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AFRC News

  • Vice flight

    Maj. Gen. Eugene Haase, Air Force Special Operations Command vice commander, steps aboard a C-145A Skytruck on the Duke Field, Florida, flight line July 28, 2016. In addition to piloting the aircraft on a local training mission, Haase spent the day getting a close-up look at how Duke's Reserve and

  • 14th IS finds ‘pot of gold,’ discovers WWII vet

    Tucked away in Mercer County, Pennsylvania, lives a 93-year-old World War II veteran who holds a unique piece of Air Force history. John Johnson, known as Jerry back in Mercer, served in the 9th Photographic Technical Squadron during the time of the atomic strikes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

  • Testing the water

    This Air Force Reserve Command program provides newly commissioned second lieutenant candidates the opportunity to discern whether or not they truly feel they are being called by a higher power to serve in one of the three U.S. Air Force components.

  • Air Force declares F-35A ‘combat ready’

    JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. – The F-35A Lightning II fifth generation fighter aircraft was declared ‘combat ready’ today by Gen. Hawk Carlisle, the commander of Air Combat Command. Carlisle lauded the aircraft’s performance, noting that the aircraft had met all key criteria for reaching initial

  • Personnel officer earns Air Force award

    A 403rd Wing personnel officer is the 2015 Personnel Reserve Component Company Grade Officer of the Year. Capt. April Martin, 403rd Force Support Squadron Manpower and Personnel Flight commander, won the Air Force-level award. This spring she was named the Air Force Reserve Command Personnel CGO of

  • 'Roadie for a Day': Rock and roll band Kiss honors Colorado reservist

    Wanna rock and roll all night? With a little help from the band Kiss, a Citizen Airman from Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado, did just that Friday.Master Sgt. Christa Leary, 310th Mission Support Group career advisor, worked as a “roadie for a day” and enjoyed a Kiss concert in Cheyenne, Wyoming,

  • Reservist wins $30,000 in Museum of Aviation raffle

    A reservist who just arrived at Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command got welcomed to the town in a grand way. He won $30,000 in the Museum of Aviation's 31st Annual Auction, Raffle and Taste of Local Cuisine event here July 23.

  • Joint, multinational integration key to refueling during RIMPAC

    Since their arrival to Rim of the Pacific 2016, July 7, Citizen Airmen in the 507th Air Refueling Wing have worked hand-in-hand with other nations and sister services to offload more than 2 million pounds of fuel to U.S. and Canadian military aircraft.

  • Intel Reservist takes pride in helping maintain peace on Korean peninsula

    Since 1953, when the armistice ending hostilities on the Korean peninsula was signed, the United States has had a contingent of Airmen supporting the defense of the Republic of Korea. Now, 63 years after the signing, both North and South Korea continue to exist within a tenuous peace that could be