Latest "air force reserve" stories

Meet one of the few airmen to ever hit 10,000 flying hours

Lt. Col. Bob Volpe has flown trainer and cargo aircraft since 1990.

By Rachel S. Cohen

5 weeks ago

Goodbye, dials: Digital avionics coming to aging US Air Force C-130s

The C-130H's avionics modernization will replace its old analog gauges with digital displays, as well as an array of other navigation and flight upgrades.

By Stephen Losey

7 weeks ago

Federal shutdown would be ‘miserable’ for airmen, Reserve boss says

A government shutdown would upend drills and scheduled paydays for thousands of reservists, Air Force Reserve boss Lt. Gen. John Healy said.

By Jaime Moore-Carrillo

3 months ago

Air Force reservist arrested for alleged Jan. 6-related crimes

Maj. David Scott Stapp joins an ever-growing list of at least 131 current and former service members to be implicated in crimes connected to the breach.

By Jaime Moore-Carrillo

4 months ago

Ohio Reserve base tapped as likely new home of C-130J cargo planes

The Air Force will make a final decision once an environmental study wraps up next summer.

By Rachel S. Cohen

12 months ago

Two grounded C-130H planes back in air, the rest ‘will take some time’

Air Mobility Command says it is looking for ways to speed up the process to get the rest of the C-130H fleet flying again.

By Stephen Losey

14 months ago