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Reserve recruiters participate in joint air operations at JBSA
February 18, 2021 — In-service recruiters from the 352nd Recruiting Squadron participated in a joint Total Force helicopter sling load exercise Jan. 26-27 to enhance their situational awareness of the Air Force Reserve and broaden their understanding of the aerial transportation career field... MORE

Tech. Sgt. Brasil A. Segura (right), 352nd Recruiting Squadron in-service Air Force Reserve recruiter, braces Senior Airman Arturo Delgado, 26th Aerial Transportation Squadron aerial porter, as they prepare to attach a 2,000 pound A-22 cargo bag to a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter flown by Texas Army National Guard Soldiers.

JBSA joint, Total Forces practice sling loading skills
December 30, 2020 — A joint Total Force team led by the 74th Aerial Port Squadron peers into a darkened landscape masked by a moonless evening sky in preparation for an ambitious helicopter sling load mission dubbed “Operation Nightstorm.”  ... MORE

U.S. Air Force Reserve Component Airmen assigned to the 74th Aerial Port Squadron, Texas Army National Guard Soldiers from the 2nd Company, 149st Aviation Regiment and 108th Aviation Regiment, and active-duty members from the Air Force Special Warfare Training Support Squadron participate in a helicopter rigging mission, Dec. 15, 2020, at Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Annex, Texas.