General illustrates importance of 'MAFFS'

Loadmasters perform annual training

AF Reserve security forces reunite with friends, family

The waiting area of the Colorado Springs Airport looked like a surprise party Feb. 5. Loved ones were holding banners and balloons to welcome the guests of honor. Children, up past their bedtimes, were struggling to stay awake, waiting to catch a glimpse of their mothers and fathers, who, after a

302nd SFS 'Defenders' reunite with friends, family

Deployment history to be removed from promotion briefs

Air Force officials here recently announced that 45-day deployment history data will be deleted from duty qualification briefs for officer selection and preselection and from senior noncommissioned officer evaluation briefs. This total-force initiative will apply to all active-duty members, Reserve

Base to implement new security system

Peterson began using the Defense Biometric Identification System , or 'DBIDS' system Feb. 2 at all gates on a periodic basis, and will mandate its use for all people entering the base starting March 2. People, especially the thousands of Pikes Peak-area retirees and family members, who haven't

Upgraded airborne firefighting system approved

A long anticipated upgrade to the Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System that's used to battle the nation's wildfires was recently approved for operational use, months before the next fire season. Known as 'MAFFS,' the second-generation system was approved for use on the California Air National

President to meet with senior enlisted advisors at White House

President Barack Obama is scheduled to meet Jan. 30 with the U.S. military's senior enlisted advisors at the White House, a senior Defense Department official said. The armed services' enlisted advisors are the senior noncommissioned officers for the Air Force, Army, Navy and Marine Corps. The

TRICARE Reserve Select now offers lower premiums

National Guard and Reserve families are ringing in the New Year with exceptional savings on their healthcare coverage. The monthly premiums for TRICARE Reserve Select (TRS) member coverage officially dropped Jan. 1, 2009 by 42 percent, from $81 to $47.51. TRS member-and-family coverage dropped 29

AF reservists participate in Inaugural parade

Ninety members of the 459th Air Refueling Wing from Andrews Air Force Base, Md., braved bone-chilling winds Jan. 20 to form an all-volunteer marching troop in the presidential inaugural parade. Weather and intense security notwithstanding, hundreds of wing hopefuls offered their time and