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AFRC News

  • Scobee presents awards to AF JROTC

    Maj. Gen Richard Scobee, 10th Air Force commander, presented nearly 40 Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps awards May 8 to Eagle Mountain-Saginaw Independent School District cadets during their 5th Annual Awards Ceremony at Saginaw High School, Saginaw, Texas. After the general delivered

  • Niagara participates in National Employee Fitness Day

    Members of the base participated in National Employee Fitness Day May 20.The 914th Force Support Squadron promoted the event as Under the Big Top, which would allow installation personnel the opportunity to enjoy exercising in a unique format. Unfortunately, weather constraints prevented the event

  • McConnell supports Thunderbirds mission

    On the morning of May 22, six familiar red, white and blue F-16 Fighting Falcons from the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Demonstration Squadron streaked across the skyline of New York City to promote their upcoming performance at the Jones Beach Air Show in Wantagh, N.Y.  Thousands of New Yorkers were

  • Citizen Airmen conquer Savage Race

    Blue-smoke filled the air near the starting line as music pounded out heavy bass beats echoing throughout the muddy field. A man with a megaphone shouted out for dance challengers in the center of a crowd jumping up and down. The clock ticked down to the start of the next leg of the 25-obstacle,

  • Reserve Airmen support launch of reusable spacecraft

    Reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing provided range-clearance and safety support for the successful launch of a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at 11:05 a.m. EST, May 20, from Space Launch Complex 41 at nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.Onboard the rocket was the X-37B Orbital Test

  • Reserve F-22 pilot reaches 1,000 flight hours

    Maj. Chad Newkirk, an Air Force Reserve F-22 pilot assigned to the 477th Fighter Group, isthe 11th pilot in Air Force history and fourth pilot in the 477th FG toreach 1,000 flight hours in the F-22. He achieved the mark during a sortie here in April."I amthrilled and humbled to have made it to 1,000

  • Summer safety begins with risk management

    Increased travel and leisure activities that go hand-in-hand with the summer months require increased emphasis on risk management, said Air Force Chief of Ground Safety, Bill Parsons. While Airmen and their families make the most of recreational

  • Alamo Wing participates in 'Aloha Stampede'

    More than 140 members of the 433rd Airlift Wing took part in “Aloha Stampede,” a major training exercise in Hilo, Hawaii, May 14-19.Aloha Stampede was the first time the 433rd AW executed a combined training and fly-away exercise, according to Col. Lee E. Merkle, 433rd Operations Group commander and

  • Great New England Air Show draws nearly 400,000

    An unprecedented air show with six headline acts --including two major North American aerial demonstration teams -- pulled innearly 400,000 visitors May 16-17. Mother Nature, which ultimately determines how high andfast the pilots can safely perform, cooperated both days of the Great NewEngland Air

  • McChord reservists heading to Patriot Warrior

    Reservists from the 446th Airlift Wing here are heading to Wisconsin in June to participate in Patriot Warrior, a large-scale joint forces exercise.More than 125 reservists from the 446th Civil Engineer Squadron and 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron will participate.  The flight nurses and