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AFRC News

  • Are your running shoes spying on you?

    Five or 10 years ago, such a statement might have been appropriate for a cartoon matinee or slapstick farce, but in a new world defined by the Internet of Things, this statement isn’t just a possibility, but an actual cyber vulnerability to be aware of. Companies today are adding the word “smart”

  • Barksdale Airmen welcome 18th CMSAF

    The 18th and newest Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, Kaleth O. Wright, visited Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, Feb. 22 to discuss the future of the Air Force’s enlisted force and receive feedback from the Airmen who serve at headquarters Air Force Global Strike Command and 8th Air Force

  • Sen. Ted Cruz visits the 301st Fighter wing

    NAVAL AIR STATION FORT WORTH JOINT RESERVE BASE, Texas -- Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) visits with Col. Gregory Jones, 301st Fighter Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Tod Bell, 301st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron superintendent during a tour at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas,

  • Security Forces Squadron member saves family

    On a Friday evening, an Airman and his son were on their way to the Sam Johnson Fitness Center here, when they heard tires screeching on the road behind them and saw the sound was coming from a white car that then tumbled into a canal. The car quickly sank under the water, trapping three passengers

  • Pittsburgh C-130H aircraft receive tactical upgrade

    Five of the eight C-130 Hercules aircraft stationed here received Real Time In Cockpit modification in February to boost operational flexibility and situational awareness.   RTIC is a system that shows the current positions of threats and other aircraft, and facilitates communication between

  • Love for flying kept last KC-135 flight engineer flying for decades

    After a career that has spanned almost four decades, the last Air Force flight engineer for the KC-135 Stratotanker is set to retire at Edwards. Master Sgt. Robert Self joined the U.S. Marine Corps in November 1978 and will wrap up his military career next month as a full-time Air Force Reservist

  • Travis supports FEMA

    Due to historical rainfall and flooding across Northern California, Travis Air Force Base is supporting an incident management assistance team from the Federal Emergency Management Agency with a staging area at the base.