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AFRC News

  • Pope Field FTU final hurdle for Reserve medics

    "I like to bring the game to the patient so that's what we'll do," Maj. Laurel Minard said as she began her pre-mission brief. "Patients don't deserve our sympathy, they deserve our skill."Minard, a nurse with the 349th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, Calif., was beginning

  • Annual awards recognizes Reservists, honors history of excellence

    Each year, the 446th Airlift Wing hosts an awards banquet to honor outstanding Reservists in the wing, along with the families and employers who support them every day. The 446th AW Annual Awards Banquet journeyed down a new road March 8, uniting Air Force heroes and legends from the past to share

  • Warren mayor visits Youngstown ARS

    Mayor Doug Franklin, of the nearby City of Warren, Ohio, visited the Air Force Reserve's 910th Airlift Wing based here, March 7, 2014. The mayor toured YARS to learn more about the wing's capabilities and the installation's features firsthand as well as meet some of the Citizen Airmen assigned here.

  • 931st Commander presents flag to family of Wichita Silver Star recipient

    The 931st Air Refueling Group commander presented a flag to the sister of a deceased World War II Silver Star recipient at the Joseph H. Herndon II Veterans of Foreign Wars and American Legion post in Derby, March 10.The flag was flown over McConnell last winter and presented to Ginny Webb of

  • Command media contest results announced

    Three offices and 26 individuals earned first-place awards in the 2013 Air Force Reserve Command Media Contest.The top entries were announced March 11 by Lt. Gen. James F. Jackson, AFRC commander. The public affairs competition featured 317 Web, print, graphic, still photo and broadcasting entries

  • 445th AW provides vital support to 655th ISGR

    The 445th Airlift Wing keeps a rigorous schedule flying and supporting nine C-17s, aeromedical evacuation missions, and maintaining operational readiness. In Sept 2013, the wing began the additional task of supporting the newly-activated 655th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group. The

  • AFRC announces 940th Wing to gain KC-135s

    The Department of Defense budget request for fiscal year 2015 includes a major change for the 940th Wing here. The Air Force Reserve Command confirmed today that proposed changes for the Air Force Reserve structure include the addition of eight KC-135R Stratotankers to the reserve wing's mission

  • Defense budget proposal includes big changes for Tinker reserve units

    Proposed Air Force structure changes resulting from the Department of Defense fiscal 2015 budget could result in big changes to reserve units here. If enacted into law, the DOD budget request would direct an increase of four KC-135R Stratotankers to the 507th Air Refueling Wing and inactivate the

  • Challenging rescue mission provides inspiration for children's book

    A challenging, multi-day mission in the backcountry of Alaska tested the limits of one U.S. Air Force rescue team and provided the inspiration for a unique, nonfiction children's book. During the summer of 2010, the Alaska Air National Guard was tasked to rescue a family after their plane