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AFRC News

  • AF Reserve aerial spray aircraft called in to fight Gulf oil spill

    Aircraft and crews from the 910th Airlift Wing have arrived at a staging area in the Gulf coast region in anticipation of supporting emergency oil spill clean-up efforts. "We are posturing to be ready to provide support to the ongoing emergency efforts if called upon," said Col Craig Peters, 910th

  • FEMA administrator visits AF Reserve Hurricane Hunters

    Craig Fugate, Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator, visited Reservists of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron April 29 to address hurricane preparedness as the June 1 storm season approaches."The Air Force does a lot for FEMA," Mr. Fugate said in an address to the 53 WRS "Hurricane

  • Air Force-wide social media access begins

    Air Force officials began a two-week phased opening April 26 of access to social media sites Air Force-wide.  Air Force Reserve Command will get access beginning May 1.Pacific Air Forces bases gained access to social media sites earlier in April, serving as the test-bed prior to the Air Force-wide

  • Arctic Care brings medical support to Alaskans

    Military and Department of Defense senior leaders traveled here to visit Airmen, Soldiers and Sailors participating in Operation Arctic Care 2010.This operation is the largest recurring joint military medical readiness and logistics training exercise, providing real-world humanitarian assistance and

  • Air Force Reserve units see changes in command this spring

    Several Air Force Reserve Command senior officers are moving to new assignments this spring. The changes include the following:Maj. Gen. Howard N. Thompson from deputy to the chief of Air Force Reserve, Headquarters Air Force, Pentagon, to chief of staff of U.S. Northern Command, Peterson AFB,

  • Alamo Wing Nurse earns native Alaskan patients' confidence

    A joint medical team recently deployed to a remote village in northern Alaska where earning trust is often the first step to getting patients through the door. According to Maj. Emily Cerreta, a traditional reservist assigned to the 433rd Airlift Wing at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, the fact that

  • Colorado C-130 crews prepare for 2010 wildland fire season

    The Air Force Reserve's 302nd Airlift Wing test fired the Modular Airborne Firefighting System II unit April 22 here as part of its preparation for the upcoming 2010 wildland fire season.The test coincides with the U.S. Forest Service's MAFFS certification week April 25-May 1 at the South Carolina

  • Yellow Ribbon event provides rest, eases redeployment

    Rest and relaxation mixed with reintegration seminars and Veteran resources, coupled with plenty of chocolate, was the theme for the 60-day Yellow Ribbon Event held April 16-18 at Hershey Lodge, Hershey, Pa.Yellow Ribbon coordinators from the 514th Air Mobility Wing planned this event for more than

  • Joint training enables Reservists to train as they fight

    Reservists from the 815th Airlift Squadron "Flying Jennies" familiarized Army Special Forces customers with the C-130J-30 "Super Hercules" capabilities during a joint training mission in Key West, Fla., April 16.Students and instructors of the Special Forces Underwater Operations School parachuted