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AFRC News

  • Reservists go active duty

    At the beginning of fiscal year 2016 the Air Force Personnel Center launched the Voluntary Limited Period of Active Duty program.The program is offering some great opportunities for Air Force Reservists interested in returning to active duty.Under VLPAD, opportunities to serve an active-duty tour

  • Command announces 2015 Financial Management Awards

    Air Force Reserve Command has announced the 2015 Outstanding Financial Management and Comptroller Award winners. The 512th Airlift Wing Financial Management Office, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, is the Financial Management Comptroller Organization of the Year.The 943rd Rescue Group FMA,

  • Honoring and remembering

    Maj. Gen. Richard S. "Beef" Haddad, vice commander, Air Force Reserve Command, speaks at Wreaths Across America ceremony at Riverside Cemetery in Macon, Ga, Dec 12, 2015. Wreaths Across America coordinates wreath laying at veterans' cemeteries across America to honor and remember the sacrifice of

  • Refueling "Spirit" in the sky

    Grissom's KC-135R Stratotankers can transfer more fuel in eight minutes than a gas station can pump in 24 hours, but its ability to transfer that fuel after dark moving at speeds up to 500 mph is truly amazing.The 72nd and 74th Air Refueling Squadrons conduct around the clock operations and training

  • Team Davis-Monthan wins AFRC Recruiting award

    "Team Davis-Monthan" won the Top Flight in Air Force Reserve Command Recruiting Service for FY 1015, having met 209 percent of their annual accessions goal. Additionally, Master Sgt. Adam Eldard, 943rd Rescue Group in-service recruiter, won Top Recruiter in the command for FY 2015, having met 235

  • Reservist helps save life

    Senior Airman Nick Heter, a 303rd Fighter Squadron traditional reservist, is also student at Kansas State University majoring in pre-med. His two careers came together recently when he helped save a life. "I was leaving the game," Heter recalled. "Out

  • 419th pilot flies Hill’s hundredth F-35 sortie

    Maj. Jayson Rickard, a reservist in the 466th Fighter Squadron, flew his first local sortie in the F-35 Lightning II here today. Rickard's flight marks the 100th sortie in the F-35 at Hill AFB since the first combat-coded aircraft arrived in September.   Rickard is also the first Reserve pilot in

  • Santa tests C-130 as replacement for reindeer

    For many families, Santa’s arrival to the mall, parade, local Christmas event, or wherever he may be remains a mystery. In fact, most of Santa’s life remains a mystery. For instance, how does he know when we’re sleeping or awake? How does he know if we’ve been bad or good? How does he know that we

  • Pentagon exhibit showcases Reserve leaders

    The Office of the Air Force Reserve unveiled 13 portraits of Air Force Reserve leaders during the Profiles in Leadership display ceremony here Dec. 7. The display celebrates and honors Citizen Airmen’s contributions in serving the Nation.Air Force Reserve Command Public Affairs Director Col. Bruce

  • McConnell refueling group to gain wing status

    The Air Force will redesignate the 931st Air Refueling Group as a wing in an official ceremony in early 2016.The newly designated 931st Air Refueling Wing will grow by nearly 400 personnel to meet the needs of the wing.The wing designation will also establish the 931st Operations Group, the 931st