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AFRC News

  • 479th FTG celebrates Sapphire Event, 45 years of women in the cockpit

    Members from the 479th Flying Training Group and Air Force Recruiting Service, Detachment 1, held a Combat Systems Officer Sapphire and General Officer Inspire events to honor 45 years of women in the cockpit.The events showcased Air Force rated career opportunities and afforded students the

  • Isochronal Inspections bring Maintainers Together

    With a wingspan of about 132 feet, it requires a team effort to keep the 908th Airlift Wing’s fleet of C-130H Hercules in excellent working condition. The 908th AW’s commitment to staying mission ready requires that the 908th Maintenance Squadron have around 22 full-time maintainers and 126

  • Reserve Airman makes history with first USAF-piloted eVTOL vehicle flight

    Just south of his home in Brooklyn, New York, a young Terrence McKenna spent much of his childhood in Prospect Park tossing around wooden gliders and flying remote-controlled airplanes, each aircraft more complex and capable than the last.By the early 2000s, McKenna came across an ad for flying

  • Air Force Reserve Command leadership visits Ali Al Salem Air Base

    U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Richard W. Scobee, chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander of the Air Force Reserve Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Timothy C. White Jr., senior enlisted advisor to the Chief of the Air Force Reserve and command chief of the Air Force Reserve Command, visited Ali Al Salem

  • IMA Strategic Review Phase III Begins

    Air Force Reserve Command’s Individual Mobilization Augmentee Strategic Review Team has completed Phase II of its thorough review of the IMA program to ensure the globally integrated IMA force aligns with the National Defense Strategy, Department of the Air Force and Air Force Reserve strategic

  • Learning to Fly... Again

    As the last remaining C-130 “Hercules” aircraft depart the 908th Airlift Wing for new homes, the remaining members prepare for a likely re-missioning to the Air Force’s first MH-139 “Grey Wolf” helicopter Formal Training Unit. Several of the wing’s C-130 pilots chose to learn how to fly the

  • You look like you belong in the Air Force

    *This is part of the Build Your Legacy feature series highlighting how new recruits were influenced to join the 307th Bomb Wing by veterans and current military members. Kalill Speight, a Shreveport native, spent high school focusing on academics and getting a sports scholarship for college. He had