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Oct. 12, 2007

October news briefs

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — News Briefs is a list of unit events and information for 940th Air Refueling Wing personnel. Employer Flight Nov. 3 The 940th ARW will sponsor the annual Employer Orientation Flight Nov. 3. Traditional Reservists may nominate their civilian employers for this four-hour program that includes a unit briefing and a flight on the KC-135. With

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.--Air Force Reservist, Lt. Col. Scott Hinkle, 314th Air Refueling Squadron pilot, gets a shot in the arm from Senior Airman Michelle Watkins, non-commissioned officer in charge of Immunizations, during the pre-deployment line Oct. 5, 2007 at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. The 940th Air Refueling Wing, along with the 452nd Air Mobility Wing, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., and the 445th Airlift Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, were partners in an Operational Readiness Exercise Oct. 5-10 in Mississippi. The three Air Force Reserve wings will also work together in an Operational Readiness Inspection scheduled in 2008. The exercise and inspection tests the units' readiness to deploy and operate in a wartime environment. (U.S. Air Force photo/Stacey Knott)

Oct. 12, 2007

AF Reserve wings play together in ORE

Total Force Integration is reality at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. as Air Force Reservists Senior Airman Reed Black, 940th Maintenance Group crew chief, and Tech. Sgt. Robert Greiner, 940th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, and Active Duty Airman First Class Tyronne Cox, 9th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuel distribution operator, prepare to refuel a KC-135 Stratotanker for a mission Sept. 27, 2007. The Air Force continues to benefit from one powerful, cohesive team formed by Active Duty Airmen, Air National Guardsmen, and Air Force Reservists at Beale. (U.S. Air Force photo/Stacey Knott)

Oct. 9, 2007

Total Force success

Oct. 4, 2007

Free computer-based training resources available

SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill (AFPN) — In an effort to fill the gap between tight budgets and training requirements, officials here are reminding Airmen and Air Force civilians that there is a place to go for free computer-based training. Hosted on the Air Force Portal, the IT e-Learning program primarily offers continuing education to help communications professionals prepare for

Passengers depart a C-17 Globemaster III in Southwest Asia Oct. 3. September was a record-breaking month for the air component mobility fleet. For the first time, the air mobility fleet transported more than 115,000 passengers and more than 20,000 short tons of cargo in, out and around the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Brian Ferguson)

Oct. 4, 2007

Oct. 2 airpower summary: Air mobility sets record

SOUTHWEST ASIA (AFPN) — The Combined Air and Space Operations Center's airpower summary provides a daily account of the integration and synchronization of coalition airpower with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force troops in Afghanistan. As the final numbers came in for the month of September 2007, it became obvious that September

Oct. 4, 2007

Officials complete transfer of two more California bases

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AFPN) — With the closure of six major Air Force installations in California by the Base Realignment and Closure Commission, the state has been going through a tremendous transformation since 1988. That is when it was announced that Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino would close. In 1993, March AFB in nearby Riverside was selected for realignment.

A Boy Scout waves from the cockpit of an Air Force Reserve KC-135 Stratotanker, while other scouts and their families wait to tour the jet Sept. 29, 2007 at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. The jet, which is owned by the 940th Air Refueling Wing at Beale, was only one of many displays the 7,000 scouts saw during the Boy Scout Expo at the base Sept. 28-30. (U.S. Air Force photo/Stacey Knott)

Oct. 1, 2007

Scouts invade Beale

Air Force Reservist Staff Sgt. Michael Drope, 314th Aircrew Life Support technician, shows Tatiana Meister, 5 years old, how to wear a parachute during the Reno Air Races and Air Show Sept. 15, 2007 in Reno, Nev. Sergeant Drope came with a KC-135R Stratotanker and other Reservists from the 940th Air Refueling Wing at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. to help educate the public about the Air Force mission and the Air Force Reserve. (Courtesy photo/Holly A. Meister)

Sept. 27, 2007

Preparing for a mission?

Jessi Pieper, age 10, takes a break during the Junior Deployment Line and Family AEF Fair Sept. 8, 2007 at Beale Air Force Base, Calif. The event introduced Air Force families to the deployment process, support programs and gave an idea of deployed life. Jessi is the daughter of Air Force Reservist Tech. Sgt. Laurie Pieper, a 940th Air Refueling Wing Family Support technician. (U.S. Air Force photo/Stacey Knott)

Sept. 26, 2007

AF families learn about deployment

Sept. 7, 2007

September news briefs

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — News Briefs is a list of unit events and information for 940th Air Refueling Wing personnel. Wing Commander's Call A 940th ARW Commander's Call is set for Sunday, Sept. 9, at the Beale Base Theater. The first session begins at 8 a.m. for the 940th Headquarters element, Operations Group and Maintenance Group. The second session begins at 9:30 a.m.