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AFRC News

  • 315th AW wins big at European air show

    Recognized for “Best Static Display,” Airmen from the 315th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, delivered military pride, strength and technology with a C-17 at the Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton International Air Day July 11, 2015.  The air show marked 75 years of existence

  • AF rolls out details to improve RPA mission

    In response to a critical shortage of remotely piloted aircraft pilots, the Air Force rolled out more details of its plan to fix the problem in both the short and long term. The most recent initiatives include creating bonuses for RPA pilots of $15,000 per year beginning in fiscal year 2016; placing

  • Reservists help TERI project move forward

    Senior leadership from the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Reserve Affairs and Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command visited the TERI Campus of Life Innovative Readiness Training project to review progress and training quality July 8.Air Force and Navy reservists are working together to

  • Air Force releases new enlisted study guide

    The Profession of Arms Center of Excellence will release Air Force Handbook 1, Airman, October 2015, which replaces the Professional Development Guide, and will provide enlisted Airmen information needed for promotion testing.Individual study guides, developed from the information within the

  • JCS top enlisted visits Wright-Pat

    Staff Sgt. Joshua Minefee, a medical materiel journeyman with the 445th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, talks to Marine Corps Sgt. Maj. Bryan B. Battaglia, the senior enlisted advisor to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, about his role in ASTS during Battaglia’s visit to the 445th Airlift

  • OPM announces steps to protect workers from cyber threats

    The U.S. Office of Personnel Management announced the results of the interagency forensics investigation into a recent cyber breach involving federal background investigation data and the steps it is taking to protect those impacted. As information has become available and verifiable, the agency

  • Reservist prequalifies for 2016 Olympic Trials

    Standing at the 10-meter firing line, Capt. Caitlin Harris slowly raises her precision air pistol. She takes careful aim as she steadies her breathing; a slow, steady in and out. She knows that the moment to pull the trigger will surprise her. A sharp crack pierces the calm. The Air Force Reserve

  • Civil engineer squadron inactivates at Keesler

    The 403rd Civil Engineer Squadron was inactivated in a ceremony held here July 12 as a result of overall U.S. defense budget cuts stemming originally from the fiscal year 2015 President's Budget Proposal."The Air Force has to find a way to be leaner," said Maj. Quinton Sasnett, 403rd CES commander.

  • Reservist is logistics planner for Emerald Warrior exercise

    A 919th Special Operations Wing reservist served as the Emerald Warrior 2015's first lead logistician for this year's joint-service exercise.Capt. Julie Farrand, 919th Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron, was selected to fill the newly-created, yet vital position for the two-week special

  • Chief earns Army Air Assault Badge

    It isn’t every day the Air Force sends an Airman to attend the Army’s brutal Air Assault School in Ft. Benning, Georgia, and its inconceivable for that Airman to be a chief master sergeant with more than 25 years of service.Until now.At 48, Chief Master Sgt. Robert Grimsley, 315th Security Forces