News

  • Inspector General assesses wing, recognizes superior performers

    In June, the Air Force Reserve Command Inspector General completed its Unit Compliance Inspection on the 459th Air Refueling Wing. Wing members improved, repaired or created the foundational support programs which comprise the UCI and some Airmen even received the AFRC IG Superior Team and Performer

  • Unit Spotlight: 459th Fire and Emergency Services Flight

    The 459th Fire and Emergency Services Flight participated in a fuel extraction exercise during the 459th Air Refueling Wing's Unit Compliance Inspection during the June Unit Training Assembly. The F and ES Flight also had a successful outcome during their Inspection General Exercise in March. The

  • Recognizing our Finest: Master Sgt. Sullivan, guardian and mentor

    In the Air Force Reserve, Master Sgt. Sullivan is a First Sergeant for the 459th Aerospace Medicine Squadron. His full-time employer is the Washington Metropolitan Transit Authority Police where he is a manager in the Department's Counter Terrorism unit's Homeland Security Bureau. Sergeant Sullivan,

  • Recognizing Our Finest: Tops in Blue takes 459th Reservist to Hill AFB

    Senior Airman Victoria Howard, trombonist for the 2009 Tops in Blue tour, plays before a crowd of during Hill Air Force Base's Open House during Air Force Week Salt Lake City, June 6. Airman Howard is assigned to the 459th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Andrews Air Force Base, MD. She, along

  • 459th Security Forces Squadron completes annual heavy weapons training

    "Going hot!" yells Staff Sgt. Matthew Chase, a Combat Arms instructor with the 459th Security Forces Squadron as he prepares to send the first volley of 7.62mm rounds out of the M240 heavy machine gun. Sergeant Chase bores in on a metal backstop more than 300 meters away. The M240 erupts with a long

  • Recognizing Our Finest: Aerial Porters Honored

    Senior Airman Patrick Stout and Senior Master Sgt. Sean Brown of the 69th Aerial Port Squadron were honored at the 2008 Air Force Logistics Readiness Annual Awards banquet. Airmen Stout received the Air Reserve Component Air Transportation Airman of the year award and Sergeant Brown received the Air

  • Reserve recruiting service looking for recruits,recruiters

    The Air Force Reserve recruiting service is looking for both recruits and recruiters. Get 1 Now and Recruit the Recruiter are two Air Force Reserve Command programs that allow members of the 459th Air Refueling Wing to recruit new reservists through referrals or by serving as a reserve

  • 459th medics bring aid to Benin, SHARED ACCORD 09

    Ten 459th Air Refueling Wing medics are among 400 U.S. military personnel who have begun arriving in Bembereke, Benin to take part in Exercise SHARED ACCORD 09 June 7. Nine Members of 459th Aerospace Medicine Squadron and one member from the 459th Aeromedical Staging Squadron are to team up with a

  • Yellow Ribbon event welcomes home 459th reservists

    Assisting service members and their families with the post-deployment process was the goal of the 459th Air Refueling Wing's first Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program event. "We are here to equip returning reservists with the tools and resources they need to assist them as they transition back into