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AFRC News

  • Reserve defenders keep watch

    A group of Citizen Airmen from the 507th Security Forces Squadron here deployed March 31 to Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan, to support the Afghan Air Force in their fight against insurgents in support of NATO’s Resolute Support mission.

  • Reserve student pilot chosen for instructor duties

    This year, for the first time in the history of the 340th Flying Training Group, a reservist will become a First Assignment Instructor Pilot. Maj. William “Bubba” Pope will start his FAIP assignment with the 96th Flying Training Squadron at Laughlin Air Force Base, Del Rio, Texas, this summer. “Maj.

  • AFRC, Navy team up for first-ever P-8A refueling

    Off the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, amidst sunny April skies, boom operators with the 459th Air Refueling Wing peer out the boom-pod window of a KC-135R Stratotanker. Headed straight for them, at speeds nearing 350 miles per hour, is a gleaming-white, fixed-wing aircraft. As it gets

  • MAFFS reservists, guardsmen arrive for training in Boise

    Approximately 70 Air Force reservists and two Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130 Hercules assigned to the 302nd Airlift wing arrived at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, April 19, 2017.The reservists will take part in the U.S. Forest Service-hosted MAFFS annual certification and

  • 655th ISRG sergeant rescues Air Force vet

    655th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group squadron operations superintendent Senior Master Sgt. Casanova didn’t have much time to think before she selflessly leapt into action to save a retired war veteran from a potentially serious vehicle accident on January 13, 2017.

  • Reserve family navigates deployment together

    The Jordan family of five recently navigated the rough waters of a military deployment for a second time, which is what brought them to an Air Force Reserve Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program event.Yellow Ribbon promotes the well-being of reservists and their families by connecting them with

  • ETDC keeps Airmen safe downrange

    As one of the busiest aerial ports in the Air Force Central Command area of responsibility, the 386th is no stranger to Airmen transiting downrange. Depending on the mission, those headed out to other locations require a variety of protective equipment to help keep them safe while operating in what

  • 437th, 315th AWs support Exercise Patriot Sands

    Members of the 14th and 16th Airlift Squadrons, 437th Airlift Wing, recently supported the 315th Airlift Wing Airlift Control Flight during Exercise Patriot Sands, an Air Force Reserve Command exercise, at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida.U.S. Air Force Reserve ALCFs annually participate in the

  • 434th SFS makes history, wins AFRC award back-to-back

    The 434th Security Forces Squadron hit the mark recently when they were selected as the Air Force Reserve Commands Outstanding Security Forces Squadron of the Year for 2016. It the second time in a row, and an achievement that had never occurred before.

  • MiCare becomes TOL Patient Portal Secure Messaging

    The Air Force MiCare system that lets patients at Air Force hospitals and clinics communicate securely with their health providers is getting a new name. The system is now called TOL Patient Portal Secure Messaging, the same name used by the Army and Navy. This is intended to minimize confusion for