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  • Reservist overcome winter weather to give late Congressman final flight

    A Reserve aircrew’s wise planning helped them complete a high-profile airlift mission Feb. 12 – delivering the remains of U.S. Rep. John Dingell back to Washington – despite crippling winter weather that prevented other aircraft from landing at Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Michigan.

  • 315th AW delivers humanitarian aid to Guatemala, Haiti, and Honduras

    Over a weekend-long combined humanitarian and training mission, three C-17 Globemaster III aircraft and their Reserve Citizen Airmen crews from Joint Base Charleston’s 315th Airlift Wing delivered humanitarian aid to Guatemala, Haiti, and Honduras, Feb. 3-4, 2019. The three missions were planned to

  • "It's just putting a good plane in the air"

    CitizenAirmen at the 914th Air Refueling Wing Aircraft's Maintenance Squadron deal with some of the nation's coldest weather every day. Take a glimpse as the Airmen begin preparing a KC-135 at 4 a.m., to ensure it is ready for a mission to Rota, Spain.

  • 315th CRF tests mettle in joint-service Patriot Palm exercise

    Teaming up with FEMA, the FBI, Army, Coast Guard and Marine Corps, the 315th Contingency Response Flight completed Exercise Patriot Palm, a joint-service emergency and natural disaster response exercise, coordinated by the Air Force Reserve, designed to integrate first responders from federal, state