Air Force Reserve

Lt. Gen. Jack L. Rives, Air Force judge advocate general, pins the Meritorious Service Medal on Col. Lindsey Graham in a Pentagon ceremony April 28, 2009. In addition to being a U.S. senator from South Carolina, Colonel Graham is an individual mobilization augmentee and the senior instructor at the Air Force JAG School at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Sen. Lindsey Graham retires from Air Force Reserve

By Brian Everstine on May 28, 2015 Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Washington

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, is hanging up his Air Force blues. Graham, who has served as a judge advocate general in the Air Force Reserves since 1995 and had previously been on both active duty and the South Carolina Air National Guard, is turning 60 this summer, and hitting the mandatory retirement age. “Although I would cherish the opportunity to continue to serve, I know that the time has come for me to end my service and transfer to the retired reserves,” Graham, a colonel and senior individual mobilization augmentee to the judge advocate general, said in a statement…

Officer Training School graduates first total force class

By Oriana Pawlyk on October 21, 2014 Air Education and Training Command, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, PME

The first class to graduate from the new-and-improved Officer Training School marked a second celebration: they are the first class to graduate active duty, Reserve and Guard officer trainees at the same time. The first class of FY 2015 graduated 193 new 2nd lieutenants on Oct. 10, consisting of 73 active duty and 12 Reserve members completing Basic Officer Training and 108 ANG officers completing the Academy of Military Science, according to an Air Force release. This is the first time both active duty and reserve component officers simultaneously ran through the new eight week curriculum. The OTS curriculum was shortened…

Morale T-shirt rule will soon apply to Guard and Reserve members training on weekends

By Oriana Pawlyk on September 30, 2014 Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, Uniforms

Morale undershirts and patches are one uniform change airmen are embracing to boost unit pride throughout the service. But “T-shirt Fridays” remains in limbo for stateside airmen in the Guard and Reserve. Pending wing commander approval, airmen are allowed to wear morale patches on their flight suits on Fridays or during special events, and can also wear specially designed unit T-shirts under their Airman Battle Uniform or flight suits. Airmen in the reserve components expressed that the Air Force “kind of missed the boat on the morale T-shirts for Friday only,” said Ruth Ewalt, chief of Air Force uniform programs in…

Should I stay or should I go? — this week's Air Force Times

By Jeff Schogol on January 6, 2014 Air Force, Air Force Reserve, budget cuts, Uncategorized

The Air Force has unveiled programs to cut end strength, prompting many airmen to ask whether it would be better to voluntarily separate or retire or try to wait out the drawdown. This week’s Air Force Times explains the various force management measures being used this year and what airmen should consider as they think about their future. Airmen need to start preparing right away for the possibility of voluntary and involuntary cuts, Air Force personnel chief Lt. Gen. Samuel Cox said in a recent interview. Cox, chief of staff for manpower and personnel services, spoke to Air Force Times…

Should I stay or should I go? — this week’s Air Force Times

By Jeff Schogol on January 6, 2014 Air Force, Air Force Reserve, budget cuts, Uncategorized

Andrews hosts eight-year-old pilot through “Pilot for a Day” program

By Oriana Pawlyk on December 3, 2013 AF kids, Air Force, Air Force Reserve

They say it’s the little things in life that make a big difference. Ne’Veah Littleton, 8, was made a pilot for life through the “Pilot for a Day” program at Joint Base Andrews, Md., on Nov. 22. Littleton was diagnosed in April with stage four Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, a tumor on the brain stem, according to an Air Force release. The average survival of children diagnosed with Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, or DIPG, is approximately nine months. Staff Sgt. Katie Spencer writes that members from Andrews, along with partners from the community, joined together to treat Littleton like a world-class…

Is this Reserve base haunted?

By Brian Everstine on November 4, 2013 Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Offbeat, Video

Some at March Air Reserve Base in California say so. “It’s creepy. It’s like somebody’s watching you,” base security guard Michael Diaz said about walking along the base’s museum. NBC 4 in Los Angeles has this post-Halloween story about reported paranormal activity on the base, including strange noises and odd figures in the base library. A group of airmen are investigating the sightings, according to NBC4. “Everybody on base has different stories about things they hear, knocks. They notice somebody in the corner of their eye,” said Joe Mora, an Air Force reservist who works with paranormal investigative group Ghost…

PHOTO: Snow at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson

By Oriana Pawlyk on September 25, 2013 Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Photos

A F-22A Raptor flies over a maintenance crew made up of active-duty and reserve airmen from Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, Sept. 23. The maintenance members were out in the early snowfall ensuring the jets were ready to fly. (Staff Sgt. Zachary Wolf/Air Force)

Shelton: Air Force cyber mission teams will have 1,260 airmen

By Oriana Pawlyk on September 18, 2013 Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, budget cuts, Space, Technology

NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. — Air Force cyber mission teams supporting U.S. Cyber Command will be comprised of about 1,260 airmen, the head of Air Force Space Command said Tuesday. Gen. William Shelton said that while an earlier projection may have called for 1,500 airmen, that was still being talked about in the leadership circles. “After several briefings involving the services, the Joint Staff and U.S. Cyber Command, 1,264 was the number agreed to as the Air Force share of the overall requirement for the cyber mission force,” Shelton said at the Air Force Association Air & Space Conference. “That is…

New Pacific rotations — this week's Air Force Times

By Jeff Schogol on August 12, 2013 Air Combat Command, Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, Airframes, budget cuts, Offbeat, sexual assaults, Uncategorized

The Air Force is taking a page from the Cold War playbook to plan for deployments to the Asia-Pacific region. You can read how rotations to Australia and elsewhere in the Pacific will be modeled after the “Checkered Flag” deployments. While the Air Force is increasing its presence in the region, budget cuts have forced Pacific Air Forces to curtail exercises. See which exercises have been put on hold. Facing decreasing defense budgets for the foreseeable future, the Air Force is looking into how many aircraft and bases it needs and making big changes in the active-reserve mix to save…

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