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AFRC News

  • Air Force Salutes campaign to honor those working the front lines

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas -- The Air Force is promoting a campaign to recognize those on the front lines battling the COVID-19 pandemic. Air Force Salutes is a way Airmen can honor someone in their community who doesn’t wear the Air Force uniform but still embodies the Air Force core

  • Air Force Reserve Command COVID Resiliency Message

    ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, Commander of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) and his wife Janis are joined via Zoom meeting with the AFRC Command Chief, Chief Master Sergeant Timothy White, Jr. and his wife Edith to discuss resiliency during COVID-19.

  • Staying Connected amidst Social Distancing

    There are usually dozens of people packed into the main conference room at Air Force Reserve Command headquarters here for AFRC’s quarterly Community Action Board meetings. Dozens more from across the country participate via video teleconference.For the latest meeting in early April, it was

  • Agile recruiting methods required to get future Airmen to basic training

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas -- Travel restrictions, cancelled flights and social distancing guidelines due to the COVID-19 pandemic aren’t getting in the way of the Air Force Recruiting Service’s mission.As the world is telling people to stay at home, the Air Force is finding new and

  • Vice Chairman Recognizes Reserve’s ‘COVID Commandos’

    During his press conference April 9, Air Force Gen. John Hyten, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, recognized a group of Reserve Citizen Airmen medical professionals from the 445th Airlift Wing here who refer to themselves as the “COVID Commandos.”With little notice, Col. (Dr.) Hans Otto,

  • Freedom Wing Command Team Assists in Fighting Global Pandemic

    On Palm Sunday, more than 120 Reserve Citizen Airmen from around the nation, arrived at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., to fight the coronavirus outbreak in New York City. They are doctors, nurses, respiratory technicians and support functions. Today, the medical personnel will be working