Air Force Reserve

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…

Brazil revokes citizenship of woman accused of killing Air Force major

By Jeff Schogol on July 31, 2013 Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Uncategorized

Brazil has revoked the citizenship of a woman who is accused of murdering her husband, an Air Force officer, in 2007. Reserve Maj. Karl Hoerig was shot to death at his home in Newton Falls, Ohio, in March 2007. His wife Claudia has been indicted for aggravated murder, but she fled to Brazil, where she was born, putting her beyond the reach of the U.S. legal system. Until now. On Wednesday, U.S. Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Ohio, announced that Hoerig had lost her Brazilian citizenship, opening the way for extradition. Ryan has tried repeatedly over the years to pressure the Brazilian…

“Airman-to-Airman” program looking for feedback from reservists

By Oriana Pawlyk on July 30, 2013 Air Force, Air Force Reserve

Air Force Reserve Command recently announced that the service is looking for young airmen, both officer and enlisted, who have experienced a safety mishap and want to share the lessons they have learned with their peers. “AFRC is hoping to benchmark off what the Air Force has been doing with its ‘Airman-to-Airman’ safety advisory council program,” said Rich Burns, chief of ground safety programs for AFRC, in a release. The Air Force chief of safety created “Airman-to-Airman” in 2009 in an effort to communicate better with young airmen ages 17 to 26, because “airmen in this age group are far…

Air Force members participate in week-long bike ride across Iowa

By Oriana Pawlyk on July 29, 2013 Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard, Sports

Even with these high summer temperatures, 94 airman pedaled across Iowa as part of the Registers Annual Bicycle Ride across Iowa, or RAGBRAI, which began July 21. Staff Sgt. Abigail Klein, 931st Air Refueling Group, writes that the Air Force Cycling Team, under the leadership of Senior Master Sgt. Larry Gallo, 433rd Airlift Wing, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, started their trek at Council Bluffs, and by week’s end, biked more than 400 miles across Iowa. One of the longest rides of the seven-day event took place July 22, and was dubbed “The Century.” Airmen biked approximately 100 miles from…

AF reserve captain becomes part of the McCain family

By Oriana Pawlyk on June 5, 2013 Air Force Reserve

Sen. John McCain has a new daughter-in-law. And she’s an Air Force reserve captain. People Magazine reports that the senator’s son, Jack, married Renee Swift over the weekend in San Francisco. Swift, 29, met Lt. McCain, 27, in Guam, where he serves as a helicopter pilot in the Navy. According to Swift’s LinkedIn, she is the chief financial officer in the 36th Medical Group at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam. All the McCain children were in attendance and former presidential candidate Mitt Romney also stopped by. The ceremony was held at San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral, with a reception following at…

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