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  • WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio – Ms. Melodie Homer cuts the ceremonial ribbon during the Operations Building dedication Oct. 4, 2008, at the 445th Airlift Wing. The building was dedicated in honor of her late husband, Maj. LeRoy W. Homer, Jr., who served with the wing from 1995 to 2000 and died Sept. 11, 2001. Overlooking the ribbon cutting are Col. (ret.) Robert Shondel; Col. Roger Gallet, 445th Operations Group commander, Maj. Gen. Robert E. Duignan, Fourth Air Force commander; Maj. Homer’s mother, Ms. Ilse Homer; Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner, Air Force Reserve Command commander; Col. Stephen Goeman, 445th Airlift Wing commander; Lt. Col. Chris Clark, 445th Operation Group deputy commander; Maj. and Ms. Homer’s children, Laurel and Alden; and one other relative. (Air Force photo/Ben Strasser)

    Building Dedication honors fallen Citizen Airman

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio -- The 445th Airlift Wing honored the life and service of one of the unit's former members Oct. 4, 2008, when the wing dedicated its new operations building to Maj. LeRoy W. Homer, Jr. Maj. Homer was part of the 445th Airlift Wing from 1995 to 2000 and died Sept. 11, 2001, while serving as the first officer on United
  • Master Sgt. Kirk Babcock stands beside one of the many specially outfitted trucks used to transport those stationed at McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Note the track used for front wheels.

    Travelling to the ends of the earth all in a day's work

    Flight Safety is serious business in the Air Force and for one Air Force Reserve organization it's so important, they're willing to go to the ends of the earth. Or at least one of them... Five members of the 507th Air Refueling Wing's 1st Aviation Standards Flight departed Oklahoma City this week enroute to Antarctica to conduct airfield
  • WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio - Airman First Class Carmen Mena-Flores, a member of a joint forces Honor Guard team from the 445th Airlift Wing and Wright-Patterson AFB posts the colors during a Patriot Day Ceremony at the 445th Airlift Wing. Wing members took a few moments to remember and honor the victims of September 11, 2001, and reaffirm their commitment to the Global War on Terror. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Charlie Miller)

    445th Airlift Wing members remember victims of September 11

  • Soldiers and Airmen in the Puget Sound Region will do more than work together from the sky when Joint Base Lewis-McChord becomes a reality in 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Scott F. Reed)

    Joint base planning ongoing for 2010

    MCCHORD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash., -- In 2010, Joint Base Lewis-McChord will support 101,000 military personnel, 14,500 civilian and contract workers, cover 414,000 acres, and hold 22,842,000 square feet of work facilities. Fort Lewis and McChord will begin operating as Joint Base Lewis-McChord in 2010, and become fully operational by October of that
  • ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. -- Airman 1st Class Kayode Lawal, 459th Mission Support Flight personnel relocations clerk, pauses during records review here Aug. 20. The Nigerian-born Airman obtained U.S. citizenship Aug. 6. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Amaani Lyle)

    Nigerian Reservist enjoys new U.S. citizenship

    ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. -- More than 5,500 miles away and with a current population just shy of 8 million, the former capital of Nigeria, Lagos, is an unlikely starting point for a young boy with little more than the determination and diligence that earned him not only the title of U.S. Air Force Reserve Airman, but U.S. citizen. On Aug. 6,
  • JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq -- Airmen 1st Class Shane Costa (left) and Dennis Gaxiola, push a palette train off a 60k-loader driven by Senior Airman Derek Dumlao onto a high line dock here Aug. 24. All three Airmen completed a new Air Force Reserve seasoning training program prior to deploying here. The program allows Airmen to voluntarily remain on active duty for upgrade training, finishing it in three months instead of 14 to 16 months. Dumlao, Gaxiola and Costa, aerial porters with the 332nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron here, are deployed from the 624th Regional Support Group at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. All three Airmen graduated from Leilehua High School in Wahiawa, Hawaii, in 2004. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Jason Epley)

    Seasoning Training Program Prepares Reservists for Desert Duty

    HICKAM AIR FORCE BASE, Hawaii -- Four years ago, three young men who graduated together from high school in Hawaii never thought they would find themselves serving together in Iraq. Senior Airman Derek Dumlao, Airmen 1st Class Shane Costa and Dennis Gaxiola - alumni of Leilehua High School here on Oahu and Air Force Reservists from the 624th
  • Aeromedical technician Staff Sgt. Rachel Reed checks on a simulated patient, Tech. Sgt. Joseph Drake, in flight on a C-17 Globemaster III while the medical crew is put to the test with a variety of scenarios by medical flight instructors. Five squadrons and about 80 medical personnel from California, Florida, Maryland and Georgia participated in the Air Force Reserve Aeromedical Evacuation Jamboree held April 28 and 29 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Both sergeants are from the 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Charlie Miller)

    445th Airlift Wing Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron receives "Outstanding" on their Health Services Inspection

    WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio -- The 445th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron received a rating of "Outstanding" by a three-person team from the Air Force Inspection Agency. The team completed a Health Services Inspection on September 5-7, 2008. The team assessed the functioning and execution of Air Force Medical Service programs and processes at the 445
  • WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB, Ohio - Master Sgt. Roland Stinnette, 445th Maintenance Operation Flight, paints a patriotic scheme onto the hood of a 1980 Corvette. Sergeant Stinnette took part in this tribute to Vietnam POW's by lending his skills in graphic design and airbrushing, which he learned from his father Harold Stinnette. (Courtesy photo)

    CORVETTE HONORS POW'S AND C-141 HANOI TAXI

    A Joint Force effort of both Active Duty and Air Force Reservists worked together to honor Vietnam POWs by restoring a 1980 Corvette in the likeness of the Hanoi Taxi, an aircraft that flew POWs home from captivity. Maj. Richard Webster, is a pilot and former member of this Wing, and has a 410 horsepower Corvette. His is no ordinary Corvette
  • Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., conducts commander's call for members of Headquarters, Fourth Air Force during the Air Force Reserve commander's August 6, 2008 visit to March ARB, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/MSgt. Linda E. Welz)

    AFRC commander visits Fourth Air Force

    Lieutenant General Charlie Stenner, commander of the Air Force Reserve Command, visited March Field Aug. 6. The five-hour visit at Fourth Air Force provided the commander with a perspective of top-shelf issues among the numbered air force's 13 flying wings, two groups and scores of squadrons and flights. More importantly, the visit provided Lt.

  • Air Force uniform changes ongoing

    There have been recent Air Force Uniform developments, some of which are currently underway at HQ Air Staff level. Fit and wear testing is ongoing in the field. The Airmen Battle Uniform, known as ABU, was first fielded in November 2006. The ABU was specifically designed for Airmen, providing a functionally deployable uniform in today's Area of
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