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  • Tablets turn tables at HARB

    With modern technology come new and better ways to do tasks on the job. Maintainers have seen this firsthand with the implementation of iPads in their career fields. Due to the tablet's effectiveness, its use has really taken off.    The move to implement use of iPad tablets at Homestead Air

  • Volunteers bring holiday cheer to homeless shelter on Christmas

    Every year Airmen give back to the local community in various ways; food drives, donations, and charity events are only a few examples of ways to get involved and help others. For the second year in a row, members of Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., and their families visited the Chapman

  • Air Force's newest leader takes charge

    The Air Force's 23rd Secretary of the Air Force was formally sworn in, Dec. 20, in the Pentagon.Deborah James assumed the position of the Air Force's highest ranking leader, making her the second female in Air Force history to serve in the role. As James takes on her new duties, she said she knows

  • AF to mandate organizational, command climate on evaluation, feedback forms

    The Air Force will reinforce its performance evaluation system by requiring evaluators to assess what Airmen did to ensure a healthy organizational climate.Policy modifications, performance feedback, and officer and enlisted evaluation form changes will be implemented Jan. 1.This increased focus is

  • NORAD to track Santa's global journey

    On Christmas Eve, tens of thousands of children around the globe will gather around their family telephones and computers to track the path of Santa Claus as he makes his rounds delivering gifts on his sleigh led by tiny reindeer.On the receiving end of the emails, phone calls, mobile "NORAD Santa"

  • Reserve course teaches leaders how to raise professional Airmen

    Death by PowerPoint, standing up in the back of the class to stay awake, boring lectures...this is what Airmen might experience during military educational courses. That was not the case for the recent class attending the Noncommissioned Officer Leadership Development Course here Dec. 2-13.  For

  • Force Support Squadron excellence recognized with AFRC awards

    The 482nd Force Support Squadron was recognized for excellence in marketing, outdoor recreation and food operations. The squadron was awarded the Air Force Reserve Command's Marketing, Outdoor Recreation and Food Operations Programs of the Year (Club and Base Restaurants) for 2013."Huge thanks to

  • Senate confirms James as next secretary of the Air Force

    Deborah Lee James will be the next secretary of the Air Force, according to a Senate confirmation vote Dec 13. James provided testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee Sept. 19, before the full Senate voted on her confirmation. Now the president must appoint her before she can assume her new

  • Homestead members conduct training in Nevada

    Members of the 482nd Maintenance Squadron and Detachment 93, 495th Fighter Group stand in front of an F-16 and F-18 at Naval Air Station Fallon, Nev., on Dec. 11. Over 150 Homestead ARB personnel deployed to NAS Fallon for two weeks of training.