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AFRC News

  • Mobility Airmen deliver a mission of love to Guatemala

    When emergencies happen in the U.S., the sirens of fire trucks and ambulances coming to the rescue can be comforting. Thanks to a C-17 Globemaster III crew from Travis Air Force Base, California, indigenous Mayans in Tecpan, Guatemala, will now hear that same sound of hope and help.

  • Air Force Reserve exhibits heritage art at Museum of Aviation

    In celebration of the Air Force Reserve 70th Anniversary, the Air Force Reserve Command’s Office of History and Heritage in partnership with the Museum of Aviation is exhibiting a series of paintings from the Air Force art collection highlighting a century of Reserve air power.

  • Air Guard, Reserve wings kick off annual MAFFS training

    As temperatures heated up in northern California, aerial firefighters from four C-130 airlift wings operating the U.S.D.A. Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, or MAFFS, started a weeklong training April 23 in anticipation of summer blazes.

  • Military Training Instructor super retires after 29 years

    Military and San Antonio community leaders honored Chief Master Sgt. Jesse Gomez, 433rd Training Squadron superintendent, during ceremonies last week commemorating the chief’s retirement after 29 years of uniformed service.

  • Gearing up for fire season

    Staff Sgt. Michael Allen, a 731st Airlift Squadron C-130 Hercules aircraft loadmaster, makes adjustments to a USDA Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System aircraft loading trailer while Senior Master Sgt. Nattessa Gilbert, a 731st AS loadmaster and MAFFS instructor, offers guidance at

  • Grissom personnel help support Yellow Ribbon event

    Having supported nearly every major contingency since Operation Desert Storm, the 434th Air Refueling Wing at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind. is no stranger to deployments, but a recent opportunity allowed members of the unit to provide support in another way.Eighteen Airmen and civilians from the

  • MacDill Reservists provide medical care during Arctic Care 2018

    Two Reserve Citizen Airmen assigned to the 927th Air Refueling Wing, MacDill Air Force Base Florida, are part of a joint and multinational contingent currently supporting, Arctic Care 2018, an Innovative Readiness Exercise based out of Kotzebue, Alaska.Maj. Vashun Rodriguez, a flight surgeon