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  • Reservists Shower Island Home with Cheer

    It was just business as usual, hauling loads of supplies to and from St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, where the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron maintains a detachment for use during hurricane season. That is until Citizen Airman Master Sgt. Paul Wood, 403rd Maintenance Squadron, did a

  • Hurricane Hunters Take Message to Capitol Hill

    Hurricane Hunters don't just fly down into the eye of a hurricane. They fly right through the "eyewall" into the storm. Members of Congress, congressional staffers and military legislative assistants learned this detail and other fascinating facts about the Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather

  • Reservists Make Air Force History with Blogger Flight

    An Air Force Reserve 403rd Wing "Hurricane Hunters" aircraft hosted the Air Force's first-ever blogger flight here May 19. This flight gave bloggers from across the country an opportunity only available to traditional media outlets until now. The Air Force is embracing new media in efforts to

  • Recruiting Gets a Boost

    The 403rd Wing's recruiting effort received a huge boost May 2-3 as the Air Force Reserve Jet Car amazed crowds at the N'Awlins Air Show in New Orleans. With flames spewing from its Westinghouse J34-48 jet engine, the car roared down the runway four times over the weekend, racing a low-flying,

  • Reservist Creates Masterpiece

    Senior Airman Craig Harris, Reservist with the 403rd Wing, was at the arts and crafts center when a wooden chess board on display caught his eye. Being a chess player, he decided to take a closer look. The solid wood board was just what he had been looking for so he asked Bob McFall, arts and crafts

  • Film Chute

    Skydivers have been asked the same question hundreds of times, "Why would anyone jump out of a perfectly good aircraft?" With 1,363 jumps under his belt, Staff Sgt. Victor Myrick, a Reservist in the 41st Aerial Port Squadron, can give a motive behind the thrill he gets with each skydiving