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AFRC News

  • Senior leaders celebrate AF Reserve's 67th birthday

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III celebrated the Air Force Reserves 67th birthday by hosting a cake cutting ceremony in the Pentagon, April 6, 2015, Washington, D.C. Also on hand for the ceremony were Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Larry Spencer, Chief of the Air Force Reserves Lt. Gen.

  • Cool science

    Sixteen Eastland High School physics students observed an Explosive Ordnance Disposal demonstration conducted by Senior Master Sgt. Daniel Montrose, 301st Civil Engineer Squadron EOD unit, April 3 during their 301st Fighter Wing tour here. Students also visited the 610th Security Forces, 457th

  • Grissom Marines conquer swim qualifications

    While every Marine is a rifleman, these amphibious warriors are also proficient swimmers, enabling them to rise from the depths of the sea to challenges the nation places on their shoulders.Marine reservists of Detachment 1, Communication Company, Combat Logistics Regiment 45, 4th Marine Logistics

  • Sacrifices of the military child recognized during April

    To highlight the year-round contributions, courage and patriotism of the military community’s youngest members, the Defense Department observes April as the Month of the Military Child, said a Pentagon official.Established by then-Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger in 1986, the month recognizes

  • McConnell maintainers featured in Airman Magazine

    A group of maintainers from the 22nd Air Refueling Wing and the Air Force Reserve’s 931st Maintenance Squadron at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, are supporting refueling efforts for the entire Red Flag 15-2 exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. According to the maintenance Airmen who keep

  • SecAF visits Tinker Reservists

    Lt. Col. Robert Thompson introduces Tech. Sgt. Harold Fulghum, both of the 507th Maintenance Squadron to the Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James during the secretary's visit here March 27. Reserve Airmen briefed the secretary about various issues affecting the reserve component inside a

  • Travis Total Force C-5M crew flies into aviation record books

    In the early morning hours of April 3, a C-5M Super Galaxy aircrew from Travis Air Force Base, California, put the aircraft's capabilities to the test.The eight-person crew, with members of the 60th Air Mobility Wing's 22nd Airlift Squadron and the Air Force Reserve's 312th AS, accomplished their

  • Legends of war share their stories in Fort Worth

    More than seven decades ago, hundreds of Native Americans became legends. And, on March 20, 2015, Sailors, Soldiers, Airmen, Marines, and civilians alike met two of those legends at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas.Peter MacDonald and Dan Akee were among more than 200 Navajos

  • C-5 devours Chinook

    Members of Team Dover and the 337th Airlift Squadron, Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., load two Boeing Chinook CH-47Fs into a C-5 Super Galaxy March 27, 2015, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Each helicopter weighted just shy of 24,000 pounds and were being shipped to the Australian Army. (U.S. Air

  • Sexual assault prevention: moving beyond awareness

    Every April since 2001, the nation has focused its attention on sexual assault awareness and the impact this crime has on those who have experienced it. This year, the Department of Defense deliberately renamed the annual effort Sexual Assault Awareness and PREVENTION Month. I want to take this