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AFRC News

  • Deployed Airmen return to families, jobs in Utah

    More than 130 Airmen from the 419th and 388th Fighter Wings returned home Tuesday after a four-month deployment to Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea.About 70 other Reserve and active-duty personnel, including 10 F-16s, returned to Hill over Easter weekend.During the deployment, pilots, maintainers

  • Niagara highlights Earth Day successes

    Each year Air Force installations around the world observe Earth Day on April 22 by taking actions to support the Air Force's Earth Day theme of "Conserve Today - Secure Tomorrow."This year, Air Force activities will focus on sustainability, referring to the capacity to continue the mission without

  • Veterans Entrepreneurship Program is dog-gone good for one retiree

    Many veterans spend more than half their lives serving their country, and they carry this core value with them long after they hang up the uniform and join the civilian workforce.This desire to serve others is what drove retired Master Sgt. Joe Halenka during his 26 year career in the Air Force and

  • Therapy on 4 legs

    Air Force Reserve Capt. Allyson Dossman played an integral role on a surgical team during a deployment to Afghanistan, but still had a lot on her plate when she returned home to Massachusetts in January 2013.She married another Air Force Reserve officer and started making plans to move with him to

  • 2 Reserve-nominated businesses are ESGR Freedom Award finalists

    Two businesses nominated by Air Force Reservists are finalists for the 2014 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award, the Defense Department's highest recognition given to employers for exceptional support of National Guard and Reserve employeesJ.G. Management Systems, Inc. of Grand

  • Rep. Tom Cole visits AF Reserve's only AWACS unit

    Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., visited the 513th Air Control Group here April 18 as part of a base-wide tour.The 513th is the only Air Force Reserve unit to maintain and fly the E-3 Sentry, an Airborne Warning and Control System aircraft.During a morning briefing, 513th Airmen explained how they support

  • McConnell Airmen, VA, local agencies assist homeless veterans

    On a cold, overcast April day, Tech. Sgt. Stephen Hedden and other volunteers are quickly loading the bed of his pick-up with furniture and household items. Hedden, seven McConnell Airmen and three Robert J. Dole Veterans Administration Medical Center employees, met up at His Helping Hands, a

  • Combat Camera helps Reservists focus their photo skills

    About 23 Air Force Reserve public affairs specialists from bases across the country assembled here with an eagerness to improve their photo skills under the tutelage of some of the Air Force's most elite photographers - 1st Combat Camera Squadron.  "This three day training is not designed to make

  • Air Force researchers test Google Glass for battlefield use

    Whether trying to coordinate multiple aircraft in a three-dimensional battlespace, calling in precise close air support or evacuating personnel caught behind enemy lines - effective multitasking is at the heart of the mission for Air Force special operators.Researchers with the 711th Human