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  • AF Reserve celebrates 67 years of service

    For many Airmen, April 14 will be just another Tuesday. But to members of the Air Force Reserve, it will be a day to reflect on how each and every one contributes to the Air Force mission.On April 14, 1948, the Army Air Corps Reserve transferred to the Air Force, officially becoming the Air Force

  • A Rosie by another name would still rivet just as sweet

    Connie Palacioz heard a radio announcement a week before graduating high school in 1943 that changed her fate forever."I heard they needed women workers for the war effort. I went and applied at the job opportunity office," she said. "They said we could go work for Boeing, but we had to go to a

  • Quarterly Award winners announced

    The Quarterly Awards Board convened on March 12th 2015, and after a thorough review of all submitted packages, have determined the winners for the Second Quarter. Our Second Quarter Award Winners are:Airman Category: Senior Airman Kyle Kozik, 931 MXSNCO Category: Tech. Sgt. Bethanie Anderson, 18

  • April issue is online

     The April issue of Citizen Airman is available online. The cover story features a Total Force team that included members of the 307th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron from Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, working to bring a B-52 out of retirement at the Air Force "Boneyard" back into active

  • Team McConnell helps Vets 'move on'

    "I thought I'd text you this morning, but then I realized I should probably just call you instead."When it comes to assisting local Veterans find a place to live, Melissa Hodge, a social worker from the Robert J. Dole Veteran's Administration Medical Center in Wichita, knows that Senior Master Sgt.

  • Local community marks B-29 rollout

    One of over 1,600 B-29 Superfortresses assembled in Wichita, Kansas, was delivered to the Army Air Forces on March 23, 1944, and that very same aircraft was "delivered" again in commemoration of its restoration during a ceremony March 23, in Wichita.This B-29, known affectionately as "Doc" by the

  • Air Force Mourns the Loss of Ninth Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force

    The ninth Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James C. Binnicker passed away March 21 in Calhoun, Ga.Chief Binnicker was born in Orangeburg, S.C., on July 23, 1938. He was a leader and an Airman from the day he first joined the Civil Air Patrol as a high school freshman. His childhood dream was to