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  • March Field History

    The Army Air Service first demonstrated in-flight air refueling on June 25th, 1923, at an altitude of approximately 500 feet near Rockwell Field, San Diego, California. Yet, one of the most important milestones in aviation history occurred on Jan. 7, 1929.  Staff Sgt. Roy W. Hooe, 2nd Lt. Elwood R.

  • Getting a running start

    The first time Richard Aceves pinned a race bib to his shirt, it was because his mother asked him to help her prepare to run the Los Angeles Marathon.“She asked if I’d be interested in practicing and training with her,” he recalled. His mother, retired Senior Master Sgt. Silvia Aceves, was still

  • Hap Arnold Flight 30 scholarship awards

    Hap Arnold Flight 30, Order of Daedalians, awarded $3,000 scholarships to two outstanding Air Force ROTC cadets at their January Hap Arnold Consolidated Club luncheon. During the Brig. Gen. Russell Muncy, 452 AMW commander, presented a plaque and scholarship to Cadet Alexander Botello, a junior at

  • Boy Scout Donation

    Major Rico Cicero, Commander 452nd FSS Karen Amos, Airman & Family Readiness Center director, and Chief Master Sgt. Felix Fernandez, 452nd FSS superintendent are presented a $1,500 donation in support of the Air Force Aid Society, by Order of the Arrow members Sean O’Connor and Ken Hedrick. The

  • Successfully navigate 2017 tax season

    The Internal revenue Service is expected to begin accepting 2016 Tax Returns on Jan. 24, 2017. While some of us may be used to getting our refunds in early January, many refunds will be delayed several weeks this year because of a new law and increased safeguards against identity theft and fraud.

  • Make quality time for yourself and family a priority

    If you can believe it, we’re already more than half way through the first month of 2017!  Do you have a cool calendar to mark important events that will occur this year?  There are so many fun and entertaining calendars being sold these days, most of us don’t put much thought into how our modern

  • Final Curtain Call

    “It’s a labor of love,” Chief Master Sgt. Ronnie said as he looked across the Predator Bay at March Air Reserve Base Sept. 29. The room, once home to an MQ-1 Predator remotely piloted aircraft used for hands-on maintenance training, was instead full of chairs as personnel gathered to formally close

  • Team March helps herald in the new year at Live on Green event

    Nearly one dozen members from Team March’s 452nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron and 452nd Security Forces Squadron did not get much rest before the new year – they were busy volunteering their time informing and demonstrating to the public March Air Reserve Base’s mission capabilities at the Live

  • WASPs once flew at March Field

    In September of 1942, Army Air Forces Commanding General Henry H. “Hap” Arnold agreed to form two groups of qualified women pilots—the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) and the Women's Flying Training Detachment (WFTD). These groups were intended to help meet the need for pilots to ferry

  • What does the JAG Corps do?

    We sometimes get asked the question “what does JAG do?”  The JAG Corps provides the United States Air Force with all types of legal support.  JAG Corps members assist Air Force organizations with all legal aspects of military operations including:  criminal law, legal assistance, civil and