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  • Information is checked and double checked during the recent Phase I Exercise at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Carswell Field, Texas with the 301st Fighter Wing. It is important to prepare and practice our wartime skills while encumbered in protective equipment whether it's flying jets, loading bombs, fixing the runway or securing the perimeter. This is only some of what we do. The goal: Keeping you trained, equipped and fit to do the wartime mission and return safely to the 301st Fighter Wing. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Julie Briden-Garcia)

    Practice makes perfect

  • As a college student in the late '90s and a member of AFROTC Det. 845 at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, then Cadet Travis Hatley (left) was one of many cadets who accompanied the 301st Civil Engineer Squadron on a four-day bivouac to Holloman AFB, N.M. Cadet Hatley became an officer and nearly a decade later, joined the 301st Fighter Wing as part of the 73rd Aerial Port Squadron as an Air Force Reservist. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

    Cowtown reservists working together bring a cadet home as a captain

    When two individuals collaborated during a group training exercise in the fall of 1998, they never imagined the impact their collaboration would have on one single participant; a desire to later return to the 301st Fighter Wing as a member. But after almost a decade, this former Texas Christian University Reserve Officer Training Course cadet now
  • Customers check out the grand opening day specials at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth Carswell Field Commissary on March 25. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Julie Briden-Garcia)

    Thousands flock to commissary in its return to Fort Worth

    Thousands of customers streamed through the commissary here during its first week of operation, reinforcing the military's decision to return the benefit to North Texas. "This is the first Defense Commissary Agency store to open on a joint services base," said Rick Page, acting director, during the store's grand opening ceremony on March 25. "And,
  • Everyone I talked to seems to be in good spirits; they like their jobs and they are motivated to be here. Even after three months, I am learning new things every day. We are also getting ready for a change of command at the end of April. Our chief is doing a great job as the group superintendent and should be returning in a few more weeks; a lot of our personnel are making outstanding contributions as well. I hope everything is going well back at the 301st. Due to different shifts and work schedule, the whole unit can't get together, but here's a picture where some of the troops got together for a photo about a month ago. -- Capt. Brian, deployed 301st Security Forces Squadron commander (Only rank and first names of deployed members are used for OPSEC reasons.)

    Letters from Iraq

  • Staff Sgt. Michael Stinemetze, Jr., 301st Security Forces Squadron fire team member, gets a show of support from one of the Fort Worth Circle T Council's Daisy girl scouts from Troop 3377. Nearly a baker's dozen of Daisies, Brownies and Girl Scouts from this troop brought in cookies donated to 301st Fighter Wing troops stationed at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Carswell Field, Texas. There were over four cases donated. (U. S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Stephen Bailey)

    Sweet support for the troops

  • A B-1 Bomber from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, flies overhead as nearly 50 Air Force Reserve and Guard members assist in revealing the 300-foot American flag during the Texas Ranger's Opening Day festitives. Many of the Reservists are stationed at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Carswell Field, Texas with the 301st Fighter Wing. (Courtesy Photo)

    Wings over Texas

  • Cadets from Timberview High School in Mansfield, Texas, perform Color Guard duties during one of their school's home football games. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

    Community involvement spreads Air Force pride

    For over a year now, I've been going out to local schools to provide some assistance for their military programs. The idea originated after I was judging a local Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps competition. The instructor starting asking me questions on how to make their program better. I offered to go to the high school and help him train
  • Col Bruce Cox (left), 301st Operations Group vice commander, gives a Night Vision Goggle (NVG) demonstration to Ms. Kate Fitzpatrick, a Professional Staff Member from the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, Washington, D.C. Ms. Fitzpatrick, and Ms. Katy Hagan (right), also a staffer, each received an orientation flight in the 457th Fighter Squadron's F-16, located at the Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base Carswell Field, Texas, to gain a full understanding into how the Air Force Reserve Command spends it's share of the budget in regards to equipment upgrades and combat capability. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Julie Briden-Garcia)

    A message of relevance

    Over my sixteen years in the 301st Fighter Wing, a continuous wind of change has blown across the Air Force Reserve Command. Principle events that have brought our wing from 'then to now' include the departure of the active duty Air Force from Carswell Air Force Base, surviving two Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) committee actions, and the
  • (second from left) Mr. Richard S. Page, acting Director of the Defense Commissary Agency (DECA) assist the installation commander, Navy Capt. Ian McIntyre, and the Army Air Force Exchange Service commander, Brig. Gen. Keith Thurgood, in the ribbon cutting ceremony March 25 as the AAFES BX-Mart converts back to a traditional commissary. Each armed service at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Carswell Field, Texas, was represented by a female enlisted member such as Airman 1st Class Samantha Payne (second from the right) from the 301st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Julie Briden-Garcia)

    DECA reopens at Carswell

  • Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth commander, Navy Capt. Ian McIntyre, took a moment to reflect on his time spent here while he prepares for his next assignment. Captain McIntyre commented on the challenges he has faced as the 'Skipper' of one of the first Joint Reserve bases initiated under the Base Re-alignment and Closure (BRAC) in 1992. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Maj. Karl Lewis)

    Commander reflects on his time as skipper

    Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth commander, Navy Capt. Ian McIntyre, took a moment to reflect on his time spent here while he prepares for his next assignment. Captain McIntyre commented on the challenges he has faced as the 'Skipper' of one of the first Joint Reserve bases initiated under the Base Re-alignment and Closure (BRAC) in
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