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AFRC News

  • Take your boss to work day

    On June 3, the 446th Airlift Wing hosted Employer Orientation Day at McChord Field for a group of reservists’ full-time employers.

  • Hurricane Hunters take part in U.S. Navy operational demonstration

    While their typical mission is gathering weather data for the National Hurricane Center, the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron's “Hurricane Hunters”, provided weather information for the U.S. Navy’s first Gulf of Mexico Oceanography Unmanned Systems Operational Demonstration, May 30 through June

  • Top Recruiter: Family the driving force behind her success

    While Master Sgt. Alisa Merriott was having arguably one of the greatest production years ever for an Air Force Reserve recruiter, she was also dealing with a great personal hardship. Her mother, Arline Kabele, had been diagnosed with stage-four brain cancer and was given three months to live. On a

  • A Tiger's Tale: To salute or not salute

    There are many times in the military when service members are faced with making a quick decision about whether or not to render a salute. But very rarely does someone find himself in a situation where he is being coined by a major command commander while dressed in an orange and white tiger outfit

  • Total Force wingmen enable MQ-1, MQ-9 mission

    In the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper community, active duty, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Airmen incorporate as a total force integration to provide 60 combat lines or 60 aircraft in the air, 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. This team of aircrew, maintenance and other

  • Peterson enlisted reservists honored by local community

    Two Citizen Airmen from the 302nd Airlift Wing were recognized by the Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Corporation’s Military Affairs Council during the 2017 Armed Forces Week awards luncheon held May 15, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.In the Airman category, Senior

  • Carolina skies turn grey during large formation exercise

    Aircrews from the 315th and 437th Airlift Wings took off the morning of May 25, from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, in 18 C-17 Globemaster IIIs as part of a large formation exercise over Carolina skies. Exercise Bonny Jack was a joint service exercise with about 1,600 paratroopers from the

  • 655th ISRG reservist witnesses attack in Stockholm, assists authorities

    655th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group member Maj. Roberts was in Stockholm, Sweden, April 7, 2017, completing the last day of his civilian job when a terror attack was perpetrated on the famous Drottninggatan Shopping Street. Roberts, regarded as one of the world’s top experts on

  • Hill Airmen generate 3,000th F-35A sortie, adopt upgraded ALIS

    Recently, the F-35A Lighting II, departed Hill Air Force Base for the 3,000th sortie generated by maintainers from the active duty 388th Fighter Wing and reserve 419th Fighter Wing.That sortie, and all others flown that day was carried out with the new version of the Autonomic Logistics Information