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AFRC News

  • Hurricane Hunters to fly Tropical Storm Erika

    The Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters are operating out of Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida, flying state-of-the-art WC-130J aircraft into Tropical Storm Erika in support of the National Hurricane Center in Miami.The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron flew four missions into TS Erika out of

  • Extraordinary effort regardless of outcome

    Imagine a 5-year-old boy chasing grasshoppers at a camp site. He wanders too far. Darkness falls, and he is lost. A storm is brewing in the sky above, and the camping party turns into a search party.When this scenario unfolded earlier this month, six U.S. Air Force Reserve pararescuemen and three

  • AFRC leaders attend Georgia Chamber luncheon

    Air Force Reserve Command senior leadership joined other military leaders from Robins Air Force Base at the Georgia Chamber's 100th anniversary luncheon Aug. 25.Lt. Gen. James F. Jackson, chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander, Air Force Reserve Command, along with Maj. Gen. Richard "Beef"

  • Alamo Wing Reservists help save lives after wreck

    Four Air Force Reservists with the 433rd Airlift Wing here helped save lives when they responded to a one-car accident on the way home from a unit training assembly Aug. 16. Maj. Angella Mudd and Master Sgt. Shanita Campbell, 433rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron, Tech. Sgt. McKenly Matson, 433rd

  • Pope reservists participate in airborne celebration

    Everyone knows that paratroopers and C-130s go together like peanut butter and jelly. So when current and former paratroopers gathered in Florida earlier this month to celebrate the 82nd Airborne Division and the 75th anniversary of airborne operations, it wasn't a surprise that the 440th Airlift

  • Duke security forces train in Big Sky country

    Members of the 919th Special Operations Wing Security Forces Squadron ate, slept, trained and lived under the big skies and rolling plains of the West for most of the month of August.More than 20 Airmen from the unit ventured Northwest to serve as the opposing force for other Reserve security forces

  • Tampa Bay Bucs salute MacDill servicemembers

    The final day of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Training Camp, was no ordinary day at One Buc Place, Tampa, Florida. Instead of the bleachers filled with your traditional fans, Airmen from the 927th Air Refueling Wing along with other military members from MacDill Air Force Base showed up in force to

  • Peterson reservist wins AF History award

    Tech. Sgt. Denise Flory, 302nd Airlift Wing Historian won the Air Force History and Museums Program 2015 Robert F. Futrell Award for excellence in historical publications, becoming the first traditional reservist ever to do so.The Robert F. Futrell Award recognizes those who have produced an

  • Airmen conduct tests for KC-46 program

    The 418th Flight Test Squadron is setting the stage for the arrival of the new KC-46 Pegasus by conducting legacy tanker fuel surge testing at Edwards Air Force Base California, July 26 through Aug. 9, 2015.In the past, both the KC-135 and the KC-10 were tested successively on the ground to baseline

  • Honorary commanders get glimpse of Dobbins mission

    Members of the Honorary Commanders Association participated in Dobbins Day, visiting various units here Aug. 20.The HCA was treated to unique tours and briefs and were given "stick time" in the Air Force C-130 simulator to experience the difficulty of a smooth landing.“I apologize for the crash