 2015 Air Combat Command Maintenance Effectiveness Award, distinguishing the unit as the top-performing medium aircraft maintenance unit in ACC.The award is for the unit's accomplishments during

  • Blended Retirement Talking Points

    Blended Retirement Talking Points· There is no need to be anxious about the blended retirement system in the current FY2016 NDAA. Everyone who is currently serving as well as those who enter the force on or before December 31, 2017 is grandfathered under the current military retirement system.

  • Green Dot to roll out across the Air Force

    In December, the Air Force announced the Green Dot training program as the first step of a five-year strategy to decrease interpersonal violence across the service."Green Dot is the Air Force's first step in arming Airmen for violence prevention using an evidence based public health model," said Dr.

  • Life goes on, but not the same

    Four years ago Jan. 12, I received a phone call that completely changed my life. I woke up to news that my best friend Robby had been killed. For several hours I felt paralyzed before I broke down. I poured through all the photo albums I had looking at pictures of us from when we were kids hanging