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    <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Air Force Reserve Chief Receives International Award for Global Health Leadership</title>
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      <description>The Air Force’s International Health Specialist program presented Lt. Gen. John P. Healy, Chief of&lt;br/&gt; 
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      <pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 18:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Lt. Col. Ethan Stoker</dc:creator>
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      <title>2025 Airlift/Tanker Association (A/TA) Lt Gen James E. Sherrard III Award</title>
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      <description>Congratulations to the AFRC selection for the Airlift/Tanker Association (A/TA) Lt General James E. Sherrard III Award.&lt;br/&gt; 
 

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      <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2025 18:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>AFRC Continuous Improvement and Innovation (CI2) Impact Award Winners</title>
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      <description>Congratulations to the winners of the AFRC CI2 Impact Award for the period of January 1, 2024 to December 31,2024.&lt;br/&gt; 
 

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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 18:17:43 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>507th ARW Chaplain Receives Air Force Reserve Command Award for Excellence</title>
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      <description>Chaplain Lt. Col. Alice Hernandez, the wing chaplain of the 507th Air Refueling Wing, has been named the 2024 recipient of the Air Force Reserve Chaplain Corps Annual Award for Individual Excellence in the Traditional Reservist/Individual Mobilization Augmentee category. The award recognizes outstanding contributions to spiritual readiness, mission support and community impact across the Air Force Reserve Chaplain Corps.&lt;br/&gt; 
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      <pubDate>Fri, 01 Aug 2025 13:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Carter Denton</dc:creator>
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      <title>507th ARW First Sergeant Council Named Best in Air Force Reserve Command</title>
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      <description>The 507th Air Refueling Wing First Sergeant Council—comprised of first sergeants from the 507th ARW, 137th Special Operations Wing, 513th Air Control Group, and 35th Combat Communications Squadron—has been named the best in Air Force Reserve Command for 2024, earning top honors for their excellence in leadership, service and support to Airmen.&lt;br/&gt; 
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2025 15:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Carter Denton</dc:creator>
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      <title>87th APS wins Reserve Command logistics readiness award</title>
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      <description>The 87th Aerial Port Squadron recently won the Air Reserve Component Terminal of the Year Category II award as part of the Air Force Reserve Command Logistics Readiness Unit awards for Fiscal Year 2024.&lt;br/&gt; 
&lt;img src='https://media.defense.gov/2025/Jun/11/2003737293/300/300/0/250503-F-BT522-1009.JPG' alt='U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Emmanuel Fraiku, right, 87th Aerial Port ramp services representative, guides Tech. Sgt. Benjamin Battista, 87th APS load planning supervisor, as he operates a 25K Halvorson loader to transport a pallet onto a loading dock during the squadron’s semi-annual Port Dawg Challenge at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, May 3, 2025. The APS won the Air Force Reserve Command Logistics Readiness Unit awards for Fiscal Year 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Patrick O’Reilly)' /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; 

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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Jun 2025 18:57:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Amanda Dick</dc:creator>
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      <title>AFR winners of the 2024 HQ Air Force A1 Awards</title>
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      <description>Congratulations to the Air Force Reserve Command winners of the 2024 HQ Air Force A1 Awards. &lt;br/&gt; 
 

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      <pubDate>Wed, 04 Jun 2025 15:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>908th Lt named AFRC Aircrew Flight Equipment Officer of the Year for 2024 </title>
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      <description>The 908th Operations Support Squadron’s Aircrew Flight Equipment Officer, 1st Lt. Troy Smith, was named the Air Force Reserve Command’s AFE Officer of the Year for 2024.&lt;br/&gt; 
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      <pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2025 14:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Bradley J. Clark</dc:creator>
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      <title>Leader of the pack: Innovation and intensity earn 307th Bomb Wing Airman DAF award</title>
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      <description>Underneath his email signature line, Lt. Col. Brandon Wolf, 93rd Bomb Squadron B-52 instructor pilot, poses a haunting question to the reader: “Our adversaries got better today…what did we do?”&lt;br/&gt; 
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      <pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2025 12:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Senior Master Sgt. Ted Daigle </dc:creator>
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      <title>507th ARW First Sergeant Council Named Best in 4th Air Force</title>
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      <description>The 507th Air Refueling Wing First Sergeant Council—comprised of first sergeants from the 507 ARW, 137th Special Operations Wing, 513th Air Control Group, and 35th Combat Communications Squadron—has been named the best wing first sergeant council in 4th Air Force for 2024. The council will now compete for the Air Force Reserve Command-level award against winning councils from 10th and 22nd Air Forces.&lt;br/&gt; 
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      <pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2025 16:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Carter Denton</dc:creator>
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      <title>914th ARW IGI team wins AFRC award</title>
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      <description>The 914th Air Refueling Wing Inspector General Inspections section orchestrated Air Force Reserve&lt;br/&gt; 
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      <pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2025 16:37:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Senior Airman Anthony Reyes</dc:creator>
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      <title>AFRC Announces 2024 Medical Award Selections</title>
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      <description>Air Force Reserve Command announces Fiscal Year 2024 Medical Award Selections.&lt;br/&gt; 
 

