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AFRC News

  • Miller named new AF Reserve deputy chief

    Miller & Miller sounds like the name of a law firm, but, actually, it’s going to be the Air Force Reserve’s new senior leadership team at the Pentagon.On Friday the Reserve announced that Maj. Gen. Ronald B. "Bruce" Miller has been selected to be the next deputy to the chief of the Air Force

  • Combat Aviation Advisors: Strong, silent, professional

    A small team of Airmen arrive at a foreign airfield as the sun peaks over the horizon. They have been flying for hours and fighting their internal clocks to stay awake. They are Air Commandos, Combat Aviation Advisors, and they are the quiet professionals.“We have to be strong, but silent,” explains

  • Reserve AWACS unit breaks ground on new facility

    Officials from the 513th Air Control Group, Tinker Air Force Base, Air Force Reserve, Fortis Networks, Inc. and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gathered to break ground on the new operations facility during a ceremony here April 14. The groundbreaking date coincided with the 68th birthday of the

  • Reservists win 4 of 5 Air Force ISR awards

    Air Force reservists won four of the five 2015 Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Awards presented to members of the air reserve components.The four winners are:Maj. Robyn D. Turner, 706th Fighter Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Outstanding Air Reserve Component ISR

  • Hurricane Hunters conduct hurricane awareness tour

    The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron "Hurricane Hunters" and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Hurricane Center partnered together for another year to promote hurricane preparedness through the Caribbean Hurricane Awareness Tour April 9-17. The purpose of this tour, also

  • HQ AFRC announces quarterly award winners

    Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command has announced the award winners for the first quarter of 2016.Winners, by category are: Airman -- Senior Airman Juan Vanegas, AFRC/CCQ.NCO -- Tech Sgt. Tomeka Gordon, AFRC/HC.Senior NCO -- Senior Master Sgt. Jason Lively, AFRC/IG.Company Grade Officer – Capt.

  • Reserve KC-10 refuels bomber on way to war

    Air Force Reserve KC-10 Extender aircrews from the 514th Air Mobility Wing, here, refueled the B-52 Stratofortress, out of Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, on the bomber’s journey to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar.

  • Flying Jennies haul Leap Frogs to Phillies home opener

    An 815th Airlift Squadron C-130J Super Hercules aircrew spent April 8-18 assisting the U.S. Navy Parachute Team with some high-profile events to include airdropping the team over Citizens Bank Park for the Philadelphia Phillies home opener April 11.While it was a 4-3 Phillies loss to San Diego, it

  • Air Force Reserve: 68 years strong

    Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James spoke to the importance of total force integration during the Air Force Reserve’s 68th birthday celebration April 14 at the Pentagon.