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AFRC News

  • NASCAR driver makes detour through Homestead

    NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Driver, Aric Almirola, visited Homestead Air Reserve Base on his way to Chicagoland Speedway to participate in the "Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup" on  Sept 10.While visiting here, Almirola worked with members of the Homestead Air Reserve Fire Department in a live fire

  • Daughter of missing Air Force pilot shares story of loss

    The name, rank and service of Col. Kelly Cook are imprinted on POW/MIA bracelets to this day. He is still missing. The pilot's name is also engraved on a memorial marker on the grounds of the Air Force Academy in Colorado. He was declared killed in action in 1976.The ultimate sacrifice he paid for

  • Homestead pays tribute to Air Force birthday with youngest Airman

    Members of Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida., gathered to celebrate the Air Force's 67th birthday at the Community Activity Center here 7 Sept.On Sept. 18, 1947 the United States Air Force was established. In order to continue a strong Heritage and to celebrate the Air Force's 67th birthday, the

  • 914th participates in Exercise Cold Front

    The 914th Airlift Wing participated in "Exercise Cold Front," a self-assessment of operational requirements required under the new Air Force inspection system, Sept. 5-7.The new inspection system requires each unit to self-assess and report to the wing commander their ability to comply with

  • RIO shuffles readiness detachments

    The Headquarters Individual Reservist Readiness and Integration Organization, in coordination with the Readiness Management Group, began a restructing that will reduce the number of detachments from 15 to seven and create eight operating locations.  The transition and restructure, which began Aug.

  • 349th Wing Airmen remember 9/11 tanker mission

    On Sept. 11, 2001, a Travis KC-10 crew took off from Europe with the ordinary mission of ferrying six A-10 Warthogs back to the United States. However, 9/11 was no ordinary day.Capt. Jay Wahleithner, KC-10 Extender pilot, 1st Lt. Jerimy Wills, co-pilot, Staff Sgt. E.J. Abalos, engineer, and Staff

  • Reserve firefighters pay tribute to 9/11 comrades

    Firefighters from the 507th Civil Engineer Squadron participated in their 5th Annual Fire climb on Sept. 7 to honor the victims of the 9/11 attacks. Inspired by firefighter cadets in Austin, Texas, members of the 507th Air Refueling Wing climbed the equivalent of 110 stories to commemorate the 343

  • Air Force Reserve adapts to new AEF Construct

    The Air Force's re-designed Air Expeditionary Force construct will modify how reservists mobilize for contingencies and support combatant commander. The new AEF construct, scheduled to start in October, is intended to make deployments more predicable for reservists and improve opportunities for them

  • Combat Aviation Advisors attend large-scale Army exercise

    Air Force Special Operations Air Warfare Center and the 919th Special Operations Wing sent Airmen to the U.S. Army's Joint Readiness Training Center Sept. 7 for a month-long, large-scale deployment simulation to help meet the rigorous, time-consuming training requirements to become a fully qualified

  • Seamless mobility - Travis port dawgs train with Texas Reservists

    Travis Air Force Base has built a reputation for an associate partnership that demonstrates "one team, no seam," a phrase coined by Brig. Gen. Jay Flournoy, former 349th Air Mobility Wing commander. So when the 26th Aerial Port Squadron reservists from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, needed