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AFRC News

  • Combat Archer challenges Airmen with real-world scenarios

    Roughly 200 Airmen from the 482nd Fighter Wing were put through real-world scenarios during Combat Archer, a live-fire training exercise at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Jan. 26 to Feb. 6.Homestead's F-16 Makos joined F-15 Strike Eagles from the 366th Fighter Wing, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, and

  • Command announces 2014 Aircrew Flight Equipment awards

    Air Force Reserve Command has announced the 2014 winners of the Aircrew Flight Equipment Awards. The Aircrew Flight Equipment Airman of the Year is Senior Airman Ashley L. Giusti, 477th Operations Support Flight, Joint Base Elmendorf, Alaska.The NCO of the Year is Tech Sgt. Jonathan M. Gibson, 301st

  • Keesler C-130J simulator down for upgrades

    The C-130J aircraft simulator here will be down for repairs for five months beginning Feb. 9.The simulator, used by C-130J aviators throughout all over the U.S. and assignments overseas, will be going through a series of visual system and computer system upgrades needed to enhance the aircrew

  • McConnell preps for KC-46 with receiver/tanker training

    The KC-46A Pegasus isn't slated to arrive until the Summer of 2016, but the reserve pilots of the 18th Air Refueling squadron are already preparing for the new airframe by beginning their receiver/tanker training.Unlike some KC-135 Stratotankers, the KC-46 has the ability to take on fuel while in

  • Keesler maintainers hone C-130 fire drill skills

    The C-130J cockpit fills with alarms and blinking lights as Tech. Sgt. Ronnie Graham, a turboprop craftsman with the 403rd Maintenance Squadron's Propulsion Flight, methodically runs through his mental checklist to suppress and extinguish a fire in the engine three compartment.Luckily for Graham,

  • Rescue reservists support SpaceX launch

    Rescue wing reservists paved the way for the safe and successful launch of NOAA's Deep Space Climate Observatory satellite onboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 6:03pm February 11 from nearby Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. However, SpaceX decided to scrub an attempt to land the first stage of the

  • Grissom Airman aids civilian during medical emergency

    When a complete stranger was gasping for air, shaking and seizing, a Grissom Airman sprang into action. Tech. Sgt. James Walejewski, 434th Force Support Squadron training technician, used his Air Force self-aid-and-buddy-care training to provide care

  • Alamo Stampede tests mobility abilities

    Excitement was in the air as maintenance crews geared up for the first leg of the 433rd Airlift Wing's Operation Alamo Stampede competition Feb. 7 here.The all-day event, which pitted two teams of maintenance, operations and aerial port Airmen against one another, was designed to exercise and

  • McConnell reservist leads new program for unit fitness

    Master Sgt. Aaron Meadows was feeling the burn.Rivulets of perspiration trickled down his face as he lay on his back, panting for air while recovering from an intense round of bear-crawls, done while pushing a 45-pound plate across the floor."Oh man...that hurts," he gasped, before slowly pulling