302nd Airlift Wing News

Sept. 13, 2021
Air Force Reserve demonstrates strategic depth of combat airlift on Wyoming highway during training exercise

Air Force Reserve Command kicked off a week-long exercise, Rally in the Rockies 2021, by landing a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft on the highway near Rawlins, Wyoming, Sept. 13. The highway closed early in the morning to ensure the aircrew could safely practice recovering personnel without access
June 6, 2021
Reserve training aids accident response

While encountering heavy rains over Memorial Day weekend in Colorado, Senior Airman Tou Twsj Andrew Cha was driving on U.S. Highway 36 between Boulder and Broomfield when a truck in front of him hydroplaned, flipped and landed upside down.
June 4, 2021
Air Force Aid Society assistance now available to Reservists in all statuses

The Air Force Aid Society is now providing emergency assistance to all Airmen and Guardians, regardless of duty status. Before the change in policy took effect on May 6, only Reservists or Guardsmen on an active-duty status were eligible for AFAS emergency assistance.
May 7, 2021
Scobee testifies before House Appropriations Committee

Reserve Component and Congressional members discussed specific Reserve missions, modernization, mental health, diversity and the fiscal 2022 budget. In addition, Scobee touted the many accomplishments of Reserve Citizen Airmen in a year marked by challenges.
May 2, 2021
302nd Civil Engineer Squadron reservists complete their annual training at the U.S. Air Force Academy

Senior Airman William Harvey (left), and Lovey Fire Lightning (right), 302nd Civil Engineer Squadron emergency management, responds to a simulated suspicious container during a 4-day training event, May 1, 2021, at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Airmen from 11 civil engineer
April 30, 2021
Air Force transitions from CVR Teams to more secure systems

Beginning June 15, Commercial Virtual Remote (CVR) Teams will no longer be an option within the Air Force, and all information stored in that system will go away. As the CVR environment goes away, the Air Force network version of Microsoft Teams – a separate application with slightly different
April 22, 2021
AFRC partners with Kessel Run on travel pay reform initiative

As part of the Air Force Reserve’s strategic priority, Reform the Organization, and aligned with the Air Force Chief of Staff’s vision to Accelerate Change or Lose, Air Force Reserve Command and Kessel Run recently kicked off a new software development program to simplify and update the user
March 31, 2021
Reserve Component receives exception to uniform policy

The Air Force has authorized an exception to policy for the Air Reserve Component regarding the April 1 mandatory wear date of Operational Camouflage Pattern uniforms.In a memo signed on March 28 by Lt. Gen. Brian Kelly, Air Force deputy chief of staff for manpower, personnel and services, the Air
March 25, 2021
Senior leaders discuss Total Force Integration

The Space Force, COVID-19, diversity and transitioning between the various Air Force components were among the hot topics when Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command, joined the director of the Air National Guard and the Air Force director
Feb. 16, 2021
Know your Rights for reemployment, USERRA

Veterans Employment and Training Service, an agency of the Department of Labor, oversees grants for Veterans seeking employment, maintains transition assistance programs for employment, and it also runs the Compliance and Investigation Division for employment complaints, which is responsible for

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