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31 Jul 2019
Running With Faith: An Airman's journey to redemption
Standing there with a knife in hand and cold-hearted from the most devastating news of his life, Master Sgt. Brandan “Troy” Keel contemplated an irreversible decision. Looking into his wife’s eyes after learning she was pregnant with another man’s baby, he couldn’t fathom living anymore. Suicide, he thought, was imminent.
31 Jul 2019
'Wise Guy' Returns: Reservists help bring B-52 back to life
When then-Capt. Aaron Hedrick helped deliver the B-52 Stratofortress nicknamed “Wise Guy” to the 309th Aerospace Maintnenance and Regeneration Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona, for decommissioning in 2008, he took the time to scribble a message on a clipboard and leave it in the cockpit.
30 May 2019
Making History: Hill Airmen depart for F-35A's first Middle East deployment
Pilots, maintainers and support personnel from the Air Force Reserve’s 419th Fighter Wing and the active duty 388th Fighter Wing deployed from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, to Al Dhafra Air Base in the United Arab Emirates in April – the first Middle East deployment for the Air Force’s F-35A Lightning II.
30 May 2019
Comprehensive Fitness: Exercise physiologists can help Reserve Citizen Airmen achieve it
Reserve Citizen Airman are going to be in the fight, in any environment and they will need comprehensive fitness to succeed. As the fitness and resilience program coordinator for Air Force Reserve Command, Jason Ham wants to spread the word about a valuable comprehensive fitness resource available at each of AFRC’s 10 host units.
30 May 2019
Top 10 AGR Facts: What every Reservist should know
Recently, Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, the chief of Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command, approved changes to the Active Guard Reserve program which are expected to be implemented later this year.
30 May 2019
Air Force switching to two-line promotion recommendation forms for officers
The Air Force is transitioning to a new two-line promotion recommendation form for officers, effective in September.
30 May 2019
Reserve instructors helping train future AC-130J crews for special ops missions
At Hurlburt Field, Florida, the Air Force’s newest close-air support weapons system looms large on the flight line.
30 May 2019
Reforming the Organization: What role do diversity and inclusion play?
Lee Floyd is not a bean counter. As the chief of AFRC’s Diversity and Inclusion Branch, he is way more interested in making sure diversity and inclusion are ingrained into the very fiber of the Air Force Reserve than he is with how many African Americans or women are wearing Reserve blue.
30 May 2019
Hand-picked: Air Force selects Reserve Citizen Airmen to lead maintenance app development
Aircraft maintainers from the Air Force Reserve’s 924th Fighter Group have been hand selected to beta-test the new Battle Record Information Core Environment application for the entire Air Force.
30 May 2019
Herculean Heights: Resilient leader at Youngstown reaches milestone
Lt. Col. Barry Cupples, known around Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, as “JR,” rolls back his flight suit sleeve, still dripping with water from the hose-down he received upon stepping through the aircrew door a few minutes earlier.

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Running With Faith: An Airman's journey to redemption

'Wise Guy' Returns: Reservists help bring B-52 back to life

Making History: Hill Airmen depart for F-35A's first Middle East deployment

Comprehensive Fitness: Exercise physiologists can help Reserve Citizen Airmen achieve it

Top 10 AGR Facts: What every Reservist should know

Air Force switching to two-line promotion recommendation forms for officers

Reserve instructors helping train future AC-130J crews for special ops missions

Reforming the Organization: What role do diversity and inclusion play?

Hand-picked: Air Force selects Reserve Citizen Airmen to lead maintenance app development

Herculean Heights: Resilient leader at Youngstown reaches milestone

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