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  • Air Force Reserve adapts to new AEF Construct

    The Air Force's re-designed Air Expeditionary Force construct will modify how reservists mobilize for contingencies and support combatant commander. The new AEF construct, scheduled to start in October, is intended to make deployments more predicable for reservists and improve opportunities for them

  • Reserve firefighters pay tribute to 9/11 comrades

    Firefighters from the 507th Civil Engineer Squadron participated in their 5th Annual Fire climb on Sept. 7 to honor the victims of the 9/11 attacks. Inspired by firefighter cadets in Austin, Texas, members of the 507th Air Refueling Wing climbed the equivalent of 110 stories to commemorate the 343

  • Air Force revamps AEF

    The Air Force will deploy Agile Combat Support Airmen under its redesigned air expeditionary force construct October 1. The primary purpose of the redesign was to look at ways to deploy more ACS Airmen with their units and standardize dwell times across the Air Force as much as possible to present a

  • "Each component gives the AF its strength" CMSAF told Tinker Reservists

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody emphasized the importance of the Active, Reserve, Guard and civilian components Aug. 2 during a visit with Reservists from the 507th Air Refueling Wing and the 513th Air Control Group at Tinker Air Force Base during the August Unit Training

  • 513th provides vital AWACS support for RIMPAC 2014

    More than 60 reservists from the 513th Air Control Group and the 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron returned home last week after a nearly two-week mission to support the Rim of the Pacific 2014 exercise at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.The 970th flew the only E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning

  • Existing tools help users reduce PII breaches

    Members of 24th Air Force are refurbishing an old email tool to help Air Force users reduce breaches of personally identifiable information, or PII.The Digital Signature Enforcement Tool, or DSET, which currently prompts users to provide a digital signature when an email contains an active

  • 513th reservists to fly in RIMPAC 2014

    About 60 reservists from the 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron and the 513th Air Control Group are set to participate in the world's largest military naval exercise this week at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.Rim of the Pacific, or RIMPAC, is a joint-naval exercise held biannually that

  • Thumpers softball starts strong

    The 513th Air Control Group Thumpers opened its summer season a week late with easy back-to-back wins against the 552nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Eagles June 26 at Tinker Air Force Base.Neither of the double-header games lasted past the fifth inning, with the 513th's team racking up enough

  • Former 970th pilot wins Boston Marathon divison

    When Pat Rupel crossed the finish line of the Boston Marathon last year, he planned on it being his last. The weather had been perfect for long-distance running with light winds and temperatures hanging in the 50s.Rupel, a recently retired lieutenant colonel with the 970th Airborne Air Control