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  • 94 AW Public Affairs takes home AFRC Media contest awards

    The 94th Airlift Wing Public Affairs office brought home several awards from the 2015 Air Force Reserve Command Print and Broadcast Media Contest.First Place :Photojournalism –Tech. Sgt. Kelly GoonanMilitary Journalist of the Year –Staff Sgt. Jaimi UpthegroveSports Photograph – Staff Sgt. Daniel

  • Honorary Commanders at play for Dobbins Day

    More than 50 members of the Honorary Commanders Association 2015 class experienced an up-close and personal look into the day-to-day responsibilities of Citizen Airmen at Dobbins Day here Feb. 12.The event was a full-day tour to various units around Dobbins that included business and civic leaders

  • AF implements new DOD-wide changes to maternity leave

    Beginning Feb. 5, active-duty female Airmen will receive up to 12 continuous, non-transferable weeks of fully paid maternity leave in accordance with Defense Department-wide changes to the policy outlined in Defense Secretary Ash Carter’s Force of the Future announcement Jan. 28.

  • 94th AW receives effective rating

    The Air Force Reserve Command Inspector General team concluded a Unit Effectiveness Inspection Capstone of the 94th Airlift Wing here Feb. 2. The AFRC IG team inspected units around the base during the Unit Training Assembly on four major graded areas: managing resources, improving the unit, leading

  • Silver Flag trains Support Airmen

    Approximately 10 Airmen from several units across the Air Force and Air Force Reserve participated in the 622nd Force Support Silver Flag contingency operations training exercise Jan. 23 through 28 here. The Silver Flag training facility is responsible for educating students in classroom and field

  • 30 APS travels to Dobbins to deliver equipment, conduct training

    Approximately 29 members of the 30th Aerial Port Squadron from here, traveled to Dobbins Air Reserve Base, for a scheduled off-station 3-Day Unit Training Assembly event during the January UTA earlier this month.The training event, hosted by the Transportation Proficiency Center schoolhouse,

  • Combat Arms training

    Qualifiers aim and shoot at targets at the Dobbins shooting range Jan. 9, 2015 at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga. Qualifiers were required to fire two shots to the large center mass circle and one shot to the head as part of a failure to stop drill, said Master Sgt. Bryan Reeves, 94th Airlift Wing

  • Blended Retirement Talking Points

    Blended Retirement Talking Points• There is no need to be anxious about the blended retirement system in the current FY2016 NDAA. Everyone who is currently serving as well as those who enter the force on or before December 31, 2017 is grandfathered under the current military retirement system.

  • January is National Blood Donation Month

    The U. S. Air Force has a long history when it comes to our national blood donation system. The system dates all the way back to World War II when the Army-Air Corps/U.S. Air Force created the capabilities to transport much needed blood products from the United States into the many campaign

  • Desert Storm 25 years later: Gulf War veterans recall experiences

    Sunday notes the 25th Anniversary of Operation Desert Storm. U.S. and coalition forces began attacking Iraqi military forces Jan. 17, 1991, to oust them from Kuwait, transitioning operations from Operation Desert Shield to Operation Desert Storm.More than 500,000 American servicemembers deployed to