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AFRC News

  • New tasking management software improves efficiency, saves time

    In todays fast-paced, complicated world, one would be hard-pressed to find many people who wouldn't like to simplify their jobs. With that goal in mind, Air Force Reserve Command is rolling out a new software program designed to improve efficiency and save time.The Task Management Tool is a

  • Command announces 2009 outstanding unit awards

    Air Force Reserve Command selected 15 units to receive the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for 2009.Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., AFRC commander, announced the following selections in a memorandum to unit commanders Dec. 29:433rd Airlift Wing, Lackland AFB, Texas;94th AW, Dobbins Air Reserve

  • March uses automated test to screen for injury

    It's mandatory. All Airmen must undergo specific testing for a possible injury before going into a combat zone. Concerned the concussion of an explosion may cause brain injury, the Department of Defense created the Neurocognitive Assessment Tool. The U.S. Army began using the NCAT in 2006. As of

  • Recruits must pass P.A.S.T. to have future in rescue

    "Don't quit." That's the motto here for the pre-indoctrination course for the Air Force Reserve pararescuemen and combat rescue officers. It's an imperative that will stick with these men throughout their two-year training program, known as the "Pipeline."Patrick's 920th Rescue Wing administers the

  • Tinker reservists deploy to Guam, Southwest Asia

    More than 100 Air Force reservists from the 507th Air Refueling Wing deployed in late December to support Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.The Air Force Reserve Command unit flies and maintains the KC-135R Stratotanker and performs daily air refueling missions in support of national

  • 445th AW reservists fly snow removal equipment to Afghanistan

    The 445th Airlift Wing participated with the Air Force Security Assistance Center and the 88th Air Base Wing Dec. 23 to transport two snow removal vehicles and associated snow removal equipment to Kabul, Afghanistan. The plows will be used to clear runways at Kabul International Airport for the

  • President Signs 2010 Defense Budget Into Law

    Defense officials are hailing passage of the fiscal 2010 budget that funds military programs and wartime operations in Afghanistan and Iraq and provides a military pay raise.President Barack Obama signed the 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act into law Dec. 19 after the Senate approved it

  • Thunderbolt up close

    A KC-135R Stratotanker from the Air Force Reserve Command's 336th Air Refueling Squadron conducts night aerial refueling training with an A-10 Thunderbolt II from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base over southern Arizona. 

  • Holiday Notes from Home airs Dec 23-25

    Amy Grant, Brian McKnight and Take 6 join the Band of the Air Force Reserve and Air Force Strings in this year's Holiday Notes from Home concert on the American Forces Network and the Gospel Music Channel this holiday season.The hour-long special will air on the Gospel Music Channel Dec. 23 at 10

  • Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters fly first winter storm

    The Air Force Reserve "Hurricane Hunters" are tasked by the National Weather Service to fly their first winter storm of the season on the East Coast starting Friday.The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron "Hurricane Hunters" assigned to the 403rd Wing, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., are perhaps