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AFRC News

  • AFR Chief participates in Total Force Panel at 2017 AFA Conference

    Hundreds of Airmen convened to hear senior Air Force leaders from the active, guard, and reserve components participate in the Total Force Panel at the 2017 Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference Sept. 19. The panel, moderated by the President of AFA, Gen. (ret.) Larry Spencer,

  • 39th FTS flyover pays tribute to legendary WWII commander

    A missing man formation of T-38Cs in Denver last month, led by Lt. Col. Kyle Goldstein, 39th Fighter Training Squadron commander, paid tribute to the life and service of “legendary” World War II veteran, Col. Frank Royal, who died in November at the age of 101. Royal, who joined the U.S. Army Air

  • Dobbins aircrews, maintainers return home from deployment

    Crowds of friends and family members gathered around a hangar looked up in awe as five C-130H Hercules flew overhead. After several months, the long wait had come to an end. Their loved ones were finally home from deployment.Once the planes landed, crew members waved American flags as planes taxied

  • Okies bring the boom

    In honor of the Air Force’s 70th Anniversary, a KC-135 Stratotanker from the 507th Air Refueling Wing operating out of Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, performed a flyover Sept. 16, 2017, at a University of Oklahoma football game at the Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman, Oklahoma.

  • 655th ISRG officially activates three new squadrons

    Three 655 Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group detachments formally activated as official intelligence squadrons effective midnight, September 2.The former Det. 1, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Det. 2, Fort Meade, Maryland and Det. 3, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, are now

  • AFRC wins trophies and Allies during international shooting competition

    Among members of the Profession of Arms, there is an unwritten rule that the best way to build camaraderie and morale is to spend time together getting dirty and shooting guns.Seven security forces Reserve Citizen Airmen from across the Air Force Reserve Command had the opportunity to put this to

  • A family legacy 70 years in the making

    Seventy years ago, Lenard Ellison made the decision to join the military.“I was 17 and my mother helped me join the Army in August 1947 to get out of the south due to racial tension,” the retired technical sergeant said.