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  • Angels Available for Toy Run

    With the official start of the holiday season, the 940th Wing Airman Family Readiness Office hopes Reservists will remember to take an angel or two along as they hit the bustling malls and crowded stores with their holiday shopping list. The 940th Wing has kicked off its annual Holiday Toy Run and

  • Suze Orman Redefines Military Buzzword

    In her first-ever appearance for the Air Force Reserve Command, internationally acclaimed personal finance advisor Suze Orman spoke Nov 8 at Beale Air Force Base.  In conjunction with the Air Force Year of the Family, Orman spoke to Reservists, their spouses, and 9th Reconnaissance Wing active duty

  • Deploying Troops, Families to Participate in Yellow Ribbon Event

    The 940th Wing is holding its first-ever Yellow Ribbon event Nov 8 at the Recce Point Club. This Air Force Reserve Command program is for Reservists deploying for 90 days or more and their family members. The goal of the Yellow Ribbon Program is to prepare Airmen for mobilization, to sustain

  • Safety Offices garner 8th AF Award of Distinction

    The 9th Reconnaissance Wing and 940th Wing Safety Offices are joint recipients of the 8th Air Force September Unit Safety Award of Distinction. This is the first-ever Total Force Integration effort to be selected for the monthly award, which recognizes superior performance in preventing mishaps in

  • 940th Security Forces Return from Deployment

    Family and friends gathered at the Sacramento International Airport Aug. 18 to welcome home members of the 940th Security Forces Squadron from a six month deployment in Iraq. "It's great to have these troops home. It's been a long, difficult tour for them and their families," said Col. Jon Ellis,

  • 940th Wing reservist qualifies for second Boston Marathon

    An avid long distance runner and outdoor enthusiast from the 940th Wing recently qualified for his second Boston Marathon. Maj. Carl Timm, 940th Wing assistant safety officer, qualified with a runtime of 3:20:27 in the Eugene Marathon May 3, 2009 to qualify for the 2010 Boston Marathon, to be held

  • PIRR members invited back to funded billets

    Lt. Gen. Charles Stenner, Commander of the Air Force Reserve Command, signed a memo recently authorizing Participating Individual Ready Reserve members to enter paid status as Individual Mobilization Augmentees in order to meet AFRC fiscal year 2009 end-strength goals. Some members currently in the

  • The 940th Wing holds historical re-designation ceremony

    A new chapter of 940th Wing history began July 11 during the Unit Training Assembly weekend as the wing held its re-designation ceremony. The ceremony officially relinquished the 940th Air Refueling Wing and stood up the 940th Wing. The presiding officer in the ceremony, Maj. Gen. Frank Padilla,