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AFRC News

  • Joint training prepares aircrews for wartime mission

    As fighting rages on in Afghanistan and Iraq, the demands placed on Air Force Reserve aircrews increase to an all-time high as they spend more time away from families and civilian careers. One factor, however, stays constant - the need for training.A recent joint C-17 training mission involved the

  • Keesler wing supports deployed reservists

    During the first weekend of November, volunteers for the 403rd Wing Key Family Member Program packed supplies to give to reservists deployed overseas. Many of the deployed reservists are living in austere locations where the requested supplies are in short supply. Candy, coffee, batteries, shampoo

  • Kandahar Airmen fly missions of mercy

    They are the "Angels of the Battlefield," medics dedicated to transporting and caring for wounded U.S. and coalition servicemembers and helping locals in need."It's our job to take care of these wounded warriors," said Maj. Dawn Rice, a flight nurse and medical director assigned to the 451st

  • 403rd Wing aircraft evacuate ahead of Ida

    KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss. - The Air Force Reserve's 403rd Wing is evacuating aircraft Monday from Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., to forward operating locations in Texas to avoid possible heavy winds from Hurricane Ida.The storm is expected to work its way near the Gulf Coast in the next 24 to 48

  • Citizen Airmen Hurricane Hunters Fly Ida

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  • Air Force Reserve aeromeds showcase mission capabilities for NORTHCOM, AMC

    Air Force reservists in the 34th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron showed senior leaders from U.S. Northern Command and Air Mobility Command Oct. 13 how they could help civilian communites with medical evacuations. The briefing and up-close look at C-130 Hercules and C-17 Globemaster III aeromedical

  • Defense bill approves more benefits, people

    The National Defense Authorization Act for 2010, signed into law Oct. 28 by President Barack Obama, authorizes a variety of pay and benefits for Air Force reservists. A military pay raise of 3.4 percent across the board starts Jan. 1, 2010. The bill also increases the end strength of Air Force

  • Colorado reservists deliver aid to Caribbean island

    Reservists from Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., lent a helping hand Oct. 30 by transporting much-needed educational and medical supplies to the Caribbean island of St. Vincent. Through a U.S. humanitarian aid program supported by the Denton Amendment, the supplies were airlifted to the Caribbean

  • Charleston receives newest C-17 from AFRC commander

    The commander of the Air Force Reserve Command flew and delivered here Oct. 28 the newest C-17 Globemaster III to come off the production line at Boeing's Long Beach, Calif., plant. Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr. accompanied by an all-Reserve crew from Charleston's 317th Airlift Squadron presented

  • Reservists support launch of NASA test rocket

    Air Force reservists from Patrick's 920th Rescue Wing supported the successful launch of NASA's Ares I-X test rocket from the Kennedy Space Center Oct. 29. Wing crews cleared the Eastern Range, warning mariners to stay away from the 10-mile by 70-mile strip in the Atlantic Ocean that extends out