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AFRC News

  • Fix is in

    A crew of Reserve maintenance specialists from the 920th Rescue Wing work on one of the unit's HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters. The wing is the Air Force Reserve's only combat rescue unit, and has recorded nearly 4,000 saves -- including more than 850 in combat. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Paul

  • Reserve members obtain records sooner via website

    As most service members would attest to, waiting for records is tedious when the delay can be up to 14 business days. With that in mind, the Air Reserve Personnel Center here began referring customers to the new eBenefits website, an automated records retrieval portal managed by the Department of

  • Beast Mode challenges McChord

    A participant in the Beast Mode Challenge sponsored by the Air Force Reserve, races through an obstacle course in Snoqualmie, Wash., Aug. 15, 2015. The challenge was composed of a 3.5-mile mud-ridden obstacle course - with 12 football-themed trials of hills, blockades, water, and sludge, created to

  • Keesler Citizen Airman helps motorist in need

    An Air Force Reservist on his way to get training ended up using his training as a first-responder at an accident scene. Senior Airman Roderick McMillan was enroute to the last day of his August unit training assembly here when a car heading toward him in the southbound lane of I-110 swerved,

  • Aeromedical Evacuation teams keep patients moving

    Located among the myriad of buildings on the Bagram Air Field flightline, it’s easy to miss the simple looking building with the letters “AE” hanging on the outside of it. Chances are, though, if service members must be moved from the battlefield to a medical facility outside of Afghanistan, the

  • Military, civilian first responders partner in exercise

    U.S. Air Force Reserve pararescuemen from the 304th Rescue Squadron -- a geographically-separated unit belonging to the 943rd Rescue Group -- participated in Operation Pathfinder-Minuteman at Camp Rilea, Astoria, OR, as part of an earthquake/tsunami disaster drill Aug. 4-6.More than 250 participants

  • Charleston C-17s help paratroopers celebrate 75 years

    Reserve C-17 aircrews from Joint Base Charleston, S.C., took part in the 75th anniversary of the U.S. Army Airborne School here by dropping a group of Army paratroopers over Lawson Army Airfield.Aircrews from the 701st and 300th Airlift Squadron flew two C-17s during Fort Benning’s Aug. 15

  • 913th Airlift Group Gets Black-Letter Status

    It happens less frequently than a blue moon, and is rarer than a no-hitter in Major League Baseball, but black-letter initials do happen, and the 913th Airlift Group’s Maintenance Squadron made sure it did July 28. A black-letter initial is just that, a crew chief’s initial with black ink on an

  • DOD increases C-130 support for California fires

    The National Interagency Fire Center has made the request to increase the number of DOD Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130s aiding in the suppression of California wildland fires from two to four Aug. 14.Two Air Force Reserve MAFFS equipped C-130 Hercules from the 302nd Airlift

  • Patrick Airman is top Reserve honor guard member

    A 920th Rescue Wing reservist has been chosen as the top honor guard Airman in Air Force Reserve Command.Tech. Sgt. Thomas Tantius, a services craftsman with the 920th Force Support Squadron here, received the AFRC Honor Guard Member of the Year for 2014."I'm very humbled," said Tantius on being