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  • American Red Cross Seymour Johnson offices open for business

    The 916th Air Refueling Wing, Air Force Reserve, and the Eastern North Carolina Region of the American Red Cross have teamed up to provide a permanent location for their new American Red Cross-Seymour Johnson field office. A ribbon cutting ceremony to officially open the office took place Aug. 9th

  • 916th firefighters are ablaze in Utah

    Reservists from the 916th Civil Engineer Flight spent their annual training at Hill Air Force Base, Utah.Watch the video news release to learn more about their experiences.

  • Savings, Reprogramming Enable Furlough Reduction

    Savings and the ability to reprogram funds made possible yesterday's announcement by Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel that unpaid furlough days for about 650,000 civilian employees are being reduced.Hagel signed a memo cutting furlough days for about 650,000 Defense Department civilian employees from

  • Wing members run to remember fallen Shell 77 victims

    Members of the 916th joined the tanker community worldwide to participate in a memorial run for the three members of Shell 77 who died when their KC-135 went down in Kyrgyzstan earlier this year. The purpose of the run was to honor the fallen and raise money for the families the two pilots and boom

  • July heats up with new faces and ranks!

    The men and women of the 916th Air Refueling Wing wish to welcome our newcomers and congratulate those receiving promotions of the month of July:PromotionsSenior Master Sgt. Jenifer P. Conway916th Force Support SquadronSenior Master Sgt. Shirley M. Wilcox916th Maintenance SquadronTech. Sgt. Gregory

  • Yellow Ribbon shows reservist that there is still much to learn

    Most service members who have deployed at least once in their careers may think that they've "been there, done that." But one Airman' s recent experience showed that there is still much to learn for a successful deployment.Staff Sgt. Bronsha Smith, Combat Arms Training and Maintenance instructor

  • STARBASE educates youth on military

    In mid-June Airmen of the 916th Air Refueling Wing and 4th Fighter Wing pulled resources together to show a group of 5th-graders what military airpower is all about.STARBASE, Base Science and Technology Academies Reinforcing Basic Aviation and Space Exploration (STARBASE), is a camp-type program

  • Book author interviews SJ Airmen

    Mike Walling is writing a book. But not just any book, a book about Afghanistan and he is getting personal accounts from the men and women that have been there.Walling, who was commissioned by Osprey Publishing to write a complete work of the U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, came to Seymour

  • VA clinic for Wayne County opening soon

    Fayetteville VA Medical Center officials recently began mailing letters to Veterans in and around Wayne County to provide information about the process of transferring their primary care from Fayetteville to the new Goldsboro Community Based Outpatient Clinic (CBOC) expected to open in early July.

  • 916th IG wins among two commands

    The 916th Inspector General office earned the prestigious Lt. Gen. John P. Flynn Inspector General Award for Air Force Reserve components, which includes both Air Force Reserve Command and Air National Guard, for 2012.The John P. Flynn Inspector General award recognizes the inspector general