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  • Master Sgt Kennith A. Valdez, 731st Airlift Squadron loadmaster explains to reservists employers of 302nd Airlift Wing the preflight safety brief. Employers were invited out for the 3 May 2008 unit training assembly at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. for mission breifings and a local area flight. Aircrew members met with employers to keep them informed of the unit’s contributions with the ongoing operations in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. (Air Force Photo/ Capt. Jody L. Ritchie)

    Preflight for employers

  • Junior ROTC students take a final head count prior to boarding C-130 Hercules aircraft for an orientation flight around the Colorado Front Range on March 5. Members from Harrison High School near Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. spent the morning attending briefings on various career and service opportunities within the Air Force Reserve. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Derrick M. Gildner)

    Step into the gray

    The Air Force Junior ROTC program is now hiring retired traditional reservists who are not drawing retirement pay. In the past, only retired active-duty Airmen could apply for the job but that changed with the passage of the 2007 National Defense Authorization Act. Now, "gray area" reservists - retirees who are not age 60 and not drawing retirement
  • Lt. Col. Kathleen Flarity, 302nd Airlift Wing’s newest squadron commander stands with her new team during the standup and reactivation of the 34th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Peterson Air Force Base on April 6, 2008. Currently the reserve recruiters are seeking applicants to join the squadron and fill the various career fields, which support the mission of the 34th AES. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. David Morton)

    302nd Airlift Wing adds new aeromedical evacuation mission

    The 34th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron continued its long-standing reputation of creating history when it joined the 302nd Airlift Wing during an activation ceremony and assumption of command held on April 6. The unit has a rich and tradition-laden past that dates back nearly 50 years to its inaugural year of 1959 through serving within the 4th
  • The Front Range Flyer has served traditionally as the news source for the Citizen Airmen of the 302nd Airlift Wing. The flyer will now become a quarterly publication, which highlights the accomplishments of the men and women serving in the Air Force Reserve.

    Front Range Flyer goes quarterly

    The 302nd Airlift Wing is changing the way it communicates. The Public Affairs staff will now utilize the public website as the primary medium for publicizing 302nd events and activities. As a result, the Front Range Flyer will become a quarterly publication beginning with this issue. Changing the focus from a monthly publication to quarterly is in
  • The 512th Troop Carrier Wing forms on the fightline at Willow Grove Air Reserve Station, Pa. in 1962, following demobilization from deployment to southern Florida in support of exercise Sun Shade II. Eight Air Force Reserve flying wings deployed to Florida to provide ready response to the mounting Cuban Missile Crisis. Initially slated slated for one year, the deployment ended early after only one month of active duty.

    Diamond anniversary, then and now “Above All”

    Sixty years ago President Harry S. Truman directed in the National Security Act of 1947 that the Armed Services revitalize their reserve programs. In April 1948 the Air Force responded to this directive by creating the Air Force Reserve. Over the next six decades the Reserve transformed from a mobilization-only force to an operation-ready, Citizen
  • Col. Bob Chapman, 302nd Airlift Wing vice commander hosted a tour on 24 March for the Air Attaché program, comprised of numerous international forces. The group toured the reserve units C-130 Hercules to learn about the variety of missions performed by reservist as Citizen Airmen. (U.S. Air Force photo/Ian Bebow)

    International outreach

  • PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. - A C-130H from the 302nd Airlift Wing, an Air Force Reserve Unit, sits on the flight line here at sunset on May 6, 2004. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lt Col Clancy Preston)

    302nd AW NCO wins AFSPC annual award

    When a military member deploys someone left behind has to fill their shoes to ensure the home unit's mission continues without a hitch. One such someone is Tech. Sgt. Kim Coates, 302nd Mission Support Group executive services NCOIC, on long-term manpower authorization at Air Force Space Command headquarters. It is one thing to back-fill a position

  • 302 OSF member named Intel Reserve SNCO of the Year

    Described as dedicated, motivated and an excellent mentor, Master Sgt. Dave Robbin of the 302nd Operational Support Squadron can add winner to this list of attributes, as this year's Intel Reserve Senior Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year for Air Mobility Command. Sergeant Robbin became part of the 302nd family in February of 2007 and upon
  • Members of the 302nd Airlift Wing competed for top honors at the annual Chili Cook-off at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. on March 13. Airmen and civilian employees were judged by spouses, friends, and their unit and honorary commanders. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Heather N. Garrett)

    Hot, hot, hot!

  • Tech Sgt. Paul H. Martin, 731st Airlift Squadron loadmaster speaks with members from the University of Colorado, Leeds School of Business on March 8 during a tour of the 302nd Airlift Wing at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo. The 50 for Colorado group spent the day learning about economic impacts of defense industry and military communities. (US Air Force photo by Maj. James R. Wilson)

    Business leaders meet 302nd

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