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  • Air Reserve Personnel Center Notice to Airmen (U.S. Air Force illustration/Master Sgt. Christian Michael)

    ARPC announces CY18 Reserve lieutenant colonel promotions

    Air Reserve Personnel Center officials announced results for the Calendar Year 2018 Air Force Reserve Line and Non Line Lieutenant Colonel Promotion Selection Boards today. The boards selected more than 700 Citizen Airmen for promotion.The selection boards convened at ARPC June 11-16, 2018, to determine those officers best qualified to assume the
  • Col. Kenneth Lute, right, accepts the guideon from 911th Airlift Wing Commander Col. Douglas Strawbridge during an assumption of command ceremony at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Aug. 4, 2018. Lute, who has served in multiple duty locations like Hawaii, assumed command of the 911th Mission Support Group. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marjorie A. Bowlden)

    911th MSG Assumption of Command

    Col. Kenneth Lute, right, accepts the guideon from 911th Airlift Wing Commander Col. Douglas Strawbridge during an assumption of command ceremony at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Aug. 4, 2018. Lute, who has served in multiple duty locations such as Hawaii, assumed command of the 911th Mission Support Group. (U.S. Air
  • TFSC Centralization Graphic

    Air Reserve TFSC call center agents take on 24-hour operations

    Effective Aug. 1, the Air Reserve Personnel Center’s call center will centralize at the Air Force's Personnel Center call center at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. With this centralization, ARPC’s more than 1.3 million customers will now have access to Total Force Service Center call agents 24/7, 361 days a year by calling 1-800-525-0102,
  • Lt. Col. Chad Manifold, right, accepts the guideon from 911th Mission Support Group Commander Col. Kenneth Lute during an assumption of command ceremony at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Aug. 4, 2018. During this ceremony, Manifold formally became commander of the 911th Communications Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Marjorie A. Bowlden)

    911th CS changes command

    Lt. Col. Chad Manifold accepts the 911th Communication Squadron guideon from 911th Mission Support Group Commander Col. Kenneth Lute, assuming command of the 911th CS, at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Aug. 4, 2018. 
  • The 76th Aerial Port Squadron holds the 76er competition annually as a fun way to train. The competition consists of six parts: a hundred question test, a pallet build up, a 10K forklift obstacle course, a 25K Halverson obstacle course, a team physical training course, and an Engine Running Onload/Offload without the engine running.

    76th APS hosts the 76er Skills Challenge

    The 76th Aerial Port Squadron holds the 76er competition annually as a fun way to train. The competition consists of six parts: a hundred question test, a pallet build up, a 10K forklift obstacle course, a 25K Halverson obstacle course, a team physical training course, and an simulated Engine Running Onload/Offload of a C-130H Hercules.
  • Members of the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station Aeromedical Staging Squadron and Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron take part in training on a Blackhawk helicopter at the Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station June 26, 2018. This training was to learn how to load and unload patients from a medical evacuation helicopter during a combat situation. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Senior Airman Grace Thomson)

    ASTS and AES train together at Camp Dawson

    The 911th Aeromedical Staging Squadron and 911th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, two medical squadrons on opposite sides of the 911th Airlift Wing, recently headed to Camp Dawson, West Virginia, to train together the week of June 18th.Senior Master Sgt. David Miller, superintendent of nursing services with the 911th ASTS, planned a trip to train
  • Sijan

    Air Force seeks Sijan award nominations; deadline is Aug. 31

    Air Force officials are accepting nominations for the 2018 Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award through Aug. 31.The award recognizes the accomplishments of officers and enlisted Airmen who demonstrate the highest qualities of leadership in the performance of their duties and conduct of their lives. Sijan was a 1965 Air Force Academy graduate and combat
  • Award Winners pose with General Goldfein.

    Reserve rescue helicopter wins best in show at world's largest air tattoo

    The 2018 Royal International Air Tattoo, the world’s largest air show, according to its web site, selected the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter from the 943rd Rescue Group, Tucson, Ariz., as the winner of best static display out of hundreds of aircraft.
  • A C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 911th Airlift Wing, Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania takes off from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, June 14, 2018.

    Pittsburgh C-17 takes flight from WPAFB

    A C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 911th Airlift Wing, Pittsburgh International Airport Air Reserve Station, Pennsylvania takes off from Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, June 14, 2018. The aircraft piloted by 445th C-17 aircrews is one of two C-17 Globemaster IIIs that arrived here June 11 and June 14 respectively. The 911th is converting from
  • U.S. Air Force Capt. Christopher Bowser, Air Forces Central Command Coalition Coordination Cell deputy chief, takes a photo in front of the Combined Air and Space Operations Center, July 2, 2018 at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar. This is Bowser’s first deployment since he began teaching at Baden Academy Charter School in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stephanie Serrano)

    Classroom to Coalition: Pennsylvania teacher supports war against ISIS

    When fifth grade math and science teacher Chris Bowser steps into his western Pennsylvania classroom, he focuses on his students’ learning needs. While deployed to the Middle East, Capt. Chris Bowser steps into the office focusing on the needs of military members of an international coalition fighting to defeat ISIS. Bowser is a Pennsylvania Air
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