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AFRC News

  • Trials, tribulations, triumph

    Dobbins Airmen gathered at Verhulst Hall, May 14, to listen to Hershel Greenblat speak about his Holocaust survival during World War II.Born inside a cave in Ukraine, Greenblat spent his first year and a half underground while his parents fought with resistance groups. He stressed the importance of

  • Employers go airborne

    Civilian employers of U.S. Air Force Reserve members from the 307th Bomb Wing turn off cell phones and put in earplugs in preparation for a refueling flight at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., May 14, 2016. Members of the 307th BW nominated their civilian employers to take part in the day which

  • Clergy Day lifts spirits

    U.S. Air Force Senior Airman James Marshall, a boom operator assigned to the 434th Air Refueling Wing, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., briefs emergency evacuation procedures of the KC-135 Stratotanker during the 307th Bomb Wing’s Clergy Day at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. on May 13, 2016. The

  • One foot in front of the other

    Being one of the Air Force’s new cadre of F-35 Instructor Pilots and pulling multiple G-forces daily puts a toll on one’s body, however, that’s nothing compared to running a 100-mile race through rugged terrain. Major Peter Cossette, a F-35 Instructor Pilot with the 944th Fighter Wing, ran the Zion

  • DoD adds funding to enhance Zika surveillance

    The Defense Department is providing $1.76 million in extra funding to military laboratories to expand Zika virus surveillance worldwide and assess the virus’s impact on deployed service members’ health and readiness.

  • Test successful for revised leadership course

    Sixteen officers at Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command participated in the beta test of a revised leadership course, and the results were very encouraging.The Force Development Branch within the command’s Directorate of Manpower, Personnel and Services conducted the revised Leadership Today &

  • Parachutes fill the skies over Arizona

    Pararescuemen from the 306th Rescue Squadron at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., descend on Eloy, Ariz., during training jumps May 14. The 306th RQSis an Air Force Reserve Command combat search and rescue unit assigned to the 943rd Rescue Group. Pararescuemen, also known as PJs, are the only

  • Reservist's book makes the list

    The Air Force’s top officer has selected a biography written by an Air Force Reservist for inclusion on the Chief of Staff Reading List 2016.At All Costs by Chief Master Sgt. Matt Proietti tells the life and death story of Medal of Honor recipient Chief Master Sgt. Richard L. “Dick” Etchberger. It’s

  • Carter Announces Version 2.0 of Defense Innovation Unit Experimental

    The Defense Innovation Unit Experimental, or DIUx, is making a difference, and it will help to put new technologies into the hands of warfighters, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said in Mountain View, California, May 11. Carter announced the formation of another technology hub to be built in Boston