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AFRC News

  • Former AFR commander passes

    Maj. Gen. (retired) Homer “Pete” Lewis, 96, who served as Chief of Air Force Reserve and Air Force Reserve commander simultaneously, passed away Oct. 21, 2015 in Eagle Pass, Texas. “Lewis believed life was a ‘grand adventure,’ and he lived every day to its fullest,” said Lt. Gen. James Jackson,

  • Nellis families welcome Reservists home

    Family members of Senior Airman Jaime Parada, 926th Security Forces Squadron, wait for his arrival at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Oct. 22. Parada was returning from a 7-month deployment to Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jake Carter)

  • Westover not chosen as preferred KC-46A base

    Air Force officials announced Thursday that Westover is no longer a prime candidate to be the first reserve-led KC-46A Pegasus main operating base. Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, has now been slotted as the preferred base. The KC-46s are expected to begin arriving in 2019.Westover

  • Seymour-Johnson chosen for first Reserve-led KC-46A basing

    Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, has been chosen as the preferred alternative for the first Reserve-led KC-46A Pegasus main operating base, Air Force officials announced Oct. 29. The KC-46As are expected to begin arriving in 2019.

  • Honoring Korean War veterans

    Members from the 18th Fighter Bomb Wing Association gathered at the Double TreeHotel in downtown San Antonio Oct. 24 to award 25 Korean War Veterans with theRepublic of Korea Ambassador for Peace Medal.The commemorative medal wascreated by the South Korean government as a show of thanks and

  • AF Reservists join effort to rescue missing men

    Air Force reservistsjoined forces with local volunteer search and rescue organizations to rescue twomen who went missing Oct. 25.The call for help came Oct. 26 from the Clackamas County Sherriff's office requestingassistance to help locate two men who were overdue by 6 hours after they wentwild

  • Air Force set to launch next-to-last GPS IIF satellite

    Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center and its mission partners are scheduled to launch the 11th Boeing-built Global Positioning System IIF satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 launch vehicle Oct. 30 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force

  • Alaska Reservist presented decoration for Nepal relief efforts

    An Alaska Reservist was presented with a commendation medal for her work while supporting earthquake relief efforts in Nepal during a ceremony in the Courtyard of Heroes at the Pacific Air Force Headquarters Oct. 16. "I deployed as the Joint Air

  • Hurricane Hunters fly record breaking storm

    A 53rdWeather Reconnaissance Squadron "Hurricane Hunter" aircrew flew their WC-130Jaircraft off the western central coast of Mexico over the Pacific Ocean togather storm data from Hurricane Patricia Oct. 22-23.The data collected by the Air Force Reserve Hurricane Huntersclassified Hurricane Patricia

  • Partnership brings Feel the Heat back to Youngstown

    In partnership with the American Red Cross Lake to River Chapter, Youngstown Air Reserve Station (YARS) hosted the second annual Feel the Heat event here, Oct. 22, 2015. The purpose of Feel the heat is to exercise and demonstrate the collaborative response capabilities of the Red Cross and 910th