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This week's Rock Solid Warrior is Staff Sgt. Bradley Willock, a firefighter with the 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron, deployed from Beale Air Force Base, Calif. The Rock Solid Warrior program is a way to recognize and spotlight the Airmen of the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing for their positive impact and commitment to the mission. (U.S. Air Force graphic/Tech. Sgt. Jonathan Hehnly).

May 10, 2017

Rock Solid Warrior: Staff Sgt. Bradley Willock

SOUTHWEST ASIA -- This week's Rock Solid Warrior is Staff Sgt. Bradley Willock, a 386th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter deployed from Beale Air Force Base, Calif. The Rock Solid Warrior program is a way to recognize and spotlight the Airmen of the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing for their positive impact and commitment to the

Members of the Individual Ready Reserve attending an annual IRR muster look through paperwork at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. April 8, 2017. During the muster, IRR members updated their contact and medical information, as well as receive briefings on member responsibilities and opportunities available to them. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brenda Davis)

April 28, 2017

Wing holds IRR muster

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, California — The 940th Air Refueling Wing held an Individual Ready Reserve muster April 8, 2017, at Beale Air Force Base, California. Everyone who joins the military incurs an initial military service obligation of eight years, whether enlisted or officer. If those years are not completed on active duty or reserve time, the remainder of time is served in the

Staff Sgt. Daniel C. Bisland, 940th Maintenance Squadron crew chief, poses for a photo April 26, 2017, at Beale Air Force Base, California. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tara R. Abrahams)

April 27, 2017

"... The passing rate is about seven percent..."

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, California — "I began my military career in the Army, working in infantry, and loved it. I earned a lot of respect being the only private (PV1) in my unit to be airborne-qualified and to have my expert infantry badge. To earn the badge, I completed and passed a week’s worth of testing, ranging from day and night land navigation to a 12-mile ruck in under three

Air Force officials are in search of nominees for the 2017 General Larry O. Spencer Innovation Awards. All submissions are due to the Air Force Personnel Center by June 16. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Staff Sgt. Alexx Pons)

April 26, 2017

AF seeks 2017 General Larry O. Spencer Innovation Award nominations

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas — Air Force officials are in search of nominees for the 2017 General Larry O. Spencer Innovation Awards.  This Air Force level award recognizes an individual or team whose actions demonstrate innovation in cost and manpower savings to improve efficiency, operational readiness and replication of the innovation across the Air Force enterprise.

April 26, 2017

Around the Air Force: April 26

On this look around the Air Force, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein awards two Airmen the Air Force Cross and President Donald Trump speaks with astronauts who are onboard the International Space Station.

The Air Force Voluntary Period of Active Duty program just added 51 career field specialties. VLPAD gives certain Reserve and Guard Airmen the chance to serve on active duty for three years and one day while receiving active duty benefits in order to meet Air Force mission requirements. (U.S. Air Force courtesy graphic)

April 18, 2017

VLPAD adds 51 jobs; more active-duty openings for officer, enlisted

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas — The Air Force has expanded the Voluntary Limited Period of Active Duty program, adding 51 additional Air Force Specialty Codes for select air reserve component officers. Reserve and Air National Guard Airmen from select Air Force officer and enlisted specialties may now serve on active duty in vacant active duty positions for three years and one

Tech. Sgt. Marc Gayden, Beale Honor Guard team lead, demonstrates a facing movement for the 940th Air Refueling Wing’s Development and Training Flight April 9, 2017, at Beale Air Force Base, California. Gayden spent five years as a basic military training instructor at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tara R. Abrahams)

April 17, 2017

Development and Training Flight gets a head start

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, California — “Zero week” at basic military training is packed with roaring voices and intense instruction. It’s the time trainees are taught basic drill, facing movements and marching.   The 940th Air Refueling Wing’s Development and Training Flight is getting a head start. Two of Beale’s NCOs, one who is a prior BMT instructor, volunteered their time with the

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Brendin Peters (left), 317th Airlift Squadron loadmaster and U.S. Air Force Col. Craig Peters, 940th Air Refueling Wing commander, reunite in front of a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft after a training mission, March 17, 2017, at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Brendin Peters participated in a refueling training mission where his crew’s C-17 was refueled by a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft piloted by his father Craig Peters. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Cody Dowell/Released)

March 24, 2017

Father and son train together

ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Oklahoma – — Altus Air Force Base trains new aircrew members every day, but on March 17, 2017, a father and son were reunited during a training mission together, 21,000 feet in the air.U.S. Air Force Col. Craig Peters, 940th Air Refueling Wing commander, piloted a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker and had the chance to refuel a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster

Chief Master Sgt. Dan McCarthy, 940th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron flight chief, speaks to NCOs and senior NCOs during an induction ceremony March 12, 2017, at Beale Air Force Base, California. Sixty-nine NCOs and 21 senior NCOs were welcomed into the next tier of the enlisted ranks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Tara R. Abrahams)

March 21, 2017

Wing honors newest NCOs, SNCOs

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, California — The 940th Air Refueling Wing inducted 69 NCOs and 21 senior NCOs into their respective ranks during a ceremony March 11, 2017 at Beale Air Force Base, California. It was the wing’s first induction ceremony since regaining the refueling mission in 2016. An induction ceremony is a tradition to honor and welcome those who have reached the next tier in

Master Sgt. Kellie Curnutt, 940th Aerospace Medicine Squadron superintendent, poses for a photo at Beale Air Force Base, California on March 12, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by, Staff Sgt. Brenda Davis)

March 17, 2017

"I like being able to help empower them to make the life they want..."

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, California — After growing up watching her grandfather, a maintenance Chief Master Sgt., go to work every day and listening to her other grandfather tell Korean War pilot stories, Master Sgt. Kellie Curnutt was inspired by the example her grandfather’s set to join the U.S. Air Force Reserve. However, her service to others did not stop there.