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  • Pence to Service Members: 'You Are the Best of Us'

    The observance of Armed Forces Day is "merely one more installment on behalf of the American people on a debt of honor and the debt of gratitude we’ll never be able to fully repay to all of you who served," Vice President Mike Pence told service members at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

  • Air Force Reserve recruiting military training instructors

    Beneath the shadows of deep blue campaign hats, military training instructors march flights of Airmen down the Lackland bomb run during each basic military training graduation. It is the culmination of weeks spent transforming civilians into warriors.

  • Mattis welcomes new SecAF home

    Defense Secretary Jim Mattis ceremoniously swore in Heather Wilson as the 24th Secretary of the Air Force at the Pentagon May 16, 2017.

  • Wing app becomes more useful, compatible

    315th Airlift Wing Public Affairs recently performed an overhaul of its mobile app to make it more compatible with mobile devices and offer more useful features. The now nearly two-year-old app currently offers tools that are built into the application instead of pointing users to web-based products

  • 315 AES stands out in AFRC awards

    Three Citizen Airmen of the 315th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Joint Base Charleston were recently named the best at what they do in the Air Force Reserve.The following individuals were recipients of AFRC-level:Maj. Lee Knoell, Outstanding Air Force Reserve Technician of the YearMaster Sgt.

  • Aircrew training device saves AMC time, money

    JOINT BASE CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Members of Joint Base Charleston celebrated the standup of the Total Force Aerospace and Operational Physiology Team along with the unveiling of the Reduced Oxygen Breathing Device and Hypoxia Familiarization Trainer during a ceremony here May 2. The ROBD is used to