May 10, 2021 2021 Outstanding Airmen of the Year Air Force Reserve Command leaders recognized exceptional Reserve Citizen Airmen during the 2021 AFRC Outstanding Airmen of the Year ceremony held virtually, May 5.All winners and nominees competed in their respective Numbered Air Force before moving forward to compete at the major command level.The
May 10, 2021 Alamo Wing executes Alamo-Bravo readiness exercise The 433rd Airlift Wing conducted a deployment readiness training event, Exercise Alamo Bravo, here May 3-7.The exercise enabled leadership to assess its Reserve Citizen Airmen’s deployment and readiness capabilities, so units within the wing can determine strengths and areas of improvement.
May 5, 2021 Scobee testifies before House Appropriations Committee Reserve Component and Congressional members discussed specific Reserve missions, modernization, mental health, diversity and the fiscal 2022 budget. In addition, Scobee touted the many accomplishments of Reserve Citizen Airmen in a year marked by challenges.
May 5, 2021 Citizen Developer Team Revolutionizes Manual Process, Creates Cloud-Based App Propelling forward the Air Force’s initiative to replace antiquated systems with new cloud-based solutions, a team from the Headquarters Air Force Reserve recently developed and implemented the first customer relationship management (CRM) application built for Air Force Manpower, Personnel, and
April 30, 2021 Air Force transitions from CVR Teams to more secure systems Beginning June 15, Commercial Virtual Remote (CVR) Teams will no longer be an option within the Air Force, and all information stored in that system will go away. As the CVR environment goes away, the Air Force network version of Microsoft Teams – a separate application with slightly different
April 27, 2021 Total Force Recruiting: The first step to winning the high-end fight As I prepared to assume responsibilities as the Command Chief for Air Force Recruiting Service, an organization recently re-tooled as an Air Force Total Force command, I found myself trying to understand this new mantra of “Total Force Recruiting.” To truly answer though, I had to start with the
April 26, 2021 Airlift missions continues amidst the pandemic As the world-wide pandemic surpasses it’s year mark, aircrew members from the 315th Airlift Wing continues its complex global reach mission, despite the challenges brought by COVID-19.This mission, already complex, flying two helicopters to South America inside a C-17 Globemaster III, was made more
April 23, 2021 413th FTG hosts first-ever virtual conference Reserve Citizen Airmen with the 413th Flight Test Group recently gathered for the unit’s first-ever virtual conference, hosted at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia.With travel restrictions still in effect DoD-wide due to ongoing COVID-19 risks, the conference gave group members an opportunity to safely
April 22, 2021 310th Space Wing takes aim at COVID-19 with mass vaccination effort The 310th Space Wing’s Aerospace Medicine Flight worked with the 302nd Aeromedical Staging Squadron to conduct a mass COVID-19 vaccination event at the Peterson AFB gym, April 11.
April 22, 2021 Air Force rewrites basic doctrine, focuses on mission command, airpower evolution Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. recently signed perhaps the most sweeping change of Air Force basic doctrine in the service’s history, marking a major milestone in the service’s strategic approach to “Accelerate Change or Lose.”
Charleston Reservist wins top Air Force photographer award Staff Sgt. Joseph Leveille, of the 315th Airlift Wing’s 4th Combat Camera Squadron here at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, was named Air Force Military Photographer of the Year this week.
2023 AFRC A1 awards announced Col. Edward Segura, Air Force Reserve Command’s director of manpower, personnel and services, announces AFRC’s 2023 A1 award winners.
Command announces nominees for FY23 Air Force Small Business Awards Air Force Reserve Command announces nominees for FY23 Air Force Small Business Awards
AFGSC names 2023 Global Strike Challenge winners Air Force Global Strike Command announced the winners of Global Strike Challenge 2023 at the multi-month competition’s capstone event Nov. 8.