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  • 459th ARW Airmen attend 9/11 memorial service

    459th Air Refueling Wing Airmen attended a memorial service held during the September Unit Training Assembly here to remember the victims of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. While similar memorial services were held at ground zero in New York City, the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania, 459th ARW Airmen

  • September is National Preparedness Month

    September marks the seventh-annual National Preparedness Month, which is sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. As hurricanes threaten coastlines this time of year, NPM also provides a timely opportunity for Reserve Airmen to learn about the necessary steps to prepare for emergencies

  • Kansas ESGR visits National Capital Region

    Kansas employers of Reserve and National Guard servicemembers visited the National Capital Region to tour Department of Defense facilities, Aug 17-20.  As part of their visit, the employers toured the Employer Support for the Guard and Reserve headquarters, the Air National Guard Headquarters and

  • IRR muster a success

    The 459th Air Refueling Wing hosted the second Individual Ready Reserve muster of this year at the theater here, Aug. 21. The purpose of the event was to check the eligibility status of IRR members within 150 miles of the base and inform them of all their current Reserve benefits. Musters serve as

  • 756th ARS Airmen win Aircrew Excellence Award

    Airmen from the 756th Air Refueling Squadron recently received the 2009 Air Force Aircrew Excellence Award at the Fourth Air Force senior leadership conference during the Raincross Trophy dinner here July 20. Other units and Airmen from the Fourth Air Force also received awards and trophies during

  • AMC commander makes visit to 459th ARW

    Gen. Raymond E. Johns Jr., Air Mobility Command commander, toured 459th Air Refueling Wing facilities and met with Airmen during the Unit Training Assembly, here Aug. 14.General Johns was joined by Col. James M. Allman, 459th ARW commander, and other wing members as they visited multiple squadrons

  • Air Force WikiLeaks Website Guidance

    Air Force personnel should not access the WikiLeaks website to view or download the publicized classified information. Doing so would introduce potentially classified information on unclassified networks. There has been rumor that the information is no longer classified since it resides in the

  • Air Force Reservists engage youth at LULAC

    U.S. Air Force Reservists recently supported the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) convention and exposition in Albuquerque, N.M., July 13 to 17.This year's convention was held in conjunction with a Federal Training Institute program that offered a variety of educational seminars and