Central Command Air Forces has a special Web site displaying individual and unit awards that Air Force Reserve Command officials say Reservists should visit to see whether they are eligible for awards from their duty in the Global War on Terror. Since 9/11, they note, the Air Force has mobilized about 30,000 Reservists and thousands more have volunteered.
Air Force Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich assumed command of U.S. European Command on July 1, taking over the key assignment as the U.S. and its allies contend with a resurgent Russia and a grinding war in Ukraine.