May 7, 2015 Obama nominates new chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff President Barack Obama nominated May 5, Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. to serve as the 19th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva to serve as the 10th vice chairman.
May 6, 2015 MacDill reserve wing hosts bosslift Civic leaders from throughout South Carolina visited the 927th Air Refueling Wing here April 30- May 1, as part of a community outreach program sponsored by the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve.The ESGR is a Department of Defense organization that develops and promotes a supportive work
April 30, 2015 AF Reserve, Guard leaders testify before the Senate The chief of the Air Force Reserve and the director of the Air National Guard testified alongside the other services' Reserve chiefs and Guard directors before the Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on Defense, April 29.With the threat of sequestration-level funding looming, both the Guard
April 29, 2015 Air Force provides additional support in Nepal The Air Force continues its support of the disaster relief operations in Nepal with the arrival of a second C-17 Globemaster III in response to an earthquake that rocked the country April 25."One of the U.S. Air Force's great strengths is our ability to provide rapid global mobility in support of
April 27, 2015 DoD Sends Aircraft to Support Disaster-Assistance Operations in Nepal The United States has sent an Air Force aircraft to Nepal to deliver personnel and cargo in support of disaster-relief operations, according to Pentagon spokesman Army Col. Steve Warren.A 7.9-magnitude earthquake hit the country Saturday, reportedly leaving almost 2,500 dead, about 6,000 injured and
April 22, 2015 315 AW wins 2014 Air Force Reserve Command’s Excellence Award Air Force Reserve Command recognized the 315th Airlift Wing for its One Unit Training Assembly Working Group by announcing the wing as recipient of the AFRC Lessons Learned Excellence Award.AFRC is forwarding the 31 representative to the Air Force competition for the General George C. Kenney Award
April 21, 2015 CY15B RSSB Invitation to apply The CY15B Reserve School Selection Board will convene July 13 at the Air Reserve Personnel Center, Buckley Air Force Base, Colo.Both the Invitation to Apply and RSSB Application can be found on myPers located under the red "News Alert" tab or on the vPC Dashboard under the "Actions Request" tab.
April 20, 2015 SecAF delivers message of confidence Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James spoke to an audience of military and commercial space professionals, and space enthusiasts at the 31st Annual Space Symposium here April 16, adding to an already familiar message."You might think I am here from our headquarters at the Pentagon to bring
April 13, 2015 Fontanella passes torch to Gilmour during 315 AW ceremony Col. Greg Gilmour assumed command of the 315th Airlift Wing from Col. James Fontanella during a change of command ceremony April 11, 2015 at the base theater at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina.Gilmour was previously the commander of the 916th Air Refueling Wing at Seymour Johnson Air Force
April 13, 2015 Senior leaders celebrate AF Reserve's 67th birthday Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III celebrated the Air Force Reserves 67th birthday by hosting a cake cutting ceremony in the Pentagon, April 6, 2015, Washington, D.C. Also on hand for the ceremony were Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Larry Spencer, Chief of the Air Force Reserves Lt. Gen.