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AFRC News

  • Scott AFB Emergency managers train Dobbins reservists

    Five Air Force Reservists from the 94th Civil Engineer Squadron, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, came here to complete upgrade training.Reservists follow the same upgrade training time line as active duty, and since Operation Readiness Inspections are no longer require, emergency managers can go

  • Niagara maintainers practice crash, recovery skills

    Airmen from the  914th Maintenance Squadron Crash Damaged and Disabled Aircraft Recovery Section conducted comprehensive training here using one of the base’s static display aircraft, June 6-7. The 91th MXS, along with multiple base agencies simulated lifting a C-119 aircraft on display near the

  • Patriot Warrior provides realism for Reserve EOD techs

    Few careers in the military demand as much precision, focus, situational awareness, and attention to detail as an explosive ordnance disposal technician. Hence, non-stop training is critical in maintaining the mental acuity required to shoulder their daunting and hazardous mission.During the Patriot

  • Tech Report: Dropsonde

    The Hurricane Hunters of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron use a cool piece of tech called a “dropsonde” to help forecast hurricanes and other tropical storms.

  • Mission United gains insight into Reserve component

    Members of Mission United, an organization that supports military veterans and their families in Broward County, Florida, visited the base to gain a greater understanding of what reservists do during drill weekends so they can better understand the military background of veterans.Mission United

  • Guam Airmen travel 8,000 to compete in Port Dawg Challenge

    In Air Force Reserve Command, aerial port squadrons send their best from all over the command to the bi-annual Port Dawg Challenge. Not all units are stateside, one unit, the 44th Aerial Port Squadron traveled from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, for an opportunity to compete.The 44th traveled nearly

  • Youngstown wins 2015 Port Dawg Challenge

    Aerial Porters from Youngstown Air Reserve Station, Ohio, won the 2015 Top Dawg Challenge here, June 18. The three-day bi-annual event brought 26 aerial port squadrons from across the command to compete for the coveted “Top Dawg” trophy. "This competition brings a new element to the training because

  • Father, son spend Father’s Day in deployed location

     Deployed accommodations havechanged drastically in the last 30 years. In the 80’s and 90’s handwrittenletters and rooms filled with payphones were the only ways to communicate withloved ones from home.  “When I went to Desert Storm the first time, we gotour phone call home and we were in country

  • McConnell reserve group hosts bosslift

     Nineteen employers of 931st Air Refueling Group Airmen received a first-hand look at how their Reservist employee supports strategic reach during a "bosslift" sponsored by the local Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) here, June 6.According to the official ESGR website, the purpose of

  • VIDEO: Wings launch F-16s in simulated warzone

    Airmen from the 419th Fighter Wing and 388th Fighter Wing put their wartime skills to the test during a rigorous five-day combat readiness exercise here this weekend.Watch the video.Reserve and active-duty Airmen launched 42 sorties in a single day during the "surge" operation, more than doubling