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  • Aeromedics save lives in the skies

    DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. – In a medical emergency, seconds matter in treating severe injuries. In many cases, these injuries require air transport to a medical facility. The 94th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron here is responsible for performing this important mission, and they regularly train

  • 413th ASTS stays sharp with Exercise Avian

    Nearly 100 Citizen Airmen from the 413th Aeromedical Staging Squadron out of Robins Air Force Base, Ga., traveled to Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., from Aug. 4-6 to participate in the first-ever Exercise Avian 2017.The exercise trained 413th ASTS members on their ability to medically and

  • Dobbins, other Reserve C-130 units team up for training exercise in Rockies

    DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. – Train as you fight and fight as you train. So goes the old adage about putting in the work required in practice to perform effectively under pressure. The same is true for Dobbins as it must prepare its C-130s to perform in a variety of locations as required by the

  • Grilled meats and friends meet at annual Corn and Sausage Roast

    DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. -- Across Georgia and much of the country, summer isn’t marked by a day on the calendar but rather the sudden spike in temperature and the ever-present smell of fresh grass clippings and burning charcoal. The same also holds true for Dobbins – especially toward the end

  • Military Kids Appreciation Day at Dobbins

    DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. -- Smiles graced the faces of children of all ages as they enjoyed music, food and fun at the Military Kids Appreciation day here July 8, held in collaboration with Kids Wish Network’s Project Toy Drop. The 94th Airlift Wing partnered with the national children’s

  • New 94th AW command chief sets priorities for tenure

    DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. – The 94th Airlift Wing here recently welcomed a new command chief master sergeant who brings a wealth of experience and goals to promote education and Airmen development at Dobbins. Chief Master Sgt. Imelda B. Johnson took the reigns as the wing’s top enlisted leader

  • Deployed firefighters extinguish assumptions, overcome challenges

    SOUTHWEST ASIA -- The term Airman is non-specific by design. It encompasses all genders, all ranks and all careers. In this way, the term Airman is similar to the term firefighter. At the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing there are four female firefighters who are doing the same physically demanding work

  • Dobbins, others participate in Braves' July 4th celebration

    DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. -- A group of about 80 men and women from the Army, Georgia National Guard, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve volunteered to help unfurl the flag during the Atlanta Braves game at SunTrust Park in Atlanta, Georgia on July 4, 2017.After a few practices at

  • Recruiters, maintenance school partner for flightline fieldtrip

    DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. – Nearly 20 students and faculty members from a local aviation maintenance school toured the flightline here June 23, 2017 to get a firsthand look at the world of military aviation, a possible career path upon graduation. Air Force Reserve recruiters partnered with

  • Dobbins flies with more than 100 aircraft in joint forcible entry exercise

    DOBBINS AIR RESERVE BASE, Ga. – As the sun slowly rose over the eastern horizon, 19 C-130 aircraft, both Hercules and Super Hercules models, made their way across the Nevada landscape. While the aircraft progressed towards their target, the gorges and canyons below seemed like nothing more than a