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  • Extreme athletes "Grab Some Air" for recruiting

    It's almost 10 a.m. at the Joint Service Open House here and crowds are already starting to gather around a skate ramp that stands over ten feet tall. A group of skateboarders and BMX riders warm up on the ramp, giving the crowd a taste of what's to come. After a few words from the announcer, the

  • Servicemembers receive a special thank you at the Air Show

    Among the thousands of attendees at the 2010 Joint Service Open House, held here May 14 through 16, there is a 9-year-old girl who has traveled from South Florida simply to say thanks. Wearing an Air Force lanyard and a military flight cap, Rizzy Wieser stands before a former Navy combat cameraman

  • Yellow Ribbon event a success

    Airmen and families of the 459th Air Refueling Wing attended the wing's second annual, Yellow Ribbon Reintegration event at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Arlington, Va., April 16 to 18.Yellow Ribbon events facilitate a forum for specialists to create awareness about information, services, referral, and

  • Fire drill at the 459th ARW

    The 459th Air Refueling Wing implemented a fire drill today to ensure wing members remain prepared and that all fire equipment is in good operating condition in the event of an actual emergency. Prior to sounding the alarm, Master Sgt. Steven Hensley, emergency program management specialist, with

  • 459 ARW members provide deployment feedback

    Mr. Robert Smiley, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness, Training and Mobilization met with leadership and members of the 459th Air Refueling Wing April 7 to gather feedback on mobilization training for deploying units and to gather information regarding best practices. Mr.

  • Wing members receive CCAF degree

    The following personnel from the 459th Air Refueling Wing's are recent recipients of the Community College of the Air Force diploma from the Air University, Maxwell-Gunter AFB, Al.  Continuing education and personal development are every Airman's responsibility and key to a strong, highly skilled

  • Joint Base Andrews civic leaders tour Lackland

    A group of 15 civic leaders, opinion leaders and Reserve employers went on an educational tour at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, to see what goes into making a "Citizen Airman" March 24-25.Civic Leader/ Employer tours are organized in order to spread mission awareness, foster liaisons between

  • Reserve Pay Office transitions to RMG RPO

    Effective Feb 15, 2010, all Mobilization Assistants, Individual Mobilization Augmentees and Participating Individual Ready Reservist that utilize the 459th Air Refueling Wing Reserve Pay Office for their military pay services are transferred to the RMG RPO. In order to facilitate the transfer you