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AFRC News

  • A Drop in the Ocean

    Aircrew Airmen from the 700th Airlift Squadron here provided air drop supplies during a three-day mission over the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea in support of Joint Interagency Task Force operations.As the constant roar of C-130 Hercules engines filled the cargo area, the large, flat expanse of

  • Air Force reveals B-21 Long Range Strike Bomber

    Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James revealed the first rendering of the Long Range Strike Bomber, designated the B-21, at the Air Force Association’s Air Warfare Symposium Feb. 26 in Orlando, Fla., and announced the Air Force will be taking suggestions from Airmen to help decide the name of the

  • SecAF extends maternity leave an additional 6 weeks

    Air Force Reservists on active duty orders will now have an additional six weeks of maternity leave under a Secretary of Defense Directive-type Memorandum signed Feb. 5.Active-duty female Airmen and Reserve component service members on orders to active service for a continuous period of at least 12

  • Reserve Airmen assist, rescue helicopter crash victims

    When a tourist helicopter suddenly fell from the sky into Pearl Harbor and submerged the occupants aboard as it flipped over in the water, two of Scott Air Force Base's highly trained medical aircrew members rendered immediate assistance.Capt. Bradley Stone and Senior Airman Samantha Strom, both

  • Patriot Sands lands at Hunter

    The distinct sound of helicopters hovering mixed with the roar of jet engines and automatic weapons fire from a nearby range filled the air on a cool, sunny day in southeast Georgia. Busy crews jointly worked to accomplish their tasks, while in a simulated deployed environment. Members from the

  • B-one team, B-one fight

    Five months after the reactivation of the Reserve 489th Bomb Group, they are working side-by-side with the active duty Airmen in the 7th Bomb Wing here. During the bomb group’s February Unit Training Assembly, the maintenance crews from both units combined to complete an aircraft generation

  • Daytona 500 flyby

    The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron “Thunderbirds” fly the Delta formation over Louisiana Feb. 19, 2016. The Thunderbirds were refueled twice by a KC-135 Stratotanker from MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., once over New Mexico and a second time over Louisiana on their way to Daytona Beach,

  • Grissom Airmen return from deployment

    Welcomed back by family and friends, Airmen on two 434th Air Refueling Wing KC-135R Stratotankers returned to Grissom Feb. 07 after a four-month deployment to Southwest Asia."We are very proud our returning Airmen," said Col. Anna Schulte, 434th Maintenance Group commander. "They did an outstanding

  • 'Eddie the Eagle' star soars

    Hugh Jackman, star of the upcoming movie "Eddie the Eagle", received a civic leader flight in an F-16 here from the 301st Fighter Wing Feb. 19 in a display of Air Force Reserve combat capability and air superiority."This is kind of a dream come true," Jackman said before the flight. "I'm very, very

  • Blended Retirement Talking Points

    Blended Retirement Talking Points• There is no need to be anxious about the blended retirement system in the current FY2016 NDAA. Everyone who is currently serving as well as those who enter the force on or before December 31, 2017 is grandfathered under the current military retirement system.