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AFRC News

  • 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

  • KC-46 site survey team visits Westover

    “No show stoppers.”That was among the highlights of the findings from a team of morethan two dozen Airmen and civilians which visited Westover duringthe first week of June to evaluate the base’s capacity to house KC-46Pegasus tankers. The Air Force is consideringWestover and three other bases for

  • McChord firefighters stand ready at Patriot Warrior

    For the 446th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters every piece of training comes with real-world implications. During the Patriot Warrior exercise here, it was up to them to build a functional fire department from the ground up, and to mitigate emergencies outside of the exercise parameters. Patriot

  • Dover reservists lend a helping hammer

    Reservists from the 512th Civil Engineer Squadron showed up in downtown Dover with work gloves, tool belts, hammers and nails to help build a home with Habitat for Humanity, June 6.Thirteen reservists particpated in the Blitz Project on Kirkwood St., where the mission was to have two of five homes

  • Reservists help keep F-15s flying at Mountain Home

    Reservists from Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, have been providing maintenance manpower on the F-15 line here.Integrated with the 366th Maintenance Group since January, the nine reservists with the 414th Maintenance Squadron are fulfill roles in multiple maintenance sections to

  • Travis AFSC weekend provides targeted training to Citizen Airmen

    Citizen Airmen had yet another opportunity to hone their skills during the 349th Air Mobility Wing's latest Air Force Specialty Code training weekend, held here June 6-7, 2015.Held periodically throughout the year, AFSC training weekends provide Citizen Airmen targeted opportunities for hands-on

  • Hill EOD reservist helps excavate Vietnam-era crash site

    Senior Master Sgt. Eric Eberhard, 419th Explosive Ordnance Disposal, is deployed as part of a recovery team tasked to excavate a Laos crash site from the Vietnam era.The two-month deployment is a Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency mission, which includes day-to-day operations to research, identify,

  • Whiteman civil engineers house Navajo

    The Navajo Reservation near Gallup, New Mexico, lives with extraordinary poverty.The Southwest Indian Foundation estimates nearly 60 percent of the population lives below the poverty level- with average per capita income of about $6,000.Civil Engineers from the 442d Fighter Wing spent two weeks

  • McConnell Reservists return from Southwest Asia

    Ainee smiles as she greets her father,Tech. Sgt. Steven Upchurch, 931st Maintenance Squadron crew chief, after returning from a deployment to Southwest Asia, June 12, 2015, at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. During the deployment, the 931 ARG performed aircraft maintenance and filled other support