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AFRC News

  • Deployed maintainers keep hurricane hunter mission moving

    The pilot prepares the aircraft for takeoff going through the required checklists when she notices the embedded GPS initial navigation system isn't working properly.They can't fly without it so Maj. Dena Williams, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron pilot and aircraft commander for the Aug. 25

  • Air Force's top leader discusses Reserve future

    Citizen Airmen have an advocate at the very top of Air Force.During a visit to Robins Air Force Base, Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James discussed several issues related to the Air Force Reserve's future.As the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard continue to grow in proportion to the

  • Reservists air drop life-sustaining cargo in Iraq

    C-130H Hercules aircrews from here saved lives by delivering food and water to people stranded in Northern Iraq. The missions began at night Aug. 8 for the reservists from Youngstown's 757th Airlift Squadron, who deployed to Southwest Asia as part of the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. They

  • 507th ARW gains a new squadron, air mobility training mission

    The 507th Air Refueling Wing gained a new squadron and a new training mission assuming command over the 730th Air Mobility Training Squadron, Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma.The 730th AMTS is an Air Force Reserve Command unit charged with training aircrew on the C-17 Globemaster III, KC-135

  • Undersecretary of Defense visits Joint Base Charleston

    Jessica Wright, Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness, visited the world's largest C-17 base Aug. 22 and 23 to learn of the Team Charleston mission and discuss resiliency and to promote sexual assault prevention and reporting with service members.Her visit kicked off with a mission

  • Hurricane Hunters fly into Tropical Storm Cristobal

    Aircrews with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron have been flying data-gathering missions into Tropical Storm Cristobal out of the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport here since Aug. 21.The Hurricane Hunters flew the first low-level invest mission Aug. 21 and continued to investigate the weather system

  • Behind the nylon curtain: rigging parachutes for pararescue

    It's a typical training day at the 920th Rescue Wing, the Air Force Reserve's only combat rescue unit. Pararescuemen wait for the signal to jump out of the plane and into the deep waters of the Atlantic Ocean. They check each other's parachutes as a pre-jump ritual. One mistake in this business is

  • Yellow Ribbon trains deploying IMAs, loved ones

    For Individual Mobilization Augmentees, who lack the support of a local military base, the separation and reintegration of a deployment can cause challenges for family relationships.Enter the Yellow Ribbon Program. The pre-, mid- and post-deployment events allow reservists and their loved ones the

  • SecAF gets first-hand look at AF Reserve headquarters

    Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James visited Robins Air Force Base this week to get an up close look at the installation's diverse and dynamic missions.This was the Secretary's first visit to the installation, where she spent two days touring several areas of Georgia's largest industrial

  • Sky Country performs at Museum of Aviation Sept 2

    Residents of Middle Georgia can attend a free Air Force band concert Sept. 2 at the Museum of Aviation's amphitheater in Warner Robins.Sky Country, the newest ensemble of the U.S. Air Force Band of the West from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, will take the stage at 7 p.m. If the weather is