• Senior Master Sgt. Terry Lowe briefs delayed enlistment recruits on Basic Training procedures here recently. This is Sgt. Lowe’s first senior recruiting assignment. (Photo by Senior Airman Tamara Cario)

    Recruiting...discovering options, changing lives

    Open the door to the Air Force Reserve Recruiting office at the 911th Airlift Wing, and you walk into a different world. Not because the building is different or the offices have changed; it's because a new senior recruiter has joined the Pittsburgh team. Heading up the team is Senior Master Sgt. Terry Lowe, the new senior recruiter last assigned
  • Lt. Gen. John A. Bradley, Chief of Air Force Reserve, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington D.C., and Commander, Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, Ga. addressed the 911th Airlift Wing, Pittsburgh IAP ARS, Pa. during a commander’s call held March 2, 2008. During his recent visit General Bradley spoke at the annual awards banquet, held the evening of March 1. His March unit training assembly visit marked his first visit to Pittsburgh.

    Air Force Reserve Commander Visits Pittsburgh

  • Canadian Snowbirds flock to Pittsburgh Mother’s Day weekend for 2008 air show

    We're all familiar with that age old adage, April showers bring...May Air Power! Okay, maybe that's not how the saying goes exactly. But come May 10 and 11, the 911th will host the 2008 annual Wings Over Pittsburgh air show, in a year that promises to deliver the most unique show yet. In Las Vegas, Nev. Dec. 11, 2007 during the International
  • PITTSBURGH AIR RESERVE STATION, Pa -- The first of the last three C-130H2 Hercules aircraft from the 137th Airlift Wing, Oklahoma Air National Guard receive a wattery reception at Pittsburgh Air Reserve Station Sep. 20, 2007. Members of the 137th and Brigadier General Robert D. Ireton, Chief of Staff and Commander of the Oklahoma National Guard, delivered the last of their C-130's to the 911th Airlift Wing. The 137th will be converting to a refueling wing utilizing C-135 Stratotankers. The flight to Pittsburgh was the final C-130 flight for the 137th before their changeover, and for most crewmembers their last ever flight in a Hercules. (AF photo by Staff Sgt. Ian Carrier)

    The final three

  • TSgt. Derek Reynolds, 911th Airlift Wing, maintenance squadron, dons his air mask in preparation for entering the #3 dry cell of a C-130 Hercules. (AF photo by Senior Airman Marc Nickens)

    Maintenance Squadron, others conduct annual fuel tank evacuation exercise

    If a friend or loved one was unconscious and inside a space just large enough for one person, do you think you could get them out? Do you think you could provide enough self-aid/buddy care to sustain their life until the proper emergency responders arrived? That's just what the Airmen at the 911th Maintenance Squadron, 911th Security Forces
  • Colonel Reuben Knox, commander of the 758th Airlift Squadron, gets soaked as he runs through the obstacle course on his way to the grog bowl. (AF photo by Senior Airman Tamara Cario)

    Operations Group hosts on-base Combat Dining-In

    If you had looked into Hangar 129 after the unit training assembly, Sep. 8, you may have seen a strange sight; Airmen in uniform spraying each other with squirt guns, lobbing pieces of bread into the air and water balloons being launched. In fact, had you wandered further into the hangar, you may have been squirted yourself. With camouflage
  • PITTSBURGH AIR RESERVE STATION, PA -- Officer candidate Robert K. Lytle, 32nd Aerial Port Squadron, receives commission as second lieutenant from Col. Michael Waggett and Maj. Gen. Tod M. Bunting. 2nd Lt. Lytle was one of twelve reservists in a class of 97 to complete the six-week officer commissioning program at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tenn. (AF photo by Master Sgt. Mark Winklosky)

    Two local Airmen commissioned, last Reservists for AMS

    The last class to complete the six-week Academy of Military Science, located at McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base, Tenn., graduated Sep. 14 as newly commissioned second lieutenants. Twelve reservists in a class of 97officer candidates received their commission. The first year a reservist received a commission from the academy was in October
  • PITTSBURGH AIR RESERVE STATION, PA -- The 911th Airlift Wing recieves a C-130H2 from the Oklahoma National Air National Guard Sep. 6, 2007. Col. Mike McCormack, 137th Airlift Wing Commander, flew and delivered the aircraft, traveling from Will Rogers ANG Base to Pittsburgh ARS. The plane had been in the 137th's inventory since it rolled off of the assembly line in 1979. This was Col. McCormack's final landing as a C-130 pilot. (USAF photo by Staff Sgt. Ian Carrier)

    SPECIAL DELIVERY

  • Rodeo 2007 officials welcome the team from the Netherlands' to McChord Air Force Base, Wash., July 16. Rodeo 2007, hosted by Air Mobility Command, is a readiness competition of U.S. and international mobility forces. It focuses on improving warfighting capabilities and support of the war on terrorism. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Maria J. Bare)

    Security Forces compete in Rodeo at McChord AFB

    Three members of the 911th Security Forces competed at the Air Mobility Rodeo 2007 held July 22 to July 27 at McChord Air Force Base, Wash. Tech. Sgt. Michael Boehning, team chief for the 2007 Pittsburgh Security Forces team, led Staff Sgt. Raymon Bouyer and Senior Airman Shannon Hilderbrand in three competitions designed to test security,
  • The 911th Airlift Wing's Civil Engineering Squadron, in conjunction with the Southwest Indian Foundation, traveled to Gallup, N.M., on April 30, 2007, to build homes for indigent and disadvantaged American Indian families in the area. Staff Sgt. Robert Shaner, left, and Master Sgt. Thomas Venenzio are seen here preparing to hang drywall in one of the new homes. (photo by Master Sgt. William Fulkerson 911 AW/CE)

    Civil Engineering helps out Navajo Indians during annual tour

    Imagine being homeless, or perhaps having to live in a home where there is no running water, no electricity; hot in the summer, cold in the winter and has holes in the roof. Imagine being stuffed with your family in one bedroom, or having to live in what most people would call a shanty, lean-to, tool shed or outhouse. Hundreds of American Indians
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