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AFRC News

  • Niagara Airmen, aircraft leave for deployment

    May 9 marked the first time since Desert Storm that a four-ship fly away of C-130 Hercules aircraft took place here. It was also the last, as the 914th Airlift Wing prepares to transition to the KC-135 Stratotanker refueling mission.That final departure leaves behind a legacy of more than 40 years

  • Carter Seeks to Harness Practices of Innovative Technology Firms

    The Defense Department needs to harness the genius of American technology if it is to successfully stand against all enemies, Defense Secretary Ash Carter told the President’s National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee in Santa Clara, California.

  • Hurricane Hunters, NOAA embark on Gulf Coast awareness tour

    The U.S. Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron will participate in NOAA's Gulf Coast Awareness Tour May 16-20.   As part of its efforts to build a Weather-Ready Nation, NOAA’s hurricane experts will tour five U.S. Gulf coastal cities to raise awareness about the importance of

  • Hill Airmen return from Afghanistan

    Nearly 300 active duty and Reserve Airmen assigned to the 421st Fighter Squadron, known as the Black Widows, returned here Tuesday following a nearly eight-month deployment to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. The 421st FS spent more than 10,000 hours in the skies, flying 2,800 sorties and dropping more

  • Humanitarian mission has unique family connection

    Capt. Ed Sutton, a C-17 pilot with the 701st Airlift Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, helped deliver more than 170,000 total pounds of humanitarian aid to Haiti April 21.Like other pilots who fly the Air Force Reserve mission, Ed draws a certain sense of satisfaction delivering

  • Cyber warriors demonstrate capabilities to industry partners

    The 14th Test Squadron recently joined an assembly of commercial and government cyberspace professionals at the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association Cyberspace Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado.The squadron has attended the Rocky Mountain Chapter’s annual event for the past

  • Patrick hosts annual Individual Ready Reserve muster

    The 45th Force Support Squadron in coordination with the 45th Medical Group, 45th Civil Engineer Squadron, 45th Security Forces Squadron, 920th Rescue Wing, 333rd Recruiting Squadron, and Veterans Administration, held their Annual Individual Ready Reserve Muster here May 6.The 45th Space Wing was

  • Let the healing begin: Invictus Games kick off

    The thudding noise of helicopter blades cut through the air, bright-colored lights sliced through smoke and fans cheered to honor the more than 500 military competitors from 15 nations who gathered at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida, on May 8 to compete in Invictus Games

  • Special honor for 908th Tech Sgt.

    Tech Sgt. Larry Livingston, 908th Maintenance Squadron, 908th Airlift Wing, meets Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Mark A. Welsh, III, during the National Security Forum at Air University on Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.