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  • 908th Security Forces Combat Arms Instructor Loves Teaching, Inspiring Others

    908th CATM Instructor Loves Teaching, Inspiring Others

    Inside one of Maxwell Air Force Base’s firing range classrooms is Tech Sgt. James Kuehne, 908th Security Forces Squadron Combat Arms instructor, demonstrating how to hold an M4 carbine.
  • Aircrew members of the 908th Airlift Wing make their way to a 20-man raft during recent water survival training.

    Making a Splash: Aircrews refresh survival skills with Alabama wetdown

    An AC-130 gunship, with seven souls on board, is no longer viable.Over the Gulf of Mexico, hundreds of miles from any airfield, the aircraft is going down. With only a personal life raft on them and a 20-man raft they must swim to reach, the aircrew has to know how to outlast the ocean until they are plucked from the sea.Whatever mission they had
  • 25th Aerial Port Squadron

    Airlift wing's 'port dawgs' get real in Charleston

    One of the primary objectives of a reserve unit is to stay deployment ready.  Sometimes ensuring mission-ready status entails many requirements that seem to be farthest from a reservist's chosen career field, such as web-based training.Other times, there are opportunities to get hands-on, real life, readiness training, and such was recently the
  • Six C-130sof the 908th Airlift Wing prepare for takeoff inthe successful culmination of an aircraft generation and mass launch exercise. (Courtesy photo by David Kindred)

    Aircraft generation exercise duplicates deployment conditions

    On April 12, the 908th Airlift Wing at Maxwell Air Force Base successfully culminated an aircraft generation and mass launch exercise, resulting in 100 percent combat aircraft generated.Six C-130s took off in a mass formation airdrop in validation of their war time mission capability, on time, on target!Following the launch, the aircraft flew a
  • Airmen of the 908th Logistics Readiness Squadron set out on annual tour to Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. Members of the Materiel Management team are: Senior Airman Kendria Alexander, Airman First Class Brittney Jenkins, Tech. Sgts. Renee Fuller, D. Johnson, Eva Appiah and Kanika Blackmon, Staff Sgt. Tiffany Johnson, Master Sgt. Quintin Rudolph, Tech. Sgt. Kenneth Fontenot, Senior Airman Christopher Hardin, Airman Shaundella Dowdell, Senior Airman Demonte Powell and Capt. Eric Withers.

    Gameplan results in LRS success

    This time of year, most Americans have one thing on their minds ... football. With that in mind, three flights of the 908th Logistics Readiness Squadron set out on annual tour to Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va.The 10-day evolution involved months of teamwork and coordination between the 908th LRS and its active-duty host, the 633rd LRS.A successful
  • Firefighters work together to perform strenuous duties putting out a roadside fire and proper procedures for handling a roadside bomb during the 908th CES' recent deployment to Fort McCoy, Wis.

    Combat engineers prepare for deployment contingincies

    The 908th Civil Engineer Squadron recently deployed 41 members to Fort McCoy, Wis., where both engineers and firefighters participated in joint exercises and training to better prepare for contingency deployments.The exercise included all aspects of contingency mission requirements, incorporating each specific AFSC.Engineering personnel logged more
  • Major Yolanda Woodsmall, 908th ASTS, turns in her mobility folder during deployment outprocessing practice.

    Wing gets early start on readiness inspection

    Although the 908th's next Operational Readiness Inspection won't take place until 2015, there's a great deal to accomplish, and the wing is beginning the training that will help it pass the ORI with flying colors.The training also helps Airmen prepare for real-world events."These deployment exercises ensure 908th members are prepared in case a
  • Inspectors General

    It's all about the "O"! It's time to show the inspectors your best. Are you ready?

    Colonel Norm Frese, former 22nd Air Force director of plans and programs, coined the phrase "It's all about the 'O'!" He used it to educate warrior leaders that the bottom line is maintaining operations in a wartime environment. No matter how difficult the operations tempo is or the Ability To Survive and Operate in an operational readiness
  • Flying a Tactical Air Control weekend is not unusual for the Airmen of the 357th Airlift Squadron, but recently, members took advantage of the added benefits of teaching, planning and flying based solely on procedures taught at Advanced Airlift Tactics Training Center (AATTC), located at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, Saint Joseph, Mo.

    908th units put advanced airlift lessons into practice

    The effort needed to sharpen the unit's airlift mission capabilities is a never-ending process for members of the 908th Airlift Wing. The dedication to continue to maintain and improve those capabilities despite the possibility of losing that mission is a tribute to the dedication and professionalism of Alabama's only Air Force Reserve unit.Flying
  • Under the supervision of Chief Master Sgt. Harold Whited, far right, Basic Airmen Tyler Cancel, left, and Melissa Erickson guide a forklift while placing a pallet of humanitarian supplies bound for Honduras aboard a K-Loader. For the Airmen, fresh from tech school, it was their first time to use their skills in real-world operations. (Air Force photo by Gene H. Hughes)

    Airlifters team up for labor (day) of love

    While most Americans were enjoying a long, relaxing Labor Day weekend with friends and family, members of the Air Force Reserve Command airlift community were teaming up to bring much-needed relief to orphans in the Central American nation of Honduras.Reservists from the 315th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, S.C., and the 908th Airlift Wing,
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