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  • AFRC commander unveils "Earth, Blood and Fire” painting

    During the 49th Air Mobility Command and Airlift/Tanker Association Symposium in Orlando, Oct. 26 through 29, Lt. Gen. Maryanne Miller, chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander, Air Force Reserve Command, unveiled the painting "Earth, Blood and Fire,” a painting that depicts the Modular Airborne

  • Fun, festivities, food at Dobbins Family Day

    DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. –Children with faces painted like tigers ran through crowds of family members visiting the base for this year’s Family Day on Saturday. Family Day is held here annually as a way of bringing families on base to see what their Reserve Citizen Airmen do on drill

  • Runners compete on new course at 2017 Falcon 5K

    DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. – Enthusiastic racers experienced uncharacteristically hilly terrain and warm weather at this year’s Falcon 5K run here Oct. 15.A milestone was reached as this marked the fifth annual event hosted by the Dobbins Top 3, an organization consisting of senior enlisted

  • 94th CES welcomes new commander

    DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. – Maj. Joseph Thomas received command of the 94th Civil Engineer Squadron from Col. Marty Hughes, 94th Mission Support Group commander, in an assumption of command ceremony here Oct. 15.Hughes said Thomas has proven his resiliency, adaptability and reliability and he

  • Won’t get hosed again: Dobbins technician helps fix C-5

    DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. – Anyone who’s had their car breakdown knows it always seems to happen at the most inopportune time. The same can be true for aircraft flying important missions on strict deadlines.A C-5M Super Galaxy here experienced a mechanical issue last week when it was delayed due

  • Water, food loaded onto C-130 at Dobbins, bound for Puerto Rico

    DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE – Hurricane relief efforts continued on the Dobbins flightline as forklifts and K-loaders loaded cases of water and ready-to-eat meals onto a C-130 Hercules Oct. 4. Aerial porters from squadrons at Dover, March, McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst and Westover worked together to load a

  • 'Double Trouble' in the training flight

    DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. -- On a typical drill weekend morning, Master Sgt. Carl VanDiver, 94th Airlift Wing development and training flight program manager and instructor, leads fitness workouts for the flight. On this particular day, he noticed one trainee whose hair was out of regulations.

  • Communication equipment loaded onto C-5 at Dobbins, headed for Puerto Rico

    DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. – A C-5M Super Galaxy from Dover Air Force Base, Delaware landed here to provide airlift for AT&T communication equipment and technicians Oct. 2 and Oct. 4.The airlift mission provided critical infrastructure restoration in support of life-saving activities underway in

  • 2017 Robot Rodeo wrangles advanced EOD technology

    ATLANTA — Air Force, civilian and international explosive ordnance disposal experts recently shared tactics, techniques and procedures during the 2017 Eastern National Robot Rodeo and Capabilities Exercise in Atlanta.The week-long event, held at Dobbins Air Reserve Base and the Atlanta Hartsfield

  • Reserve Citizen Airmen deliver aid to Hurricane Maria victims

    Within the last few months the United States and its territories have been ravagged by three hurricanes, leaving many displaced and in need of aid. Starting with Hurricane Harvey, then Irma and now Maria, the Air Force Reserve Command continues to respond with supplies, aid and evacuation missions.