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  • Chief earns Army Air Assault Badge

    It isn’t every day the Air Force sends an Airman to attend the Army’s brutal Air Assault School in Ft. Benning, Georgia, and its inconceivable for that Airman to be a chief master sergeant with more than 25 years of service.Until now.At 48, Chief Master Sgt. Robert Grimsley, 315th Security Forces

  • Jackson speaks on way ahead for Air Force Reserve

    The head of Air Force Reserve Command discussed the Reserve’s future role in F-35 Lightning II maintenance manning, along with other initiatives July 7. Lt. Gen. James F. Jackson spoke at the Air Force Association’s monthly breakfast at the Key Bridge Marriott in Arlington, Virginia.

  • Tell the Reserve story in the face of threats

    In the wake of information operations launched by theIslamic State in Iraqand Levant (ISIL), I have seen a number of incidents whereReservists haverequested to have Air Force remove news storiesidentifying them by name andrank from Air Force public websites and official socialmedia.  Also,Reservists

  • Pressures On: Loadmaster aces her first evaluation

    When you’re a 317th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, there’s always something exciting happening. Most of the time, it’s from traveling the world on missions. For one Airman, the pressure added during a recent humanitarian aid mission to Haiti, Saint Kitts and Nevis, when she wasn’t just performing her

  • Delivering Hope: 315th AW delivers Denton aid to Haiti, Saint Kitts

    Reservists from the 317th Airlift Squadron delivered humanitarian aid June 13, from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina to the islands of Haiti, Saint Kitts and Nevis. According to Capt. John Williams, 317th AS C-17 Globemaster III pilot and aircraft commander for the mission, bringing

  • 315 AW, Denton Progam delivers to Haiti

    Airmen from the 701st Airlift Squadron deployed three Globemaster C-17s April 23 – 26, 2015, from Joint Base Charleston, S.C. to Key West Naval Air Station, Fla., to support the movement of Denton cargo to Haiti. The Denton Program allows donors by non-governmental agencies, international