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AFRC News

  • Recruiters shatter enlistment goal ahead of schedule

    Air Force Reserve Command recruiters recorded their 8,800th enlistment of the year Aug. 3, breaking the record for reaching their annual recruiting goal the fastest - two months before deadline. The 400 men and women who recruit nationwide for the Air Force Reserve had until Sept. 30, the end of the

  • Dover security forces reservists return from Iraq

    Thirteen Airmen from the 512th Security Forces Squadron here returned from a six-month deployment to Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq, at the end of July. The reservists, assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron, provided base defense operations such as perimeter security, entry

  • Campers learn about military life at Wright-Patterson

    Campers taking part in the National Military Family Association's Operation Purple Camp at 4-H Camp Graham, Clarkesville, Ohio, came here July 13-14 and July 20-21 to get hands-on experience of what the 445th Airlift Wing has to offer and to meet other military kids. Operation Purple Camp is a free,

  • Blended crew wins best aerial refueling team award

    A blended crew of Air Force Reserve and Regular Air Force Airmen from here won the Best Aerial Refueling Team award at the Air Mobility Rodeo, McChord AFB, Wash. Lt. Col. John Wood, a Reserve KC-135 Stratotanker pilot from the 931st Air Refueling Group, accepted the trophy July 24on behalf of the

  • Construction starts for new personnel center building

    History was made as officials broke ground on the Air Reserve Personnel Center's new headquarters building July 23 at Buckley Air Force Base, Colo. Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., commander of Air Force Reserve Command, spoke to an audience of more than 200 ARPC employees and Air Force and

  • Reserve teams win 15 awards at Air Mobility Rodeo 2009

    Air Force Reserve units and blended units (reserve-regular Air Force) teams combined to win 15 events at Air Mobility Rodeo 2009,  the U.S. Air Force's premier mobility competition. . The 446th Airlift Wing and 916th Air Refueling Wing won two of the main awards at the week-long, international

  • Air Force, Army reservists team up in Global Medic exercise

    Global Medic is an annual medical exercise designed to replicate all aspects of combat service support on the battlefield and allow participating combat support units to train as they fight. As one of the largest medical command and control exercises between the U.S. Army Reserve and the U.S. Air

  • Blended team brings Rodeo gold to Goldsboro

    The blended 916th Air Refueling Wing Rodeo team won four awards at Air Mobility Command competition last week. The team, composed of regular and Air Force reserve members won top honors as the Best KC-135 Team at the international competition. Other awards included: Best KC-135 Air Crew, Best KC-135

  • 326th AS aircrew now veteran RODEO wranglers

    Aircrew members from the 326th Airlift Squadron are bringing home new experiences after competing at the 2009 Air Mobility Command RODEO July 19-25 at McChord Air Force Base, Wash. With more than 100 teams participating at the RODEO, including seven foreign countries, the competition tested Airmen