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AFRC News

  • Cumberland County Planning Department employees receive Patriot Awards

    Three Cumberland County Planning and Inspections Department employees recently received Patriot Awards from the Secretary of Defense for their support of an Air Force reservist who works as a code enforcement officer with the department.Planning Director Tom Lloyd, Deputy Director Cecil Combs and

  • Pope Airmen team with Army depot to learn Lean

    Air Force aircraft maintenance mechanics recently teamed up with depot employees to standardize processes for work performed on a satellite communications system and tactical radios.Lean proponent and former Tobyhanna Army Depot employee Senior Master Sgt. John Sosko brought four reservists from

  • Boy meets pilot

    Jacob Ogden, an eighth-grader at Legacy Junior High School in Layton, gets an F-16 "101" from Lt. Col. Paul "Buster" Delmonte, an F-16 pilot in the 419th Fighter Wing. The two recently met by chance when Ogden, 14, saw Delmonte wearing his flight suit in a doctor's waiting room. Ogden approached

  • CSAF: Budget cuts affect combatant commands

    Painful budget reductions will reduce the future capabilities of combatant commanders, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III told Congress here March 26.Testifying alongside Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James at a hearing of the House Appropriations Committee's defense

  • ARPC hosts Defense Council

    With a little bit of AC/DC music, hot breakfast burritos, and videos showcasing innovative Airmen from the Air Reserve Personnel Center, members of the Defense Council were treated to an early morning meeting that was anything but dull.Brig. Gen. Samuel "Bo" Mahaney, ARPC commander, along with

  • Reservist shares perspective on balancing the triad

    Balancing reserve commitment, civilian career and personal life can be a struggle for reservists. But Capt. Francis Tobias, 940th Wing Equal Opportunity director, may have mastered the trick.Tobias said he doesn't prescribe to the three-legged stool analogy often used to depict the Reserve triad of

  • SecAF discusses service’s top priorities

    Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James today provided a congressional panel with an overview of her top priorities for the Air Force. Joined by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, James laid out the framework for her three top priorities for the House Appropriations Committee's defense

  • 8,800 Reservists to get Hepatitis B vaccinations

    Approximately 8,800 Air Force Reservists will get Hepatitis B vaccinations due to a recent change in Department of Defense immunization rules.The Defense Department is now requiring all servicemembers be immunized against the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), which causes a potentially fatal liver

  • Knowledge Operations Management career field to change April 30

    The 3D0X1 Knowledge Operations Management Air Force Specialty Code will undergo a name change and see part of the career field move to another AFSC beginning April 30, according to Chief Master Sgt. Kristine Freeland, AFRC Communications functional area manager.The 3D0X1 career field will be renamed