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AFRC News

  • More ROTC instructor jobs open to Air Force Reserve officers

    Air Force Reserve captains, majors and lieutenant colonels can now apply for more Air Force ROTC instructor positions. These jobs are available under the AFROTC Limited Period Recall Program. Information and job applications are available online at http://ask.afpc.randolph.af.mil by clicking on

  • C-130 dedication honors 82nd Airborne Soldiers in Afghanistan

    Air Force officials here dedicated a C-130 Hercules Oct. 5 to the Soldiers of the 82nd Airborne Division deployed to Bagram Airfield. The transport was originally dedicated Oct. 25, 2008, in North Carolina at Pope Air Force Base to Fort Bragg's entire 82nd Airborne Division. Tail No. 79282 from Air

  • Air mobility squadrons associate with Air Force Reserve units

    Air Force Reserve Command and Air Mobility Command are working to establish three active associate flying squadrons. About 500 Regular Air Force Airmen will associate with Air Force Reserve units at Keesler AFB, Miss.; March Air Reserve Base, Calif.; and Peterson AFB, Colo., by 2012. Lt. Col. Carlos

  • Tuskegee Airman takes part in next-generation promotion

    The past and future met Oct. 3 in a promotion ceremony that bridged two generations of American heroes. Retired Lt. Col. Edward Drummond, a Tuskegee Airman who flew the B-25 bomber and P-47 Thunderbolt during a 25-year Air Force career, administered the oath of office to Kimberly Scott during her

  • Air Force Reserve seeks to minimize H1N1 effects

    Air Force Reserve Command is taking a more active role this year in preventing influenza-like illnesses, including the new H1N1 strain. "The first line of defense is understanding how the disease is transmitted," said Lt. Col. Tim Bennett, AFRC public health officer. The flu and the H1N1 strain

  • Safety helps boost integration at McConnell

    It wasn't so much a shotgun wedding, more like a honeymoon event. The coming together of the 931 Air Refueling Group and 22nd Air Refueling Wing safety offices really started a month ago with total force integration meetings. Not long after the two made the integration commitment, Maj. Travis Clark,

  • 442nd Fighter Wing hosts Yellow Ribbon event for security forces spouses

    The 442nd Fighter Wing played host to some honored guests here Sept. 26, providing a look at the unit reserved for distinguished visitors.Spouses and family members of deployed Citizen Airmen from the wing's 442nd Security Forces Squadron received a day of tours, discussions, classes and even lunch

  • Rescue wing crew chiefs crank it up in Canada

    Nearly two dozen combat rescue crew chiefs kept busy readying and maintaining two 920th Rescue Wing aircraft in Canada Search and Rescue Exercise 09. The exercise ran Sept. 22-25 and staged out of the Royal Canadian Air Force's 9 Wing here. The HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter and the fixed-wing

  • Civil engineers return to Alaska

    Thirty-seven Air Force reservists from the 477th Civil Engineer Squadron arrived at Anchorage International Airport Sept. 13 after deploying to Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq. Family and friends welcomed home the Airmen, who were deployed for four to six months. The reservists worked with Iraqis and other

  • Communicator receives award from Microsoft

    One of Air Force Reserve Command's top communicators received a Microsoft Innovator of the Year Award during the Air Force Information Technology Conference 2009 here Aug. 24-27. Bret Wilson, chief of the network integration division at Headquarters AFRC, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., accepted his