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  • U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez, 4th Combat Camera Squadron, shows digital photographs to an Afghan soldier in Shabila Kalan, Zabul province, Afghanistan. (courtesy photo)

    Defense budget proposal inactivates March squadron

    Monday's release of the Defense Department's fiscal 2015 budget request includes the inactivation of the 4th Combat Camera Squadron located at March Air Reserve Base. Reservists affected were notified this week."We have known for a few months now that this could be a reality," said Maj. Karen Davis, 4 CTCS Operations Director. "We decided that it
  • Marines and Airmen assigned to March Air Reserve Base, Calif., provide Aerial Port Operations training at March on Feb 27, 2014, to Marine Logisticians assigned to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force, Camp Pendleton, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Sean Dath)

    Airmen, Marines enhance mission capabilities through training

    Marines attached to the Arrival/Departure Airfield Control Group (ADACG) and Airmen from the 452nd Aerial Port Support Flight (APSF), joined up to provide aerial port operations training to logisticians assigned to the First Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF), onboard March Air Reserve Base, Feb 27.More than 110 Marines were broken up into groups
  • From left: Staff Sgt. Brian Huff, 912th Air Refueling Squadron; Staff Sgt. Randy Bowen, 452nd Security Forces Squadron; Tech. Sgt. Roger Messick, 752nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and Tech. Sgt. Michael Reid, 452nd Operations Support Squadron, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., watch as Cruz Pedregon Racing maintenance team members, service Pedregon’s funny car during the National Hot Rod Association’s Circle K Winternationals, held at the Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, Calif., Feb. 7, 2014. The Airmen were part of a Snap-On Tools-sponsored ‘Crew Swap.’

    March Airmen 'Crew Swap' with Cruz Pedregon Racing team

    March Air Reserve Base and Cruz Pedregon Racing orchestrate a 'Crew Swap' to give each other a day-in-the-life experience; where the race team toured March ARB, Feb. 5, and a dozen service members visited the race crew at the Auto Club Raceway in Pomona, Calif., Feb. 7.Jon Rucker, military program manager for Snap-on Tools, a Pedregon sponsor,
  • Development Training Flight trainees stretch on the new track in preparation for a physical fitness test on Feb. 8, 2013. The trainees here, attend one Unit Training Assembly per month to prepare for Basic Military Training by focusing on various areas, including, but not limited to, Air Force history, customs and courtesies, physical fitness and memory work. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Russell S. McMillan)

    Development Training Flight provides edge to Airmen

    Approximately 40 Airmen-trainees, most wearing sand-colored T-shirts, assemble in formation and stretch on the new running track here. The trainees are preparing to complete a 1.5-mile run as part of a four-year-old Air Force Reserve Command program called Development Training Flight.The DTF program is designed to prepare trainees for Basic

  • March medical officer briefs international comrades

    Maj. Marissa Marquez, 752nd Medical Squadron, is one of a handful of medical professionals who has been invited to present a briefing at the Interallied Confederation of Medical Reserve Officers' (CIOMR) mid-winter meeting on February 7, 2014, in Brussels, Belgium.The CIOMR is part of the Reserve Officer Association and is their international NATO

  • Lodging procedures to improve your Unit Training Exercise experience

    Due to the elimination of the Automatic Lodging Reservation System, the March Inn is operating on Air Force Instruction 34-246, Air Force Lodging Program, while a new wing instruction is being written. Use of the ALRS was eliminated because the Air Force Lodging Fund would not support it with Non Appropriated Funds and lodging lost most of its
  • Senior Airman Paige McCann, a member of the 452d Communications Squadron, March ARB, polishes the right wing of a miniature P-51 Mustang aircraft on Dec. 31, 2013. McCann and other March airmen volunteered to educate the public about the WWII Tuskegee airmen and the P-51 Mustang aircraft during the 125th Pasadena Tournament of Roses Rose Parade Expo Village. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Russell S. McMillan)

    March Airmen volunteer at 125th Rose Parade

    The early-morning sunlight shimmers off the recently polished wings of the red, white and blue colored aircraft as it taxis into place. An Airman, clad in his Airman Battle Uniform, places chocks beneath the plane to lock the wheels in place while another Airman assists the pilot from the cockpit.The pilot, Finley Banks, a native of Los Angeles,

  • History of the Raincross Trophy

    In 1917, a small group of distinguished Riverside citizens joined with the Riverside Chamber of Commerce to acquire a parcel of land in an area known as the Alessandro Plain on the outskirts of the city. They had a vision - that there would one day be a military airfield on that site - a vision that was finally realized in February 1918 with the
  • Col. Douglas Planer (foreground), 4th Air Force A3 Director, joins (from left) Roger Rupp, Riverside Military Affairs Committee Chairman; Brig. Gen. John C. Flournoy Jr., 4th Air Force Commander; and Cindy Roth, Greater Riverside Chambers of Commerce President, in congratulating the 349th Air Mobility Wing, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., for being named the best wing in 4th Air Force for 2012 and 2013 combined. Flournoy surprised the wing’s senior leadership with the announcement via teleconference on Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. (Courtesy photo)

    Travis Reserve wing is best in Fourth Air Force

    Brig. Gen. John C. Flournoy Jr., Commander, Headquarters 4th Air Force, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., surprised senior leaders at the 349th Air Mobility Wing, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., during a video teleconference Nov. 6, 2013, by presenting them with the Raincross Trophy for being the best wing in the numbered Air Force (NAF) for fiscal
  • U.S. Air Force Reserve Aeromedical Evacuation medics from various squadrons conduct in-flight medical training July 27, 2013. These Airmen are participating in Warrior Exercise 86-13-01 (WAREX)/Exercise Global Medic, 2013. The WAREX provides units an opportunity to rehearse military maneuvers and tactics. Held in conjunction with WAREX, Global Medic is an annual joint-field training exercise designed to replicate all aspects of theater combat medical support. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Efren Lopez)

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