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    Commander’s goodbye celebration emotional

    Family and friends of Maj. Gen. Robert E. Duignan, Commander, Headquarters, Fourth Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), gathered at the historic Mission Inn, Riverside, Calif., Saturday night for the general's retirement dinner, although his official retirement date is Feb. 6, 2009. Throughout dinner, guests were able to see glimpses of him
  • March Field Honor Guard TSgt. Neil Ballacer and Marine Sergeant Kyle Duignan, salute the flag that SGT. Duignan just presented to his father, Maj. Gen. Robert E. Duignan, Commander, 4th Air Force, at the general's retirement ceremony, Jan 25, 2009 at March ARB, Calif. The general struggled to keep his emotions in check during the presentation. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo) (released)

    Fourth Air Force's top post changes hands

    Hundreds gathered here Jan. 25th, 2009, in a vivid ceremony as Major General Robert E. Duignan relinquished command of the Fourth Air Force to Brigadier General Eric W. Crabtree.  Maj. Gen. Duignan retired during the ceremony concluding a 36-year career in Air Force service. Brig. Gen. Crabtree assumed command after serving as the Headquarter Air
  • Maj. Gen. Robert E. Duignan, Commander, Headquarters Fourth Air Force, smiles for a candid shot during a 4th AF Civic Leader Tour. (Courtesy photo)

    Fourth Air Force commander retirement, change of command

    Major General Robert E. Duignan, will retire and turn command of Headquarters, 4th Air Force, over to Brigadier General Eric W. Crabtree at a change of command ceremony scheduled for 10 a.m., Sunday, January 25, 2009, here.Brig. Gen. Crabtree, will be leaving Headquarters, Air Reserve Personnel Center, Denver, Colo., where he has been commander
  • A local Iraqi contactor uses precision tools to work on a new fencing project for an entry control point at Joint Base Balad, Iraq, Sept. 22. Army and Air Force servicemembers worked together to contract the project, which included a new waiting room, that will improve the security of the ECP and enhance relations with the Iraqis who visit here to work, conduct business or seek medical assistance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. William Patience)

    Airman and Soldiers bridge gaps among themselves and Iraqis

    A fence, a building and new relationships were assembled this month by a Soldier, an Airman and a few Iraqi contractors hoping to improve conditions for Iraqis visiting the installation here.Army Chief Warrant Officer David Hooker and Air Force Maj. William Patience hired local workers to help them construct a $250,000 addition to the East Entry
  • Col. Jeffery Robertson give the Oath of Office to 19 Air Force recruits during a swearing-in ceremony at the UCLA/Oregon State football game November 8, 2008, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. Col. Robertson, Director of Staff, 4th Air Force, March Air Reserve Base, officiated the ceremony as part of Air Force Week Los Angeles. (USAF photo/Capt. Bruce Hill) (Released)

    Recruits experience enlistment of a lifetime

    Some folks talk up-front about the heroic role Airmen assume when the sky is falling or not. Others, laid back, might think they're just doing their jobs. Either way, if you were to ask any one of the 19 new U.S. Air Force recruits that were sworn in at Rose Bowl Stadium on Saturday they will tell you they look forward to the careers that lay ahead
  • Tech. Sgt. Billy Martin, a crew chief assigned to the 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, helps with the recovery of a KC-135 Stratotanker that returned from a mission during the 931st Air Refueling Group's September Unit Training Assembly. Plans to expand Sergeant Martin's squadron are close to final. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Jason Schaap)

    Expansion plans close to final for maintenance squadron

    10/13/2008 - MCCONNELL AIR FORCE BASE, Kan. -- It's been in the works for years, but now Lt. Col. Jeff Pickard, 931st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Commander, is seeing it all come together. His squadron is expanding and is expected to more than triple in size in the next few years. Earlier this month, Colonel Pickard learned that $4 million
  • Staff Sgt. Cyrene Gerard, 459th Security Forces Squadron security specialist, performs a vehicle inspection while two other security forces Airmen talk to the driver during the 459th's Nuclear Operational Readiness Inspection held Sept. 19-21. (USAF courtesy photo)

    459th ARW excels at Nuclear Operational Readiness Inspection

    10/4/2008 - ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. -- The 459th Air Refueling Wing completed its Nuclear Operational Readiness Inspection which was conducted by an Air Mobility Command Inspector General team from September 19-21. "This inspection brought the wing together like never before," said Col. Tim Cahoon, 459th ARW commander. "The men and women of the
  • Actor Shia LaBeouf (center), takes a quick snapshot with Team March Airmen and Soldiers at DHL in January. More than 30 members from March participated in last weekend’s box office hit “Eagle Eye” during its filming at March ARB. Airmen, Soldiers, civilian employees and employees at the DHL distribution center at the south end of the base were all involved in various scenes. The DHL hub was used for a chase scene where the actors slid down and crawled across equipment, while military members participated as extras, posing as TSA and airport police. A C-17 aircraft was also featured. In the movie, LaBeouf and co-star Michelle Monaghan are strangers thrown together in dangerous situations after they receive a phone call by a mysterious woman who threatens their lives and their families. Throughout their travels, they are watched through everyday technology and are eventually marked as terrorists who become the most wanted people in the country. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    BOX OFFICE HIT 'EAGLE EYE' FILMED AT MARCH

  • Master Sgt. Diana Feeley (left) and Master Sgt. Chrisandra Davis, a breast cancer survivor, smile for the camera Sept. 13 during a rest in their 60-mile walk. Sergeant Feeley, an Air Force Reservist, and Sergeant Davis, and active-duty Airman, were a Total Force team that completed the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer 3-Day, an event to raise money for breast cancer research. Sergeant Feeley is a client support administrator for the 446th Airlift Wing and Sergeant Davis is a CSA with the 62nd Operations Group, both at McChord Air Force Base, Wash. (Courtesy photo)

    Total Force team walks against cancer

    10/1/2008 - MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- Master Sgt. Diana Feeley normally wears a size 7 1/2 shoe. Recently, her feet became a picture of pain. Swelling, discoloration and bulging blisters forced her to gingerly don a size 10 open-toed rubber sandal. Her feet looked like the end result of a dermatology experiment gone terribly wrong... and she
  • Dr. (Lt. Col.) Gregg Wentworth, an optometrist from the 433rd Medical Group at Lackland AFB, Texas, performs an eye exam on a Peruvian man during a medical mission in Quinua, Peru, Aug. 7. A team of 19 Air Force reservists deployed to Ayacucho, Peru to perform the last three medical missions supporting New Horizons - Peru 2008, a U.S. and Peruvian effort to bring relief to underpriviliged Peruvians. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Mary Pekas)

    New Horizons brings medical care to 12,414 Peruvians

    10/7/2008 - AYACUCHO, Peru -- After three months of performing nine medical missions, New Horizons medical readiness training exercises have come to a close with a total of 12,414 Peruvians treated by Air Force and Navy medical reservists. From June 21 to Aug. 7, 86 service members provided free medical care to nine villages in the Ayacucho region
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