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AFRC News

  • Patrick hosts joint medical readiness exercise

    More than 200 Air Force reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing here participated in MEDBEACH 2015, a joint-service medical readiness exercise July 9-12 to prepare rescue Airmen for real-world wartime emergencies.The 920th Aeromedical Staging Squadron conducted the exercise to prepare medical

  • Reserve medics train for land navigation

    Medics from the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron map out their routes during land navigation training for the Care Under Fire exercise at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, July 12, 2015. The Care under Fire exercise was designed locally by the 446th ASTS in order to simulate combat conditions and

  • Duke maintainers prepare for mission change

    A year after taking over maintenance responsibilities for their new C-145A aircraft, Airmen of the 919th Special Operations Maintenance Group now prepare their fleet for the boneyard. Each group of C-145As that takes its final flight from the Duke Field

  • Commissary offers nearly 500 value brands

    Six months into the start of the Commissary Value Brands program, patrons now have nearly 500 products available at savings comparable to low-cost private label items in commercial stores.Since the emergence of the Value Brands' signature orange label in December, the Defense Commissary Agency has

  • Don't get hooked by phishers

    Fast cash promises on popular social media sites like Facebook, Instagram and Twitter are causing major problems for service members.Phishing scams have continued to evolve in an attempt to keep up with progressing technology. Today, some phishing scams have been using social media outlets to fool

  • Luke reservist saves child

    Tech. Sgt. Jude Joseph, a medical technician with the 944th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, saved the life of a child who was found at the bottom of a swimming pool, July 2.Joseph, responding as an eight-year veteran of the Phoenix Police Department, was the first to arrive on scene of a 911 call.  He

  • Vietnam, A Look Back: Part III

    Editor's Note: Michael Petersen's story is a four-part series that takes an in-depth look at the hardships, camaraderie and challenges of the Vietnam War and integration back into daily life once returning home. Petersen is a retired Air Force Reserve command chief master sergeant and currently

  • Jackson speaks on way ahead for Air Force Reserve

    The head of Air Force Reserve Command discussed the Reserve’s future role in F-35 maintenance manning along with other initiatives July 7 during the Air Force Association’s monthly breakfast in Arlington, Virginia. “We are giving a huge amount of support to make sure this high end fight is brought

  • Tell your Air Force Reserve story

    In the wake of information operations launched by the Islamic State in Iraq and Levant (ISIL), I have seen a number of incidents where Reservists have requested to have Air Force news stories identifying them by name and rank removed from Air Force public websites and official social media.