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AFRC News

  • Honorary Commanders experience deployment, mission

    Nine members of the 433rd Airlift Wing Honorary Commanders program received an up-close look at some of the support functions within the wing Oct. 3, 2015, during a 433rd Mission Support Group tour.The Honorary Commanders visited with logistics support, firefighter, security forces, explosive

  • Rescue reservists return from Africa

    A group of reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing here returned Oct. 4 just after 8 p.m. from a deployment to the Horn of Africa.Approximately 30 pararescue and support personnel spent roughly the last four months as part of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa, where they provided

  • Reservists support milestone rocket launch

    Reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing provided range clearance and safety support Oct. 2, for the 100th launch by United Launch Alliance. An Atlas V rocket lifted off successfully from Launch Complex 41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station at 6:28 a.m.Onboard, the Morelos-3 communications

  • Hurricane Hunters fly storms from Hawaii, Georgia

    Aircrews with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron "Hurricane Hunters," departed Friday and today for Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, where they will start flying data-gathering missions Sunday into storms southwest of the Hawaiian Islands.Operations for Hurricane Joaquin moved to Hunter

  • 419th shows off F-35 progress

    Maj. Gen. Derek Rydholm, director of Plans, Programs and Requirements for Air Force Reserve Command, met the base's first qualified F-35 weapons load crew during a tour of the 419th Fighter Wing here Oct. 2.Reserve Airmen gave Rydholm an overview of F-35 operations at Hill AFB, including training

  • Reserve recruiters reach goal for 15th straight year

    For the 15th consecutive year, Air Force Reserve Command Recruiting Service has met the command’s accession goal. Lt. Gen. James F. Jackson, AFRC commander, sent a congratulatory message to recruiters praising them for meeting their fiscal year 2015 goal. “Thank you for your outstanding efforts in

  • Combat Comm Airmen repair Honduran hospital network

    Combat communications Airmen with the U.S. Air Force Reserve's 35th Combat Communication Squadron from Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, restored Internet connectivity to a local hospital in Trujillo, Honduras.The Airmen restored connectivity to 19 offices and 24 workstations allowing 30 users to

  • SecDef Freedom Awards expands nomination timeframe

    The Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award nomination time frame has been expanded to give reservists more time to nominate their supervisors and employers for this annual award.The nomination period has been extended one month and now runs Oct. 1 to Dec.. 31, 2015.This award is the

  • F-22, F-16 pilots hone water survival skills

    More than 70 reservists and active duty service members from three units participated in water survival training at Naval Air Station Key West, Florida, Sept. 14 - 18. Service members from the 301st Fighter Wing here and its geographically separated

  • Hurricane Hunters fly Joaquin

    An aircrew with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron "Hurricane Hunters," an Air Force Reserve unit assigned to the 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, flew their third mission into Hurricane Joaquin early this morning.The crew measured strong flight-level winds of 83 miles per