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  • Dobbins to re-open for normal hours Feb. 18

    Dobbins Air Reserve Base is re-opening for normal operations Wed., Feb. 18.Safety remains our number one priority. If travelling to Dobbins to report for your scheduled duty is unsafe, please work with your supervisor to discuss your options. We ask that you continue to check the base website, call

  • Family Business: Pilot brothers deploy together

    The Air Force is often described as a family; those serving forge bonds as strong as brothers with their fellow airmen. But for Capts. Andrew and Brian Metzger, both deployed to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing, the bond of brotherhood has always been there.Andrew, 28, is a C-17 Globemaster III

  • Life Support: Award-winning SNCO backbone of depot flight safety

    On Jan. 15, Senior Master Sgt. Dana Capaldi was notified she'd been selected as the Air Force's top senior noncommissioned officer of the year in the Air Reserve Component Aircrew Flight Equipment annual awards.Capaldi, shying away from the fact that this is her second time earning this recognition,

  • Air Force risks becoming too small to succeed under sequestration

    During testimony on Capitol Hill Jan. 28, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III stressed the negative impact sequestration will have on future Air Force capabilities, emphasizing further budget cuts will lead to low morale and declined readiness in the Air Force.“Pilots sitting in a

  • Dobbins unit achieves top professional certification

    For the past 18 months, the Air Force Civil Engineer Center has been working towards reaching the gold standard for training in the truck driving world, Professional Truck Drivers Institute certification.On January 23, the first class of students graduated with that qualification in a capstone event

  • New CAP commander visits Dobbins

    Col. Brett Clark, commander of the 94th Airlift Wing, welcomed Col. Mike Tyynismaa to the 94th Airlift Wing and Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga. Jan. 13. Tyynismaa is the new Civil Air Patrol-USAF commander, headquartered at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. and is visiting Lt. Col. Scott D'Antoni,

  • Connecting the dots

    Sometimes it's easy to lose focus of the big picture. We are tasked with many ancillary requirements, numerous Computer Based Training courses, Management Internal Control Toolset checklists, orders and travel voucher completion, remaining medically current and qualified, maintaining the required

  • WW II Vet presented overdue medal

    An 89-year-old World War II veteran was surprised by a special treat and members of his family during a unique ceremony during the Jan. 10, 2015 Commander's Call for the 94th Airlift Wing.U.S. Army Air Corp Staff Sgt. William Hughey and his wife of 50 years were invited to the January unit training

  • Base, community bids farewell to deployers

    Tears were shed and hugs were given as more than 150 Airmen from the 94th Airlift Wing prepared to depart from Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga. this week for a deployment to Southwest Asia.Before they departed, members of the unit held a ceremony to honor the Airmen and their families for their