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AFRC News

  • Reservist selected for historic presidential Troop Talk

    Staff Sgt. Connor Cooney, a 512th Airlift Wing loadmaster, had the opportunity to ask the President of the United States a question Friday via satellite, during a live-streaming webcast here.President Barack Obama answered questions from service members in an unprecedented, live, worldwide televised

  • Commander shares his experience, vision

    Col. D. Scott "Bull" Durham recently took command of the 512th Airlift Wing after a previous assignment at the Pentagon as the deputy director for mobilization in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Reserve Affairs. He is a familiar face to some 512th AW Airmen, having fulfilled the

  • Air Force, Army train together in Joint Conquest

    The Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard and Army National Guard teamed up for a joint training scenario called Joint Conquest Friday through Sunday, both here and at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Mississippi.  The main portion of the training took place Saturday during the 403rd

  • Reservist transitions from infantry to divinity

    The 446th Airlift Wing Chaplain Office welcomed a former Soldier as the newest member of its team September 12th, 2015.After serving 12 combined years in the Army, Army National Guard, and the Army Reserve, 1st Lt. Karl Heitman has stepped away from his Army roots to start a new career as an Air

  • AF Reserve Command presents painting to SecAF

    The Air Force Reserve Command presented Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James with a painting “That Others May Live” during the Air Force Association Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition in Washington, D.C., Sept. 14.

  • A-10 pilot explores roots in Lithuania

    One of the Air Force Reserve A-10 pilots making the historic landing in Latvia is exploring his personal history in Lithuania. Lt. Col. Michael Leonas, 303rd Fighter Squadron, 442nd Fighter Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., landed at Kaunas Airport Sept. 9, marking the first A-10s to land in the

  • Missouri senator visits deployed reservists

    A cold, rainy day didn't stop a leader from coming to Europe to meet with servicemembers from his state Sept. 7.Senator Roy Blunt, (R-Mo.), visited Air Force Reservists from the 442nd Fighter Wing deployed here. The Airmen, from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, are here as part of Operation

  • Reservists prep first responders for Pope's visit

    A group of Individual Mobilization Augmentees spent two days training Philadelphia-area first responders on how to respond in the event of a nuclear or radiological terrorist attack.Four Air Force Reservists taught the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Introduction to Radiological and Nuclear

  • CY15 Reserve Screening Board results announced

    Results of the CY15 Reserve Command Screening Board convened the Air Reserve Personnel Center, here have been released. The board reviewed the records of all eligible, qualified Reserve officers and recommended those officers as best qualified for assignment consideration to fill Reserve Wing

  • Security forces demonstrates UAS capabilities

    A four-by-four foot unmanned aerial system soars almost noiselessly through the deep blue and white skies of Wyoming.  To anyone on the ground, it looks like a soaring bird or, if high enough, just a dark speck in the Western sky.That bird or unnoticed spot is being controlled by an Airman on the