Dec. 13, 2021

CIOR MilComp looking for topflight Airmen

TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Are you ready to test your grit? Challenge your warrior ethos? Engage your critical thinking mastery? Lead the charge? If so, the Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers Military Competition (CIOR) is for you!CIOR will be sending out invitations to apply for this growth and leadership opportunity through Headquarters Air Reserve Personnel

April 30, 2021

Team Beale supports Nexus Dawn

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, California — Civil Engineer Airmen from the 940th Air Refueling Wing and 9th Reconnaissance Wing at Beale Air Force Base, California teamed up to participate in Exercise Nexus Dawn here April 23 – 28.The exercise tested certain Fourth Air Force units to make sure they are trained, equipped and combat-ready to employ and sustain operations in degraded and

Dec. 17, 2020

Key spouses can be key

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, California — In the past two years, the Air Force has had an alarming increase in its suicide rate. There are many resources available to Airmen in need, but one change that is being worked toward is involving families. Molly Noyes, 940 Air Refueling Wing director of psychological health, created a one-hour virtual training course for unit key spouses to equip

Dec. 14, 2020

Supporting students: Application window for DeCA scholarship open

The Scholarships for Military Children Program for academic year 2021 – 2022 begins accepting applications Dec. 14, 2020. Applications are due by Feb. 17, 2021.

Dec. 14, 2020

Scobee highlights Reserve contributions, future priorities

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command, highlighted the contributions of the more than 70,000 Reserve Citizen Airmen during an extremely busy 2020 and shared the Air Force Reserve future priorities during the Reserve Forces Policy Board’s quarterly meeting December 9. Throughout his speech, Scobee underscored the Air Force Reserve’s ability to deliver 20% of the Air Force’s overall operational and strategic capability with just 3% of the budget. He focused on the essential work Reserve Citizen Airmen accomplished with regard to the Department of Defense COVID-19 response and natural disaster support during 2020. #ReserveReform

Dec. 7, 2020

Department of the Air Force moves Physical Fitness Assessments to April 2021, removes waist measurement from composite score permanently

WASHINGTON (AFNS) — To ensure social distancing practices remain in place during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and to give Airmen and Space Professionals time to prepare, testing was delayed from October to January and is now further delayed to April.

Nov. 24, 2020

Coming around full circle

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, California — A tree went up and tags went on, but without the customary ornaments. And why not? Because this is an Angel Tree, and it’s glistening inside the 940th Maintenance Group building with big blue bows and colorful tags each with a child’s name on it with the simple wish for a toy.Master Sgt. Eileen Safford, training manager, 940 MXG, gave a brief

Nov. 12, 2020

Making communication happen

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, California — Communication is the plan. Effective communication is described as the active receiver waiting for the feedback response from the sender and back around again to the receiver.Just like commanding, communication is a must. Communication is always a challenge due to unscheduled interruptions, getting the message across with its intended purpose and

Nov. 10, 2020

Bio: Example of an endless desire to serve

BEALE AIR FORCE BASE, California — Retired Chief Master Sgt. Matt P. Proietti is a four-time recipient of the Thomas Jefferson Award which is the highest honor in military journalism. Adding among other things he has undertaken professionally in his career, he accepted an invite extended to him from the 940th Air Refueling Wing to speak and teach a class on a military must-have.

Nov. 6, 2020

"AGE" of Improvements

BEALE AFB, California — Tanker Town, nestled in between farmland and mountains, is the name Reserve Citizen Airmen who support the flying mission at Beale Air Force, California, refer to when describing the 940th Air Refueling Wing and its fleet of KC-135 “Stratotankers.”  Just over ten years ago in 2009, the 940 Air Refueling Group converted to the 940th Wing to C2ISR