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AFRC News

  • President proclaims National ESGR Week

    Presidential Proclamation -- National EmployerSupport of the Guard and Reserve Week, 2015NATIONAL EMPLOYER SUPPORT OF THE GUARD AND RESERVE WEEK, 2015- - - - - -BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION The United States military is the finest fighting force the world has ever

  • Reserve pilots drop JDAMs from upgraded F-22s

    Alaska Reserve pilots from the 302nd Fighter Squadron dropped Joint Direct Attack Munitions from F-22s equipped with increment 3.2A, a software upgrade package, during a recent unit training assembly weekend."Performing this mission on a UTA is critical to readiness because it allows our unit to

  • Homestead hosts additional duty 1st shirt seminar

    Team Homestead hosted an additional duty seminar here focused on educating 32 members in the art of filling the role of a first sergeant.The first-ever event, held during the August unit training assembly, covered Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 15 processes, counseling techniques and

  • 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