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  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

    Key spouses can be key

    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

  • Scobee highlights Reserve contributions, future priorities

    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
  • To continue minimizing close contact among personnel during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and ensure units and personnel are fully ready to resume, physical fitness testing has been delayed from October to January 2021. Testing in January will proceed without obtaining waist, height and weight measurements.

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

    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.
  • Chief Proietti focuses on his prepared presentation created in PowerPoint and featured in the Zoom conferencing.

    Bio: Example of an endless desire to serve

    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.
  • Senior Airman Shawna L. Gaither, 940 MXS Air Reserve Technician, adorns protective equipment as she does a pressure wash in the rack on the UMS.

    "AGE" of Improvements

    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
  • 713 Change of Command

    Taking command coast to coast

    Distance knows no bounds, as was exemplified by Col. Xaviera “Xavi” Slocum, Col. Jacquelyn L. “Katniss” Marty and their guests during a virtual change of command July 11, 2020.The ceremony was streamed from four locations around the United States and viewed by more than 130 people from across the nation.The tradition of transferring authority and
  • Retired U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Sandra Scott speaks about her experiences in undergraduate pilot training during the Trailblazer Room dedication ceremony June 29, 2020, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. Located in the AETC headquarters main building, the newly renamed Trailblazer Room was dedicated to the first 10 women who earned their silver wings Sept. 2, 1977. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sean M. Worrell)

    Trailblazers: AETC honors first women pilots in Air Force history

    In honor of the first women who became pilots of the U.S. Air Force, Air Education and Training Command officials renamed the Martin Hall Conference Room, the Trailblazer Room, during a virtual ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph June 29, 2020.
  • Colonel Betty L. Mullis sits in the flight deck in the 1990s in Northern California.

    A look back at a 940th Air Refueling Wing pioneer

    This first week of May, 25 years ago, Maj. Gen. (then colonel) Betty L. Mullis became the first female officer to command a flying wing by taking charge of the 940th Air Refueling Wing at McClellan Air Force Base, California.Mullis graduated from the University of Northern Colorado in 1970. She entered the Air Force in 1972 as a public affairs
  • The Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs combined efforts to allow Commissary and Exchange use beyond its current patron base. Starting Jan. 1, 2020, Purple Heart recipients, former prisoners of war, all service-connected disabled veterans and caregivers enrolled in the VA's Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers program will be permitted to shop there.

    Commissary, Exchange, MWR expand patron base starting Jan. 1, 2020

    The Departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs combined efforts to allow Commissary and Exchange use beyond its current patron base. Starting Jan. 1, 2020, Purple Heart recipients, former prisoners of war, all service-connected disabled veterans and caregivers enrolled in the VA's Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers program will be permitted to shop there.
  • U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Kaylea Berry, 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs broadcast journalist, is pictured in her military uniform, left, and her traditional Mvskoko (creek) Nation attire at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Nov 8, 2019. Berry keeps a connection with her tribe by learning its language and history, and by reading about how current events affect her, her family, and her tribe.

    Honoring National American Indian Heritage Month

    For more than 200 years, American Indians and Alaskan Natives have served in times of peace and war. For those contributions and more, November is designated National American Indian Heritage Month. Team Ramstein, along with DoD personnel around the world, is taking time to reflect on the rich and diverse cultures, traditions and histories of American Indians.
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