Courtesy Story | Air Force Reserve Command | 09.25.2025
The Reserve Advisory Council (RAC), a 12-member body representing both officers and enlisted Airmen across multiple career fields, partnered with the AFRC Congressional Affairs team and the Reserve Organization of America (ROA) to bring the “voice from the field” to Capitol Hill on Sept. 25. Together, with 20 additional Airmen from the National Capital Region, met with congressional......
Story by Master Sgt. Jason Melton | DC National Guard | 02.03.2023
Headquarters, District of Columbia Air National Guard (DCANG) recently earned the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award (AFOEA) for its contingency planning, support of local and federal civil authorities in the Nation's Capital and other meritorious service, from Jan. 1, 2020 to Dec 31, 2021....
Story by Master Sgt. Jefferson Thompson | 173rd Fighter Wing | 09.07.2022
Twenty Oregon Air National Guard Airmen from the 173rd Fighter Wing left to help fight the Rum Creek Fire burning near the shores of the Rogue River, Aug. 29, 2022. It is part of “OPLAN Smokey”, a program designed to let the state of Oregon call upon the citizen Guardsmen to serve their state and control the destructive effects of local wildfires....
Story by Master Sgt. Dan Heaton | 380th Air Expeditionary Wing | 03.01.2022
Le Febre is one of about 50 Citizen-Airmen of the Air Force Reserve’s 302nd Airlift Wing who are currently forward deployed to Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates. The base came under missile attack several times in January – La Febre says that’s when he and his fellow Airmen learned just how resilient they are....
Story by Jet Fabara | 340th Flying Training Group | 10.29.2021
After a challenging year amidst COVID operations, the 340th Flying Training Group held its fall mandatory unit training assembly Oct. 28-29 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. The 340th FTG usually holds two-day drill training periods bi-annually....
Story by Senior Airman Neil Mabini | California National Guard Primary | 01.13.2021
Airmen of the 163d Attack Wing, California Air National Guard, built a tent system on Jan. 12, 2021, in the parking lot of a hospital in Downey, California, to support front-line medical professionals who are dealing with a surge of COVID-19 cases. At PIH Health Downey Hospital, a team of 17 Airmen assembled a Disaster Relief Bed-down System (DRBS) to provide the hospital’s emergency......
Story by 1st Lt. Susette Brooks | 444th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 05.12.2020
The New Jersey Air National Guard honored New Jerseyans fighting the Coronavirus pandemic with a flyover May 12, 2020. “Our crews wanted to offer frontline workers a sign of hope, to let them know we have their backs,” said Col. Derek Routt, Operations Group Commander, 177th Fighter Wing....
Story by Lauren Kelly | 507th Air Refueling Wing | 04.15.2020
Three Air Force Reservist nurses with the 507th Medical Squadron here mobilized and departed for Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, between April 13-21, 2020, to provide medical treatment to patients during the COVID-19 pandemic....
