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  • MacDill fab flight: “You break it, we fix it”

    The KC-135 Stratotanker has fueled missions around the globe for more than 60 years. Countless flight hours and missions reflect the tremendous work of those who maintain these aircraft, including MacDill’s 6th Maintenance Squadron Fabrication Flight.

  • Thanksgiving Day Safety Advice

    MACDILL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla., Nov. 22, 2018 — With Thanksgiving here today, many will work tirelessly to prepare a holiday dinner, and some will spend their holidays defending freedom in distant lands. No matter how you are spending your holidays, here are a few helpful tips in order to maintain a

  • SG increasing lethality at Wings

    The Surgeon General’s Office of the Air Force Reserve Command here is revitalizing the medical waiver adjudication process from the top down. They recently tested a new process where wing commanders have the authority to allow members to continue serving, in a full or limited range, while his or her

  • Put food safety on Thanksgiving menu

    Thanksgiving meals are some of the largest prepared each year and come with a significant amount of stress. Preparing large meals requires the cook to juggle many “different pots” at the same time but getting the turkey roasted just right is main objective of most cooks. Whether you’re a skilled

  • Major changes to medical policies good news for Reservists

    When Col. John Buterbaugh took the helm as the command surgeon at Air Force Reserve Command in late summer 2018, he wanted to make some bold changes to improve processes for the 70,000 Reserve Citizen Airmen serving across the nation and around the world.

  • Honoring those who served

    Team Edwards,In 1954, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill establishing Nov. 11 as a day to honor American veterans of all wars, otherwise known as Veterans Day. He proclaimed, "I do hereby call upon all of our citizens to observe Nov. 11 as Veterans Day. On that day let us solemnly remember

  • Rebuilding Tyndall: Keesler team helps restore base communications

    Total devastation. No power. No running water. The scene on the ground at Tyndall Air Force Base was a grim, 'post-apocalyptic' one when a five man team from Keesler's 85th Engineering Installation Squadron arrived in mid-October, just days after Hurricane Michael hit the Florida Gulf

  • ARPC hosts ARC Field Training

    About 50 Guard and Reserve members gathered here at Headquarters Air Reserve Personnel Center for an Air Reserve Component Field Orientation Course Nov. 7, 2018. This course leverages the expertise of ARPC subject matter experts and covers a wide variety of topics to include point credit,