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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
Exercise Nexus Dawn Kicks Off Across West Coast

Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 349th Air Mobility Wing at Travis Air Force Base, California, and the 446th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, deployed to March Air Reserve Base, Calif., to kick off the units' first large-scale West Coast readiness exercise since the COVID-19
April 26, 2021
AFRC Force Generation Center

Col. Lewis "Mike" Ballard, Vice Commander, Force Generation Center (FGC), and Lt. Col. Thomas Albrecht, Chief, Force Generation Center Battle Watch, explain why the FGC was created, describe the different sections within the center, and denote the relevance of the FGC to the Air Force Reserve on
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 23, 2021
2020 Outstanding Air Force Reserve Command Unit, Senior Non-Commissioned Officer, Non-Commissioned Officer, and Airmen Combat Crew Communications Member of the Year Awards

Congratulations to the following 2020 Outstanding Air Force Reserve Command Unit, Senior Non-Commissioned Officer, Non-Commissioned Officer, and Airmen Combat Crew Communications Member of the Year Award winners.These awards recognize specific Air Force Reserve Members and the Unit that has
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
Getting to know the new AFIMSC senior MA, built infrastructure executive director

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Air Force Civil Engineer Center’s Natural Disaster Recovery Program Management Office, as a key component of the NDR Program, has a new general officer to provide executive-level support for the Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, rebuild. Following recently
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.”
April 22, 2021
AFRC partners with Kessel Run on travel pay reform initiative

As part of the Air Force Reserve’s strategic priority, Reform the Organization, and aligned with the Air Force Chief of Staff’s vision to Accelerate Change or Lose, Air Force Reserve Command and Kessel Run recently kicked off a new software development program to simplify and update the user

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