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  • Training vital to proper airfield procedures

    U.S. Air Force officials are cracking down on a disturbing trend among airfield access at installations such as the one here. According to officials with the Headquarters Air Force Flight Standards Agency, there has been an average of one runway or controlled movement area violation every two days

  • OSD establishes flu pandemic Web site

    The primary source for Department of Defense influenza information (including N1N1 -- "Swine Flu") can be found at www.dod.mil/pandemicflu. The Department of Health and Human Services is the lead federal agency for preparedness and response to this health emergency. DoD is monitoring this public

  • Retirees preserve base chapel

    More than 600 military chapels were built in 1942 to be distributed around the world. Years later Dobbins Air Reserve Base was one of the lucky bases to receive one. In the building's 67 years of existence, hundreds of people have entered it's doors. Now the Dobbins Chapel Foundation is working

  • CE improves base traffic, parking flow

    The Base Civil Engineer division of Dobbins Air Reserve Base continues to explore projects that improve working and living conditions on the base. The current effort to realign Mimosa Drive with Dobbins Place is one of those projects. Realigning Mimosa Drive and Dobbins Place will improve traffic by

  • Firing range receives needed repairs, upgrades

    The base civil engineers are currently coordinating a project to make several repairs at the base firing range. The $250,000 project will repair the range baffles, replace the existing operator stand, rebuild the backstop and install lighting. It will also repair the back stops by removal of

  • Georgia JROTC cadets take to the skies

    More than 1,000 Junior ROTC cadets got a chance to fly aboard a C-130 during the base's annual JROTC orientation flights here April 14-15. The students came from 30 high schools from the Atlanta area and surrounding states and represented various military branches including the Air Force, Marines,

  • Jones receives top CGO honors

    First Lt. Katrina S. Jones, 94th Aircraft Maintenance Flight, has been named the 94th Airlift Wing Company Grade Officer of the Quarter for January to March 2009. Highlighting Lieutenant Jones achievements was her selection by the 94th Maintenance Group commander to lead the 94th AMXF while the

  • Changes to per diem entitlements

    Effective June 2, reservists will only receive per diem for the first 180 days of a deployment in support of Operations Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. Members will not receive per diem for the length of the temporary duty past the 180 day mark. Commanders or supervisors of those