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  • Tech. Sgt. Joseph Perez, 26th Aerial Port Squadron ramp services supervisor, visits the grave of his father Sept. 25, 2020, with his family at Fort Sam Houston Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Samantha Mathison)

    A Gold Star to remember

    The last Sunday of September every year is Gold Star Mother’s and Family Day, where the families of service members who died while in the line of duty are honored. On this day, these families are remembered for the losses they suffered. While many choose to honor their losses in different ways, Tech. Sgt. Joseph Perez, 26th Aerial Port Squadron ramp services supervisor, said he chose to honor his father by serving in the same unit as him.
  • Two Airmen in a convoy

    Civil engineers conduct tactical convoy operations training

    Nearly 100 personnel from the 507th Civil Engineer Squadron here participated in a three-day convoy field training exercise at Glenwood Training Annex July 31- Aug. 2.
  • Airman fills out paperwork

    More than 770 Reservists called up, providing medical support

    More than 150 additional Air Force Reserve medical specialists were mobilized in the latest Air Force Reserve call-up in support of COVID-19 relief efforts with most Reservists set to assist medical staff in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut.
  • U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Tatiana Abasolo, a member of the Air Force Reserve’s 624th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, provides instruction on how to properly secure a patient for movement during an aeromedical staging and aerial port training at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, March 3, 2019.

    President signs Executive Order calling up Air Force Reserve medics, other specialties

    On March 27, the President signed an Executive Order authorizing mobilization of the Reserve Component in response to COVID-19 operations. For the Air Force Reserve, personnel already serving in the Selected Reserve and Participating Individual Ready Reserve, as well as those assigned to the Individual Ready Reserve, may be asked to volunteer to activate in support of COVID-19 response.  If taskings exceed the volunteer pool, mobilization of the IRR to active status is now authorized to ensure mission accomplishment. 
  • Master Sgt. Casey Cleveland, 507th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron maintenance supervisor, poses with his handmade blades Oct. 22, 2019, at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Cleveland recently competed on the bladesmithing competition show Forged in Fire on the History Channel. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Mary Begy)

    Okie forges his way to victory

    Master Sgt. Casey Cleveland, 507th Air Refueling Wing maintenance supervisor, was recently crowned champion on the History Channel’s bladesmithing competition show, Forged in Fire.
  • Col. Don Wren, 910th Mission Support Group commander at Youngstown Air Reserve Base, Ohio, teaches Reservists and their guests about how to write an effective resume for a federal job during theYellow Ribbon Reintegration Program event in St. Louis, Missouri, July 19-21, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Lauren Gleason)

    Colonel gives deployers tips for getting in the door to civilian jobs

    Chief Master Sgt. Linda Sparks was looking to take the next step in her career as a federal civilian employee when she returned from a 6-month Air Force Reserve deployment to Iraq, she said.
  • Torren Jackson (center) is pictured with rescuers that helped free him from swift running water May 29, 2019 when he was swept from the road while riding his bike and trapped inside a culvert in Prague, Oklahoma. From left: Teggan Jackson, Dakota Fite, Torren Jackson and Eric Whitesel. (Courtesy photo by Sharon Lee/Prague Times Herald)

    Reservist rescues boy from flood waters

    Master Sgt. Eric Whitesel, a KC-135 Stratotanker crew chief with the 507th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, saved the life of an eight-year old boy trapped in a flooded drainage ditch May 29, 2019, in Prague, Oklahoma.
  • A 97th Air Mobility Wing security forces defender guards a KC-46A Pegasus during post-flight checks at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Feb. 8, 2019. The 730th Air Mobility Training Squadron, which falls under AFRC’s 507th Air Refueling Wing at Tinker AFB, Oklahoma, is an associate unit that merges with active duty Airmen in the 97th AMW to accomplish aircrew training.(U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Samantha Mathison)

    KC‐46 arrives for combat training

    Reserve Citizen Airmen of the 730th Air Mobility Training Squadron here, dignitaries and Air Force leaders accepted the new KC‐46A Pegasus during a historic arrival celebration Feb. 8.
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