302nd Airlift Wing News

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 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
Feb. 10, 2021
Behind the Braids: Reservists play key role in first women’s hair policy change in 70 years

Reserve Citizen Airmen have been instrumental in helping bring about the first major change in the Air Force’s women’s hair policy since the late 1940s.As an outcome of the 101st Air Force uniform board, Air Force women will be able to wear their hair in up to two braids or a single ponytail with
Jan. 13, 2021
TAP reforms help Reservists

Until recently, Reserve Citizen Airmen were required to complete the Transition Assistance Program with every new 180 day set of military orders. With new reforms enacted by Congress, Reservists are no longer required to attend TAP with every 180 day set of orders, according to the policy.
Dec. 7, 2020
Department of the Air Force moves Physical Fitness Assessments to April 2021, removes waist measurement from composite score permanently

To ensure social distancing practices remain in place during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and to give Airmen and Space Professionals time to prepare, testing was delayed from October to January and is now further delayed to April.
Oct. 22, 2020
HQ RIO releases full IR survey results

Headquarters Readiness and Integration Organization’s vision continues to be making it easy for Individual Reservists (IRs) to serve. In addition to the 40 plus improvements we’ve made to get after that vision, we launched an IR survey and I am grateful for the feedback we received. How

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