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Air Force Reserve Wing Borrows New F-35s as It Waits for Its Own

Aug. 15, 2024 | By Unshin Lee Harpley
Two newly manufactured F-35s touched down at the home of the 301st Fighter Wing in Texas last week, as the wing is transitioning from its F-16 fleet to the fifth-generation aircraft. But the jets are not there to stay; the F-35s that arrived at Naval ...

How the 10th Air Force Hopes to Boost Readiness with ‘Carnivore Hunger Games’

April 4, 2024 | By David Roza
In Carnivore Hunger Games, units assigned to the 10th Air Force have 90 days to show the highest percentage of growth across 19 categories of readiness. The winners could receive up to $100,000 in personnel funding.

How the Air Force Is Getting a Head Start on Training MH-139 Helicopter Maintainers

Nov. 29, 2023 | By David Roza
A reserve unit in Alabama is training the first generation of uniformed maintainers who will help keep the incoming fleet of MH-139A Grey Wolf helicopters up and running. The 908th Airlift Wing, located at Maxwell Air Force Base, sent Airmen to Picayune, Miss., where civilian ...

First Air Force Reserve Unit to Get the F-35 Marks a Final Milestone with the F-16

Aug. 10, 2023 | By David Roza
The end of an era is swiftly approaching for the Air Force Reserve’s 301st Fighter Wing, with one squadron wrapping up its final deployment with the F-16 Fighting Falcon before switching to the F-35A Lightning II in 2024.

Reserve Misses Recruiting Goal; Leaders Cite Decline in Accessions

Sept. 21, 2022 | By James C. Kitfield
The Air Force will hit its Active-duty recruiting goals for fiscal 2022, which ends Sept. 30, but the Guard and Reserve will fall short by about 1,500 recruits each, or about 2.1 percent for the Air Force Reserve. Air Force Reserve Command boss Lt. Gen. ...

New Air Force Reserve Chief Pledges to ‘Transform Our Design Processes’

Aug. 3, 2022 | By Greg Hadley
Command of the Air Force Reserve changed hands August 3, as newly-promoted Lt. Gen. John P. Healy succeeded retiring Lt. Gen. Richard W. Scobee in a ceremony at Robins Air Force Base, Ga.Healy takes over the major command after spending the previous year as Scobee’s ...

KC-46 Weapons Systems Council Unifies Lessons Learned With USAF’s New Tanker

Nov. 24, 2021 | By Abraham Mahshie
Air Mobility Command’s KC-46 next-generation refueler has been operating from five bases nationwide and for nearly two years, but lessons learned and problems encountered were not unified until a Nov. 17-18 Weapons Systems Council at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. “The KC-46, being a new ...

Amendments Abound as Senate Starts Process of Passing 2022 NDAA

Nov. 16, 2021 | By Greg Hadley
After weeks of waiting, the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act is on the move in the Senate as Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) took action on the bill Nov. 15. The move comes after pressure from members of both parties in the House and ...

Air Force Reserve Plans for Gaps Between Retiring Old Aircraft, Bringing in Modern Planes

Sept. 28, 2021 | By Greg Hadley
If Secretary Frank Kendall and other Air Force leaders get their way, the service will be retiring older aircraft in the near future as it looks to modernize. Specifically, legacy systems such as the A-10, KC-135, F-16, and C-130H are all primed for the chopping ...

Larson Takes Command of Reserve’s 22nd Air Force

July 13, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine
Maj. Gen. Bret C. Larson took over as commander of 22nd Air Force on July 10 during a ceremony at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga. Larson assumed command from Maj. Gen. John P. Healy, who has led the numbered air force since July 2019. The ...

Guard Moving Ahead on C-130J Basing Plan Following Election Controversy

May 18, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine
The Air National Guard is moving ahead with its plans to base new C-130Js at four bases in Kentucky, West Virginia, Texas, and Georgia after an election-year controversy in which the Air Force was blasted for the timing of its preferred location announcement. The Air ...

USAFE Begins New Tanker Operation to Increase Refueling Capacity

April 26, 2021 | By Brian W. Everstine
U.S. Air Forces in Europe recently began a new operation to bring additional aerial refueling capacity in its area of operations, while alleviating stress on its only permanent tanker unit. Operation Copper Arrow 2021 started earlier this month, with a rotation of Airmen and a ...

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