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      <pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2025 19:27:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Air Force Reserve Command Headquarters Public Affairs</dc:creator>
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      <title>624th ASTS recognized by Hawaii House of Representatives</title>
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      <description>The Mental Health Team of the 624th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, Medical Operations Flight received the Statewide Impact Award from the Hawaii House of Representatives at the Hawaii State Capitol on March 7, 2025. &lt;br/&gt; 
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      <pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2025 23:41:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Tech. Sgt. Chantal Cruz</dc:creator>
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      <title>910th Airlift Wing annual awards banquet</title>
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      <description>The 910th Airlift Wing held its annual awards banquet, March 1, 2025, at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio. The evening’s program is designed to recognize Airmen who display superior leadership, excel in job performance and demonstrate high levels of personal achievement.

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      <pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2025 20:53:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Capt. Donnie Hatheway</dc:creator>
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      <title>AFRC A1 Annual Awards </title>
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      <description>AFRC A1 Annual Awards &lt;br/&gt; 
 

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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Feb 2025 16:35:25 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Air Force Reserve Command’s Analysis of the Year Awards</title>
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      <description>2024 Air Force Reserve Command’s Analysis of the Year Awards&lt;br/&gt; 
 

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      <pubDate>Tue, 25 Feb 2025 19:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Air Force Reserve Command Public Affairs</dc:creator>
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      <title>349 AMW Annual Awards Ceremony</title>
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      <description>The entirety of the 349th Air Mobility Wing gathered to honor its 4th Quarter and Annual award&lt;br/&gt; 
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      <pubDate>Wed, 05 Feb 2025 00:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Tech. Sgt. Daniel Peterson</dc:creator>
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      <title>Air Force Reserve Officer Honored for Heroism</title>
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      <description>Air Force Reserve leadership presented Maj. Michael Medrano with the Airman’s Medal Aug. 2 at the Museum of Aviation.&lt;br/&gt; 
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      <pubDate>Mon, 05 Aug 2024 13:37:01 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Pentagon News</dc:creator>
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      <title>Air Force Reserve Command honors annual Award winners for 2023</title>
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      <description>Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) celebrated its Annual Award winners for 2023 during a ceremony in Washington, D.C. Each Airman, noncommissioned officer, senior noncommissioned officer, and first sergeant was nominated by their individual units, exemplifying the outstanding effort put forth by the members of the Reserve Command in support of the Air Force mission: to fly, fight, and win.&lt;br/&gt; 
&lt;img src='https://media.defense.gov/2024/Jul/03/2003497410/300/300/0/240624-D-FX991-7820.JPG' alt='Airmen from commands across AFRC were nominated for 2024 Airmen of the Year.' /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; 

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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jul 2024 14:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Chris Wilson, 10th Air Force Public Affairs</dc:creator>
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      <title>Reservist earns AFA field grade officer of year award</title>
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      <description>A 315th Airlift Wing Intelligence Flight Reservist was recently named Air Force Association’s field grade officer of the year for his leadership efforts while serving last year with the 437th Operations Support Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. Maj. Alex Arntz, 315th Intelligence Flight, worked with the 437th OSS for 7 months in 2023 as a flight commander.&lt;br/&gt; 
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      <pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2024 16:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Michael Dukes</dc:creator>
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