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AFRC News

  • Andrews reservist studies abroad

    A reservist with the 459th Air Refueling Wing at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, is taking advantage of a vocational training program he learned about at a U.S. Chamber of Commerce “Hire Our Heroes” job fair.Staff Sgt. Joe Castro, a 69th Aerial Port Squadron air transportation specialist, is attending

  • Distance learning PME demands greater commitment

    The Air Force’s new enlisted professional military education distance learning courses are demanding and require more study time.That’s according to a memo from the Air Force Barnes Center of Distance Education at Maxwell AFB, Alabama."The new EPME is a game changer," said Chief Master Sgt. Cameron

  • Chaplain describes deployment role

    It is said that most large problems require a simple solution. I believe this to be true, as did my grandparents. I’m completing a seven-month tour in northern Italy. As one can imagine, going from a stateside Reserve Wing to an overseas active-duty base has required a tremendous reality-shift.What

  • Air Force Reserve merges headquarters directorates

    The Air Force Reserve Command headquarters is merging its A4 Logistics and A7 Installation and Mission Support directorates.  AFRC’s new A4 Logistics, Engineering and Force Protection directorate was approved by Headquarters Air Force May 19. The merger will be conducted in phases over the next

  • Reserve wing ready for 2015 fire season

    Airmen from the Air Force Reserve Command's 302nd Airlift Wing and their U.S. Forest Service partners wrapped up their annual Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System training May 18 here.The four days of currency and re-currency certification ensured the Wing's 10 MAFFS aircrews, support personnel and

  • 10th Air Force Commander visits rescue wing

    Maj. Gen. Richard Scobee, 10th Air Force commander, spent two days with the 920th Rescue Wing and its Rescue Airmen here.His command, one of three numbered Air Forces for Air Force Reserve, located in Fort Worth, Texas,  includes all fighter, bomber, special operations, rescue, airborne warning and

  • Harris gets glimpse of aerial firefighting training

    Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-qualified C-130 aircraft commander, Lt. Col. Robert Fairbanks of the 731st Airlift Squadron, right, shows Maj. Gen. Stayce Harris, 22nd Air Force commander, a MAFFS-equipped C-130 during her visit to the 302nd Airlift Wing here May 15, 2015. The general spent

  • Rescue reservists deploy to Africa

    A group of reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing here deployed to the Horn of Africa May 24 for contingency support there.Approximately 30 pararescue and support personnel will spend the next four months as part of Combined Joint Task Force - Horn of Africa and will be in place for