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  • 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.

  • Team Dover delivers aid to hurricane survivors

    A Team Dover C-17 Globemaster III, operated by the 3d Airlift Squadron, conducted a humanitarian relief mission to hurricane-ravaged St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Sept. 24, 2017.

  • Dobbins serves as important hub for hurricane relief efforts

    DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. – The flightline resembled a truck stop gas station this week as 18 wheelers were lined up in several rows behind the Transportation Proficiency Center. Trucks carried cargo vital to the relief efforts currently underway in countries lying in the destructive path of

  • Dobbins aircrews, maintainers return home from deployment

    DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. – Crowds of friends and family members gathered around a hangar looked up in awe as five C-130H Hercules flew overhead. After several months, the long wait had come to an end. Their loved ones were finally home from deployment.Once the planes landed, crew members waived

  • The Greatest Air Force in the World

    Times are a lot different since I enlisted. Our aircraft, technology, adversaries and the threats to our nation are different; however, some things remain the same: the grit, determination and motivation of today’s Airmen to serve their country and fellow Americans.On September 18, 1947, the Air

  • Col. Tyer retires after 25 years at Dobbins

    DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. – More than 30 years ago, a sponsorship through pilot training school motivated a young college graduate to join the Air Force Reserve. Now at the end of his career, Col. Larry E. Tyer Jr., 94th Airlift Wing inspector general, retired after 30 years of service on Oct.

  • Dobbins flies cargo, personnel to Florida

    DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. – 94th Airlift Wing C-130s and aircrews provided airlift support Sept. 12, 2017 as part of the Air Force Reserve’s relief efforts following Hurricane Irma. Reserve Citizen Airmen of the 700th Airlift Squadron delivered supplies and personnel to Homestead Air Reserve

  • AROWS change improves visibility of operational requirements

    Beginning Oct. 1, a new data field will be added to the Air Reserve Orders Writing System that will be used primarily to track military personnel appropriation and other orders for operational requirements.This new field will be called Air Reserve Component Operational Requirements Tracker or

  • Dobbins provides hurricane evacuation support

    DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. – Late Wednesday evening, the first of several KC-130s carrying evacuees landed on the Dobbins flightline. What began as a typical aircraft arrival scene with airfield managers guiding the planes in, became a bit more unique as Marine Corps aircrews offloaded suitcases

  • Dobbins hosts EOD teams from around the world, tests new technology

    DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. -- A group of explosive ordnance disposal technicians gathered around a set of displays under a tent set up about 20 yards from a small, yellow cinder block building. Inside the building are several rooms, one of which appears to be a makeshift laboratory for