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  • Kids Wish Network partners with 927 ARW to Donate Bikes

    MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (Jan 18, 2019): Kids Wish Network teamed with 927th Air Refueling Wing to deliver bikes to the unit for its upcoming Family Day event occurring in April of 2019 as part of their Project Toy Drop.  The toy drop is part of new relationship developed with the Yellow Ribbon

  • Here’s what you need to know about the new tax laws

    In December 2017, the president signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the most sweeping tax-reform legislation in more than 30 years. Most changes will apply to the general public, but some have special implications for the military community. Even within the military community, the changes will not

  • Did You Know that January is Human Trafficking Awareness/Prevention Month?

    Human trafficking, also known as trafficking in persons (TIP) is a form of modern day slavery.  It is defined as the recruitment, transportation, transfer, harboring, or receipt of persons by means of threat, use of force, coercion, abduction, fraud, deception, abuse or exploitation.   The Air Force

  • CCAF no longer required for promotion

    Due to an update to the enlisted personnel handbook, an associate’s degree from the Community College of the Air Force is no longer required for promotions, however, master sergeants still have to keep education in mind for their enlisted performance reports. While the CCAF itself is no longer

  • Airmen sought for AFOSI duty

    The Air Force Office of Special Investigations is seeking qualified Airmen for duty as special agents.

  • Reservists deliver humanitarian aid to Guatemala

    Reservists from the 315th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Charleston delivered nearly 8,000 pounds of humanitarian aid to Guatemala City yesterday. The mission, part of a standard C-17 Globemaster III aircraft training mission, delivered the donated supplies consisting of firefighting and rescue

  • OPSEC in the Social Media Age

    One of the areas Reserve Citizen Airmen must be vigilant in when it comes to operational security is social media. Erick Holloway, Air Force Reserve Command OPSEC program manager, explained Reservists have a special responsibility to maintain OPSEC even when off-duty in their civilian roles.

  • No off season: Hurricane Hunters fly winter storms too

    The United States Air Force Reserve 403rd Wing’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, more affectionately known as the Hurricane Hunters, is most well-known for doing the unfathomable—flying at 10,000 feet, sometimes less, through major tropical systems, storms and hurricanes to collect useful

  • Lunch and Learning About Your Credit

    MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. (January 05, 2019) — Members from across the wing gathered for a lunch and learn during the unit training assembly, Jan. 5, 2019 at the 927th Air Refueling Wing Headquarters here.Tom Valeri, a branch manager with Crediteaze Financial Services, served as the guest speaker