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AFRC News

  • 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

  • Andrews chaplain wins top awards

    The chaplain for the 459th Air Refueling Wing here is the winner of two top annual awards in the Air Force and Air Force Reserve.Chaplain (Maj.) Joshua Kim won the 2014 U.S. Air Force Chaplain Corps  Thoran T. Thielen award, and the 2014 U.S. Air Force Reserve Chaplain Corps Individual Award for

  • Dobbins community welcomes deployers home

    A sea of people in patriotic colors waving signs and banners welcomed home more than 150 Citizen Airmen from a deployment in southwest Asia May 18 and 19.This was the second Aerospace Expeditionary Force deployment for the 94th Airlift Wing since converting from a C-130 training mission to a combat

  • Minnesota Guard, Reserve conduct contingency ops exercise

    Minnesota Guard and Reserve units recently teamed up for a complex six-aircraft contingency operations exercise.The Air Force Reserve’s 934th Airlift Wing and the Minnesota National Guard‘s 133rd AW regularly take advantage of their co-location at Minneapolis

  • Japan deployment invaluable for Luke reservists

    The 944th Force Support Squadron gained invaluable experience during their deployment to Kadena Air Base, Japan, home of the 18th Fighter Wing and the largest Force Support squadron in the Air Force. Comprised of 2,500 active duty, Department of Defense civilians, contractors and Japanese national

  • Space wing earns Power, Vigilance trophy

    The 310th Space Wing, Schriever Air Force Base, Colo., won the 10th Air Force Power and Vigilance award here May 12, 2015. The award is presented once a year to the unit that goes above and beyond to accomplish the mission as "the premier provider of affordable, integrated, flexible, and

  • Increased mission requirements open doors for continued service

    The Air Force is introducing several personnel and manpower initiatives to meet increased mission requirements outlined in the fiscal year 2016 President’s Budget. The Air Force is undergoing a concerted effort to stabilize and grow the force by fiscal 2017, to include addressing key gaps in the