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AFRC News

  • Airmen participate in 9th annual Warriors on the Water

    Warriors on the Water hosted its 9th Annual Military Appreciation Bass Fishing Tournament at Jordon Lake State Park, May 2 including 39 Airmen from Pope Field. WOW and its team of volunteers and sponsors hosted 150 service members in a competition to lure the biggest lunker bass. The men and women

  • McChord, Luke civil engineers help Hickam save $1.5M

    Reserve Civil Engineers converged at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, for training that helped the Air Force save $1.5 million in repair costs in process. About 40 reservists from the 446th Civil Engineer Squadron, McChord Field, Washington, and the 944th CES, Luke Air Force Base, Arizona,

  • UFC to launch Fit Tour at McChord

    Ever wonder how those Ultimate Fighting Championship athletes achieve world-class conditioning? The answer will be available at three locations here, May 3. UFC Fit Coach Mike Dolce and former UFC Middleweight Champion Rich Franklin will hold a fitness workshop at the Wilson Fitness Center at Lewis

  • Watch the latest episode of 'In the Fight'

    The latest episode of 'In the Fight" produced by the U.S. Army's Defense Imagery and Video Distribution System, is available for online viewing at http://www.dvidshub.net/inthefight. On this episode, see first hand how the Afghan National Army conducted operations prior to the Afghan presidential

  • National Guard and Reserve activated as of April 29

    The Army Reserve, Navy Reserve and Marine Corps Reserve announced this week a decrease in activated reservists, while the Army National Guard, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve announced an increase of National Guard members and activated reservists. The Coast Guard Reserve announced no

  • Air Force secretary reports on total force balance

    Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James outlined April 30 the service's progress in leveraging the talent and capabilities of the Air National Guard and the Air Force Reserve within the total force concept.James, along with Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, testified at a Senate Armed

  • Women in Aviation event gives Charleston girls hands-on look at careers

    Eighth and ninth-grade girls from Charleston area schools visited April 29 to learn about jobs in aviation as part of the Annual Women in Aviation Career Day. "The 315AW WIA career day is designed to give insight and open young women's minds to career options they may have not previously considered

  • Pope airfield management 'a benchmark' for command

    Air Force Reserve Command has recognized the 440th Airlift Wing's Mid-Air Collision Avoidance program as a benchmark for other command airfields. Maj. Jimmy West, Headquarters, Air Force Reserve Command airfield operations branch chief, said Pope Airfield Operations is "unlike any other." West said

  • Beale parent proposes daycare slot leasing network

    For Senior Airman Lydia Ruiz, the most stressful part of serving her nation as a traditional reservist can be arranging childcare for her preschooler when duty calls.Like many Citizen Airmen, Ruiz dons the Air Force uniform more frequently than her obligatory one weekend a month and two weeks a

  • Beale Command Post AFRC's Large CP of the Year

    Aristotle declared the whole is more than the sum of its parts. Today, that ancient quote is often used to define the synergy teams need to succeed.For Senior Airman Amanda Schulz, Beale Command Post senior emergency actions controller, Aristotle's words may explain why her unit was recently named