U.S. Air Force Col. Stephen “Steve” Lanier assumes command of the 916th Air Refueling Wing at Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, Dec. 8, 2019. U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Randall A. Ogden, 4th Air Force commander, presided over the assumption of command ceremony. (Air Force Video by Tech. Sgt. Michael McGhee)
On December 2, an Air Force Reserve technical sergeant was in the right place at the right time when a fellow passenger on a civilian flight suffered an in-flight emergency.
The Weapons and Tactics Council, WEPTAC, is the system designed to gather information from the field and ensure air dominance for the Air Reserve Component future. This year WEPTAC met throughout various locations on Davis-Monthan AFB and Morris Air National Guard Base, both bases are in Tucson, Ariz.
The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron is assigned to the U.S. Air Force Reserve’s 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. It is the only Department of Defense unit that conducts aircraft reconnaissance missions into severe tropical weather during the hurricane season, which is June 1 through Nov. 30.
This season the Hurricane Hunters flew more than 684 hours, totaling 80 missions into nine storms over the Atlantic and...
