Postmark commemorates Air Force Reserve 60th anniversary

The cancellation stamp to be used by the U.S. Postal Service to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Air Force Reserve.The stamp will be used from April 14 to June 14, 2008 at the Marietta, Ga., Post Office. (US Air Force Graphic/Maj. Todd Copley)

Celebrating 60 years

Ed Hamill performs a slow pass in front of the crowd during Aviation Nation Air Show Nov. 10, 2007, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. This year's show commemorated 60 years of airpower and was the capstone event of the Air Force's yearlong 60th anniversary celebration. Mr. Hamill is an Air Force Reserve major and a civilian contractor who flies the "Dream Team" in support of Reserve recruiting. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Robert W. Valenca)

Air Force Reserve drops soldiers over Iraq.

March 2003 - Air Force Reserve drops US Army paratroopers to secure an airfield in northern Iraq: Kurdish militiamen and US special operations troops linked up with more than 1000 US Army paratroopers to secure the area around a strategic air strip, as the first large coalition ground force in northern Iraq began opening another front against Saddam Hussein's regime. Army Rangers, jumped out of low-flying C-17 transport planes under cover of darkness and secured a snow-dusted airfield to bring in supplies and support personnel. The airdrop was one of the biggest paratroop drops in decades.

Reserve Airmen are warriors in the fight.

The Air Force Reserve, as part of the "Total Force" has adopted a "warrior ethos." The reserve component is increasingly becoming an integrated, operational force, fighting alongside active-duty and National Guard Airmen around the world. Each Airman must adopt a warrior's way of life, as described in Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley's "Warrior Creed."

Air Force Reserve weapons loaders arm A-10.

At Tallil Air Base, Iraq, Air Force Reserve weapons loaders Tech. Sgt Monty Mikle and Master Sgt. Jay Haas, 442nd Fighter Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., repack an AGM-65 Maverick missile on the flightline during Operation Enduring Freedom. An awaiting A-10 Thunderbolt II is armed with Mavericks and Mk-82 250-pound bombs.

Air Force Reserve flys, fights, wins over Afghanistan.

Oct. 7, 2001 -- Air Force Reserve fighters and tankers flew in to fight in support of Operation Enduring Freedom over Afghanistan. Here, a Reserve Airman assigned to the 466th Fighter Squadron boards an F-16C fighter plane at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar.