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AFRC News

  • Active shooter exercise keeps Youngstown ready to respond

    Are you prepared to respond appropriately if an active shooter enters your workplace and opens fire? That's the question the 910th Airlift Wing Inspection Team sought to answer with a base-wide training exercise here, March 18.The exercise began at 9:10 A.M. when coordinators triggered the mass

  • 'Frankenherc' lives on with new mission

    The retired C-130 affectionately known as "Frankenherc", a long time fixture at the 934th Airlift Wing, will live on again as part of a different aircraft. The retired aircraft was a conglomeration of different C-130s and was used for training at the 934th before it was dismantled, demilitarized and

  • CSAF to Airmen: Sequestration creates tough choices

    The Air Force's highest ranking uniformed Airman released another edition of 'Airman to Airman' -- a video series designed to highlight important topics to the force. In his latest message, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III discusses the impact sequestration has on the Air Force and

  • Travis trains on integrated aircrew body armor

    Travis aircrew and aircrew flight equipment Airmen trained with integrated aircrew body armor systems to help the 28th Test and Evaluation Squadron from Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., collect operational performance data on multiple airframes, March 3 to 7 on the flight line."As of now there are 15

  • Reservist re-enlists at center ice

    Senior Master Sgt. Robert Gaspar, 507th Operations Support Squadron, takes the oath of enlistment from Maj. Charles Hicks, 507th OSS, March 15. The re-enlistment, the last for Gaspar, took place at center ice before the Oklahoma City Barons hockey game. Also on hand presenting the colors was the

  • Big brother hands over mission to little brother

    As a service member's deployment comes to an end, one of the biggest concerns is to set their replacement up for success. For Staff Sgt. David Rippy, his replacement is his brother, Senior Airman Mark Rippy, both reservists deployed from the 315th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Charleston Air Force

  • Niagara Falls Gulf War veterans gather at squadron

    Prior to the March Unit Training Assembly here, a few of the 328th Airlift Squadron Airmen noticed something about their wingmen attending a routine intelligence brief."During the brief we looked around and we noticed we had the highest number of Desert Storm veterans attending," said Lt. Col. Glen

  • Reserve C-17 crew diverts mission to help sick child

    A 445th Airlift Wing C-17 Globemaster III was on a routine passenger movement mission March 7 when it was diverted to Yokota Air Base, Japan, to pick up a sick 2-year old child that needed to be transported to Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, for medical treatment.The original mission called for the

  • YARS air show coordinator talks "Thunder" with chamber

    Air Force Reserve Maj. Jay Ference, 910th Operations Group YARS air show coordinator and Holly Baker, a member of the Youngstown Air Reserve Base-Community Council's air show planning committee, talked to a member of the Youngstown-Warren Regional Chamber of Commerce's Take 5 media team here, March

  • ARPC announces Reserve School Selection Board results

    Air Reserve Personnel Center officials here announced selection results from the semi-annual CY14A Reserve School Selection Board. The selection board convened at the center Feb. 3-7 to match selected members to their respective schools based upon the needs of the Air Force Reserve followed by