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  • Chief of Staff Describes Air Force’s ‘Precarious’ Position

    After 23 years of high-tempo operations, the Air Force is in a precarious position, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III told the Senate Armed Services Committee today.The general was joined in his testimony by his fellow members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, including the Joint Chiefs

  • Whiteman Reserve leaders applaud Yellow Ribbon training

    Reservists from the 442nd Fighter Wing, an A-10 Thunderbolt unit in Missouri, attended Air Force Reserve Yellow Ribbon Program training events prior to their mass deployment to Afghanistan this spring."I knew it was a good program and it's even better than I expected," said Col. Hubert C. Hegtvedt,

  • Remembering Customs and Courtesies

    While going through basic military training, Air Force customs and courtesies become engrained into the minds of young Airmen entering the service. However, as time goes by, it is not uncommon for some of those basic practices to slip from mind and be forgotten.Since etiquette and professionalism is

  • Air Force secretary reports on total force balance

    Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James outlined April 30 the service's progress in leveraging the talent and capabilities of the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve within the total force concept.James, along with Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, testified at a Senate Armed

  • Officials warn of Internet Explorer security threat

    The Department of Homeland Security U.S. CERT Team has issued an advisory warning Microsoft Windows customers that they should not use any modern version of Internet Explorer, from IE6 to IE11. Microsoft said the vulnerability is a remote code execution vulnerability. The vulnerability could allow

  • Air Force Reserve Command announces 2013 Outstanding Airmen of the Year

    Air Force Reserve Command honored its 2013 Outstanding Airmen of the Year during an awards banquet here April 17.The winners who will represent the command in Air Force competition later this year are: ·First Sergeant - Senior Master Sgt. Eric Smith, 433rd Security Forces Squadron, JB San

  • Westover to lose aircraft, personnel

    Air Force officials announced Monday that half of the 439th Airlift Wing's C-5 fleet - and more than 300 jobs here - will be cut as a result of Pentagon budget cuts and sequestration.While the host unit 439th AW flies 16 C-5B models, eight C-5s will transfer from Westover to Joint Base San

  • White House Launches One-stop Shopping for Vets Seeking Jobs

    First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, April 23 launched the Veterans Employment Center, the first online one-stop shopping tool for veterans, transitioning service members and spouses in search of employment.The announcement was made at a third-anniversary

  • K.C. Hawgs return to Bagram

    Air Force Reserve Command's 303rd Fighter Squadron, from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., will once again make their mark in history as the newly arrived A-10 Thunderbolt II flying squadron here.The K.C. Hawgs are serving their first six-month rotation at Bagram and their fifth Afghanistan tour."This

  • Finding light through darkness

    Keeping a secret that defines you, that has shaped your life for nearly three years now and is sure to shape the rest, a secret that you go to sleep with every night and wake to every morning is sometimes hard to keep trapped inside.I could probably go my entire life without revealing the sad truth