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AFRC News

  • 315 AW’s first Tuskegee Airmen Career Day inspires local teens

    The 315th Airlift Wing held its first Tuskegee Airmen Career Day drawing over 130 local teenage boys to Joint Base Charleston, S.C. to learn about careers in aviation Feb. 24, 2016.The event also celebrated the story of the first black pilots in the American military – the Tuskegee Airmen.“What

  • Air Force actively monitoring ongoing Zika virus infection

    The Air Force is closely monitoring the emergence of Zika virus infection in the Americas, Oceania, and Africa to help inform and protect Airmen and their families.The Department of Health and Human Services, with its Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is leading the U.S. response to

  • Army green inspires Air Force blue: Reservists help wounded warrior

    A crew chief yells out which wrench is needed to tighten a bolt as another maintainer reads the technical instructions on the next step of the job. A few guys laugh and tease their friend who looks for the drill hole on a piece of sheet metal. All the men look strikingly similar in their matching

  • Hurricane Hunters fly research missions into atmospheric rivers

    The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Hurricane Hunters spent Feb. 11-24 flying through "atmospheric rivers" in the Pacific Ocean stretching from Hawaii to the U.S. West Coast in efforts to improve storm predictions.The squadron teamed up with NOAA, National Weather Service, Scripps Institution

  • Patriot Guard welcomed at Yellow Ribbon

    Patriot Guard Riders receive a standing ovation from service members and their families attending the Air Force Reserve Yellow Ribbon event in Orlando Feb. 27-28. The PGR's main mission is to attend the funeral services of fallen American heroes as invited guests of the family They went to the YR

  • Exercise Alamo Shield provides life-saving training

    Airmen from the 433rd Airlift Wing conducted an eight-day training exercise to hone their skills and prepare in case they are called into action in a deployed environment.Alamo Sheild, held here and Camp Bullis Training Annex Feb. 22-29 is a comprehensive training exercise designed to deploy and

  • Bird strikes Dover aircraft

    Reservists from the 712th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron repaired a Team Dover C-17 Globemaster III, here, after it encountered an engine bird strike near Ft. Campbell, Kentucky. The plane landed at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, since Dover AFB's runway is closed for repairs. "We had a real

  • Hill's F-35s drop first weapons

    Airmen from the 388th and 419th fighter wings dropped laser-guided bombs at the Utah Test and Training Range the week of Feb. 25, marking the first time an F-35 Lightning II combat unit has deployed weapons from the F-35A.

  • Reserve, active duty team up at Bagram

    From the flightline to the hangars, Air Force reservists in the 419th Fighter Wing’s operations and maintenance groups work side by side with active-duty Airmen in the 388th Fighter Wing on a daily basis.   About 50 Airmen from the 419th FW have taken that teamwork to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan,

  • Command announces senior leader actions

    The Chief of Air Force Reserve announces the following senior leader actions.Col. Scott T. McLean, from Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Director of Space Operations, Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Plans, and Requirements,Headquarters United States Air Force, Washington, D.C., to Deputy