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AFRC News

  • CenterPoint Energy donates to STARBASE 2.0 program

    CenterPoint Energy presented DoD STARBASE Louisiana with a $14,000 grant March 2 at Elm Grove Middle School, Bossier City, Louisiana. Five CenterPoint Energy company leaders met with STARBASE officials and several Bossier Parish school and community leaders to present the grant. The group also

  • AFAF kicks off at HARB March 7

    This year's Air Force Assistance Fund "Taking Care of Our Own" campaign runs March 7 to May 13 at Homestead Air Reserve Base. It allows critical support to Airmen, Guardians, and their families – active duty, Reservists, Guardsmen, retirees, and surviving spouses from the Air and Space Forces.The

  • Smokescreens, sandbags, frozen creeks and empty mags

    When the crew door of a C-5 Galaxy opened on the ramp at Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, Feb. 6, 2022, it was the first time some of the 40 Defenders debarking the aircraft had ever seen snow. The forecast for the next two weeks called for some of the coldest temperatures they’d ever

  • Airman's 20-year path to service epitome of resilience

    Senior Airman Michael McCullough is an example of a dogged mentality and desire to don the Air Force blue and serve his country. His 20-year journey to serve is the epitome of the type of resiliency the Air Force encourages.

  • A legacy of hard work and selfless service

    It was sports day at a high school in Jamaica when a helicopter landed on the soccer field. Rotators still spinning, schoolmates ran towards the action.As a clean-shaven man with a towering presence shut down the engine and jumped out of the aircraft to stop the children from getting too close to

  • Duke Field Airman among newest DAGREs

    A lone security forces Airman ran through plumes of purple smoke while fighting off opposing forces before taking cover behind a building with their own ammunition flying through the streets of the mock village.The sound of gunfire consumed the "city" comprised largely of shipping containers while

  • U.S. F-35s forward deploy to NATO’s eastern flank

    SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany --  Six F-35A aircraft from Hill Air Force Base's active duty 388th Fighter Wing and Reserve 419th Fighter Wing currently operating out of Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, forward deployed Feb. 24 to the Baltic Sea and Black Sea regions in support of NATO’s collective

  • Airmen revitalize JBSA parks

    Students from the 733rd Training Squadron volunteered to remove trash and debris from Stillman Park and Leon Creek here, Feb. 18, 2022. The 502nd Installation Support Group coordinated the joint initiative cleanup to remove garbage and litter from on-base parks and waterways. Members from the 502nd

  • Exercises aren’t just PT

    Exercises for the normal base population are anywhere from one shift of work to one full week, for the planners it may take anywhere from 30 days to plan a simple exercise scenario to over a year to plan for more complex exercises.