Maintenance Without a Wrench: Maintenance Operations Control Center Keeps Planes Flying

It's just like that room you see in the movies: It's dark and cool, and the blue glow of monitors and blinking screens provides the only light. On the wall is the large red world clock, and at workstations shadowy figures are hunched over keyboards or talking on the phone. Two-way radios beep on

PHAP: help is never far

Stress is a daily factor in everyone's life. For a deployed member or spouse, stress may feel magnified with nowhere and no one to turn to. The Psychological Health Advocacy Program (PHAP) was developed not only for members of the Air Force Reserve Command, but for their families to assist with

MacDill helps reunite Spanish government, lost gold

Two Spanish Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft are preparing to depart MacDill Air Force Base this morning after being loaded with approximately 17 metric tons, or approximately $500 million, of Spanish gold.The two aircraft were dispatched by the Spanish Government to retrieve Spanish coins that

MacDill Airmen help send "treasure" back to Spain

Two Spanish Air Force C-130 Hercules aircraft departed MacDill Air Force Base this afternoon after being loaded with approximately 17 metric tons, or approximately $500 million, of Spanish gold and silver coins. Two aircraft were dispatched by the Spanish Government to retrieve the coins that were

Longest serving Airman also longest serving African-American in DoD

The Air Force's longest serving Airman, who retired this past January after nearly 47 years of service, is also the longest serving African-American service member within the Department of Defense.Maj. Gen. Alfred K. Flowers recently retired from the Pentagon where he served as the Deputy Assistant

President recommends $5.062 billion for AF Reserve in FY13

Under the Fiscal 2013 President's Budget Request announced Feb. 13, Air Force Reserve Command is slated to receive an annual operating budget of $5.062 billion starting in October.The FY13 budget includes $1.885 billion for military personnel, $3.166 billion for operations and maintenance to pay for

927th Reservists honored by Tampa Chamber

"A series of noble acts under the harshest of conditions," said Col. David Sutherland about the men and women gathered before him.Although a battle-hardened veteran himself, Sutherland was not standing before a formation in the sands of Iraq or the valleys of Afghanistan. When he spoke those words,

Preparing for war: 927th Reservist readies for deployment

Anthrax. Typhoid. Signatures. Paperwork. Electronic Bill Pay. Staff Sgt. Paul Flagg is spending his weekend with all of it. Flagg, a federal police officer with the Department of Veteran's Affairs and a reservist with the 927th Logistics Readiness Squadron, is preparing for a 179-day deployment to

Force Support Squadron inducts new honorary commander

Keeping it fresh: Reserve emergency medical technicians keep current on their skills

Senior Airman Brittanee Bernal was working in an emergency room in Arizona when a firefighter covered in burns was wheeled through the double doors. With his body swelling internally from burns covering 80% of his skin, Brunal quickly went to work slicing cuts into his arms and legs to relieve the