Army soldiers line up to board a C-130 aircraft.

NEWS

  • Reserve aircrews, aircraft maintainers take training to last frontier

    Training outside one’s comfort zone is said to promote growth. That reasoning inspired the 302nd Operations and Maintenance Groups’ Reserve Citizen Airmen to make Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, an annual tour training location for 64 reservists and two C-130 Hercules aircraft, Aug.

  • 302nd AW MAFFS part of surge support for more than 20 California fires

     A 302nd Airlift Wing aerial firefighting C-130 Hercules aircraft returned here after seven weeks of Reserve Citizen Airmen supporting U.S. Forest Service firefighting efforts in the Western U.S., Sept. 17.The 302nd AW began Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System operations after receiving a request

  • With winter on the horizon 21st CES is snow ready

    The 21st Civil Engineer Squadron goal during winter months is to ensure roads are safe for all personnel when it snows at Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado. To meet mission requirements and still take the best possible care of people during inclement weather, 21st CES has 15 snowplows with four of

  • Colorado AF Reservists, C-130s join hurricane disaster relief efforts

    Two C-130 Hercules aircraft and 18 Reserve Citizen Airmen assigned to the 302nd Airlift Wing are providing airlift in support of disaster relief and humanitarian assistance operations in the eastern Caribbean areas.Since their departure from Peterson Air Force Base, Sept. 23, the Reservists have

  • 302nd AW on display at Pikes Peak air show

    Senior Airmen Rickey Reeves and Marianela Valdez Ruano, 302nd Operations Support Squadron, explain the use of aircrew flight equipment to Pikes Peak Regional Airshow attendees Sept. 24, 2017, at the Colorado Springs Airport, Colo. 302nd Airlift Wing Reserve Citizen Airmen accompanied a C-130

  • September promotions

    The names of enlisted 302nd Airlift Wing, Air Force reservists who earned a promotion in rank during the month of September can now be seen on the wing's website promotions page. Click here to see who was promoted this month.

  • 302nd Airlift Wing Reservists practice trades in austere surroundings

    More than 50 Air Force reservists from the 302nd Airlift Wing tested their knowledge and skills during exercise Patriot Warrior, at Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, as they established a simulated forward operating base Aug. 2-26. Patriot Warrior is an annual Air Force Reserve Command exercise that provides

  • Yesterday's Air Force: 70 years of Breaking Barriers

    American Airmen have been breaking barriers for 70 years in air, space and cyberspace, resulting in global vigilance, reach and power. They’ve shown tenacity in Korea’s MiG Alley, endurance in Vietnam’s Rolling Thunder campaign, decisiveness over the skies of Baghdad during Desert Storm and

  • AROWS change improves visibility of operational requirements

    Beginning Oct. 1, a new data field will be added to the Air Reserve Orders Writing System that will be used primarily to track military personnel appropriation and other orders for operational requirements.This new field will be called Air Reserve Component Operational Requirements Tracker or

  • Earth Wind and Fire: Reservists own the skies

    For the first time in the nearly 70-year history of the Air Force Reserve, all three special mission units have been called to action simultaneously due to a series of catastrophic events that have affected wide swaths of the U.S.Reserve Citizen Airmen from across the country are conducting weather