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  • 2021 Outstanding Airmen of the Year

    Air Force Reserve Command leaders recognized exceptional Reserve Citizen Airmen during the 2021 AFRC Outstanding Airmen of the Year ceremony held virtually, May 5.All winners and nominees competed in their respective Numbered Air Force before moving forward to compete at the major command level.The

  • Reserve maintainers become familiar with new KC-46 Pegasus

    Airmen with the 514th Air Mobility Wing’s 714th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron were able to get their hands on the new KC-46 Pegasus during a Site Activation Task Force training event at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, from April 27 to 29, 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.

  • OPERATION Neptune Spear: 10 year anniversary

    Commentary by Walter W. Napier IIIIn September of 2010, the Central Intelligence Agency had become aware of an al Qaeda courier frequently visiting an upscale walled residence located in Abbottabad, Pakistan.[1] The CIA began devoting considerable assets to uncover who or what was hiding behind the

  • 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

  • Historian field trip: Archeology on Joint Base MDL

    Commentary by 514th Air Mobility Wing Historian: Recently a number of base historians were invited to see the work done by the archeology team under Dr. Sharon White (787 CES/CEIEA) on Joint Base MDL. This real life Indiana Jones and her team find, study, and preserve various historical and

  • Wing’s first-ever flying shirt

    2020 was a year of many firsts, and as of last year, the 514th Air Mobility Wing now has its first-ever aircrew-ready first sergeant. Master Sgt. William M. Simurra, a newly appointed first sergeant with the 514th Civil Engineer Squadron and a career aviator, recently moved from the 76th Air

  • Freedom Wing history: Major DeLawter and Operation BABYLIFT

    On April 25, 1975, Major Wayne DeLawter of the 514th Military Airlift Wing (Associate) and his crew of five reserve volunteers and two active Airmen received a mission to fly into Saigon and evacuate 250 refugees. On that day, the crew got more than they were expecting.

  • 514th Air Mobility Wing Airman Wins Air Force Chaplain Corps Award

    Master Sgt. Donald A. Ramos, superintendent of religious affairs with the 514th AMW, received the 2020 Air Force Chaplain Corps Citizen Airman Award, given to the most deserving outstanding reserve religious affairs airman. On April 11, 2021, Col. William H. Gutermuth, 514th AMW commander, and Chief