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AFRC News

  • Hurricane Hunters busy during Matthew's long march

    The Air Force Reserve’s 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron conducted around-the-clock operations flying into Hurricane Matthew to collect critical weather data for the National Hurricane Center in Miami to improve the center’s computer models that forecast movement and intensity.   The squadron,

  • Lawyer finds path to service in Air Force Reserve

    Rumbling tanks, riot police, tear-gas grenades and hungry citizens standing in lines for bread and meat rations.These could be scenes from many war movies or deployments, but they are not. These are Capt. Tomasz Nowak’s memories from his childhood in Communist Poland in the early 1980s.Nowak, who is

  • Hurricane Matthew forces Homestead jets to relocate

    Sailors marshal eight F-16 Fighting Falcons from Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., Oct. 5, 2016 at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas. Twelve aircraft relocated here due to Hurricane Matthew's anticipated landfall. The base serves as a safe haven for military aircraft that are in

  • Education key to addressing flat-rate per diem concerns

    Since the Department of Defense implemented a change to Joint Travel Regulations in 2014, thus establishing a flat-rate per diem allowance for long-term temporary duty assignments, Air Force Reserve Command units have continued to execute operations amid questions and concerns from Citizen Airmen

  • Knocking Leukemia out of the park

    Through love, hope, and the help of Phoenix Children’s Hospital, a Citizen Airman and his family celebrated defeating cancer with a trip to the ballpark.Mason Weedman, son of Carrie and Maj. Aaron Weedman, 69th Fighter Squadron instructor pilot, was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia at age

  • The 920th Rescue Wing relocates aircraft in response to Hurricane Matthew

    Air Force Reserve operations, maintenance and support personnel from the 920th Rescue Wing here began the process of relocating its helicopter and fixed-wing aircraft yesterday in response to Hurricane Matthew’s projected path northeastward along Florida’s east coast.  Along with the 45th Space

  • Reservists help keep F-35 stealthy

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah — When the Air Force Reserve 419th Fighter Wing and active duty 388th FW received the Air Force’s first operational F-35s in September 2015, they took responsibility for not only flying the jets, but also keeping them in top condition.   Tech. Sgt. Jake Lewis, 419th

  • Reserve Recruiters reach goal for 16th straight year

    Air Force Reserve Command Recruiting Service has met the command’s accession goal for the 16th consecutive year.Lt. Gen. Maryanne Miller, AFRC commander, sent a congratulatory message to recruiters praising them for meeting their fiscal year 2016 goal.“You and your team are amazing!” Miller said.

  • MacDill Citizen Airmen 'Stand Down' for veterans

    Citizen Airmen from the 927th Air Refueling Wing and active duty Airmen from the 6th Air Mobility Wing Dental Clinic here, traveled to the Veteran’s Memorial Park in Hudson, Florida to join with hundreds of other community volunteers for Operation Stand Down, Sept. 29 - Oct. 1.

  • Serving those who serve

    Good mentors are hard to find. Luckily, there is one here anyone can turn to when they need guidance. It comes as no surprise that she was awarded Air Force Reserve Command’s General Billy J. Boles Mentorship Award.Maj. Roxy Hambleton, the 482nd Force Support Squadron officer in charge of military