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  • Col. Gary Nelson, 919th Mission Support Group commander, presents the 919th Communications Squadron flag to Maj. Brian Lowmiller during a Change of Command ceremony June 8. Major Lowmiller succeeded Lt. Col. Richard Risner to take command of the squadron. Colonel Risner will move on to work for Air Force Special Operations Command at Hurlburt Field, Fla. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Mike Fleck)

    919th CS Change of Command

  • Capt. Edward Torres, 919th Logistics Readiness Squadron officer, sings the National Anthem before a special New York Yankees versus Seattle Mariners game that recognized the heritage of the Tuskegee Airmen May 25 at the Yankee Stadium in New York. (Courtesy Photo)

    Stepping up

  • Staff Sgt. Jennifer Steinruck, 919th Civil Engineer Squadron, removes a nonvenomous snake near a Duke Field parking lot. Sergeant Steinruck conducts base pest surveys, termite inspections and treatments, weed control, and she manages the Bird Air Strike Hazard program. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Buffy Galbraith)

    Sergeant takes jitters out of pest encounters

    The Air Force Reserve has its share of interesting occupations. Though the majority of personnel work from a desk, are flying aircraft or getting dirty turning wrenches, one reservist here deals with everything that would make the toughest Airman squirm. While everyone else is standing on chairs, Staff Sgt. Jennifer Steinruck is the one on the
  • Senior Airman Christina Lilly is presented with a key to the city of Destin June 12 as part of the city's Red, White and Blue Celebration during the Destin Harbor Summer Festival at the HarborWalk Village. Senior Airman Lilly was selected to be recognized in the summer-long event, in which tribute will be paid to military members from Eglin Air Force Base, Hurlburt Field and Duke Field every Thursday night throughout the summer for their above and beyond accomplishments. Other reservists to be recognized include Senior Master Sgt. Leonard Jordan on July 3, Tech. Sgt. Michael Biseinere on July 24, and Capt. Carmel Weed on Aug. 14. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Maj. Terry Lisenbee)

    Unlocking patriotism

  • Edmund "Zeke" Bratkowski, a former all-star NFL quarterback for the University of Georgia, Chicago Bears, Los Angeles Rams and Green Bay Packers, points to the direction of Duke Field's flight line while he describes his efforts to land a drone aircraft there more than 50 years ago as an Air Force director pilot in the 3205th Drone Squadron. Mr. Bratkowski was inducted as an honorary 919th Special Operations Wing Top 3 member June 7. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Jasmine DeNamur)

    Top 3 inducts NFL all-star

  • BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- Master Sgt. Karen Combs, director of the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing Equal Opportunity Office, interacts with an Airman during a Right Start briefing here, May 30. Right Start is a session of informational presentations that provide Airmen who are new to Balad AB with tips and contacts that lead to successful deployments. Sergeant Combs is responsible for meeting the needs of nearly 10,000 Airmen assigned to the 332 AEW who are deployed to locations throughout Iraq. Sergeant Combs, a Reservist deployed from Duke Field, Fla.; in her civilian career, she is the principal of Eglin Elementary School on Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. (U.S. Air Force photo /Staff Sgt. Mareshah Haynes)

    Serving with a passion: Reservists, Guardsmen complete total force

    How do a school principal, state police trooper and Tae Kwon Do school owner all find themselves thousands of miles from home, living and working together in a middle of the desert? This isn't the build up to a corny joke. It's a common occurrence for Air Force Reservists and Air National Guardsmen, with civilian careers unrelated to their military
  • Members of the Doolittle Raiders sign autographs during the Doolittle Raiders Homecoming re-enactment May 31 at Duke Field, Fla. The Doolittle Raid, planned by Lt. Col. James "Jimmy" Doolittle, was the first air raid by the United States to strike Japan in World War II and was carried out in retaliation for Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor Dec. 7, 1941. Sixteen B-5 Mitchells took off from an aircraft carrier, a first for the airframe, and bombed military targets in Japan. All 16 aircraft were lost when their crews had to ditch or bail out over China when they ran out of fuel. There are only 11 out of 80 original crewmembers alive today. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class James P. Brock III)

    Doolittle Raiders Homecoming

  • Airman strives to bowl for Air Force

    When a friend called Tech. Sgt. Jay Kindelspire to come out and compete as a team in the 49th Annual Northwest Bowling Tournament in Tallahassee, Fla., he was up for the challenge, even though he hadn't bowled professionally in years. "I really don't practice at all - I went into it just to bowl and to have a good time," said the 919th Security
  • Col. Steven Chapman, 919th Special Operations Wing commander, prepares for Master Sgt. Daniel Dombrowski (back left), 5th Special Operations Squadron first sergeant, and Lt. Col. Reid Henley (back right), 5th SOS commander, to present their squadron flag during a squadron transition ceremony at Hurlburt Field May 23. The ceremony marked the squadron's mission change from flying the MC-130P Combat Shadow at Eglin Air Force Base to operating the new Air Force Special Operations Training Center at Hurlburt Field. This event also marked their final flight on the MC-130P airframe. The squadron's new mission will revolve around the augmentation of training units for the U-28, the AC-130U Gun-ship and aviation foreign internal defense. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Jasmine DeNamur)

    Reserve squadron to become backbone of active-duty training center

    As tradition has it, transferring possession of a squadron's flag from one leader to the next signifies a shift of responsibilities between the two. But when members of 5th Special Operations Squadron transferred their flag during a May 23 ceremony, tradition just would not do. To signify the beginning of their new mission, 5th SOS reservists
  • Col. Steven J. Chapman, 919th Special Operations Wing commander, pins on 2nd Lt. Ethan Campbell's pilot's wing shortly after completing a runway taxi on an MC-130E Combat Talon I aircraft during Pilot for a Day at Duke Field May 2. The 10-year-old honorary pilot is diagnosed with leukemia. The Pilot for a Day program gives children with serious health conditions a break from treatments to experience a day in the life of an Air Force pilot. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Jasmine DeNamur)

    'Pilot for a Day' in action: How a ten-year-old became the wing's youngest special ops pilot

    On the outside, Ethan Campbell seems just like an ordinary kid. Tall and thin with a full head of hair, the 10-year-old got the opportunity of a lifetime to become an honorary Air Force Reserve pilot for one day. But that ordinariness was shattered for some onlookers May 2, when he told his mom just before she and the wing commander were about to
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