Air Force revamps AEF

The Air Force will deploy Agile Combat Support Airmen under its redesigned air expeditionary force construct October 1. The primary purpose of the redesign was to look at ways to deploy more ACS Airmen with their units and standardize dwell times across the Air Force as much as possible to present a

Air Force's top leader discusses Reserve future

Citizen Airmen have an advocate at the very top of Air Force.During a visit to Robins Air Force Base, Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James discussed several issues related to the Air Force Reserve's future.As the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard continue to grow in proportion to the

CARCAH manages storm requirements

A man sits in a small side room of the National Hurricane Center in Miami and scans a bank of computer monitors that stream satellite information, communications from weather reconnaissance aircraft, and the flight path data when the phone rings with news of aircraft being denied clearance into

Hurricane Hunters, U.S. Naval Academy team up for research during 'Cristobal'

Deployed maintainers keep mission moving

The pilot prepares the aircraft for takeoff going through the required checklists when she notices the embedded GPS initial navigation system isn't working properly.They can't fly without it so Maj. Dena Williams, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron pilot and the aircraft commander for the Aug. 25

Hurricane Hunters fly into Tropical Storm Cristobal

Aircrews with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron have been flying data-gathering missions into Tropical Storm Cristobal out of the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, since Aug. 21.The Hurricane Hunters flew the first low-level invest mission Aug. 21 and continued to

Aeromedical Staging Squadron keeps wing deployable

A group of deployed service members are conducting a routine patrol in the mountains of Afghanistan when one of them loses his footing and tumbles down a hill breaking his leg. After receiving initial care at the Forward Operating Base, he's transported to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. The nature of

Hurricane Hunters, Naval Academy team up for research

A Navy research contingent of the Naval Academy's Training and Research in Oceanic and Atmospheric Processes in Tropical Cyclones, or TROPIC, internship program has teamed up with the Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Hurricane Hunters to gather storm data during a deployment

Hurricane Hunters wrap up deployment to Hawaii

As Hawaii recovers from the one-two punch from Hurricanes Iselle and Julio, the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, an Air Force Reserve unit assigned to the 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, is packing up their operating base at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam.The "Hurricane

Hurricane Hunters assist with rescue mission in Pacific Ocean

An 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron crew assisted the U.S. Coast Guard with locating and rescuing three people north of the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean Sunday.The Air Force Reserve unit assigned to the 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, deployed to Hawaii Aug. 5 to