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AFRC News

  • C-5M achieves Initial Operational Capability

    Air Mobility Command officials have announced the Initial Operational Capability milestone for the C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft. IOC was achieved for upgraded C-5M aircraft after successful Qualification Test, Operational Test and Evaluation and delivery of the 16th C-5M aircraft with trained aircrew

  • AF announces change to reduction in force board schedule

    Air Force leaders announced a change Feb. 20 to the officer reduction in force board, or RIF, originally scheduled to convene June 16 at the Air Force Personnel Center. Air Force officials are adjusting the timing of the board until later in calendar year 2014 due to legal limitations governing RIF

  • Buckley bowlers win at Western Region Military Tournament

    A four-person bowling team here won the first place team event and two other individual events during the 37th Western Region Military Tournament in Las Vegas Feb. 14-15. Sherry Arnold, Steven Roskelly, and Tech. Sgts. Richard Grybos and Alejandro Sanchez, knocked down 2,673 pins and defeated 33

  • Jones' fini-flight sets aviation record

    Col. Joseph C. Jones, 307th Bomb Wing vice commander, had a record-setting final flight in the B-52 Stratofortress here Feb. 18.When the two B-52s returned after the training mission, the crews broke a record of 100,000 combined flying hours."This shows the dedication of the reserve crew members

  • March edition of Westover's Patriot Magazine is online

    The March 2014 edition of the Patriot Magazine is now available online. Click here to view. This edition includes:·Chief Master Sgt. Michael Thorpe's editorial: "Farewell to the Patriot Wing"·Patriot Wing commander pins on first star·Report: More reservists, no AFRC headquarters·Denton mission sends

  • Niagara Airmen receive active shooter response training

    Airmen of the 914th Airlift Wing here attended active shooter training during the Jan. 30 - Feb 2 unit training assembly, . The goal of the training is to provide members of the base a sense of awareness, as well as a tool to use should they ever find themselves in an active shooter situation.The

  • Reservist volunteers with Gulf Coast Search and Rescue

    When 22-year-old Nick Rainer went missing while kayaking with his father Ken in February 2013, something about the heart-wrenching story touched Master Sgt. Spring J. Winter's heart.The two went on a father-son fishing trip Feb. 27 and didn't return. The search for the two men began later that

  • 910th Airman named Aviation Resource Manager NCO of the year

    Tech. Sgt. Ryan Wisniowski, a squadron aviation resource manager with the 757th Airlift Squadron here, is the 2013 Air Force Reserve Command Aviation Resource Manager  NCO of the Year.Wisniowski is grateful for the recognition."To accomplish the goals I set for myself feels rewarding," said

  • Air Force training helps Airman save a life

    When Senior Airman William Huff learned CPR as part of his Air Force training, he never dreamed he'd use that knowledge within a month to save a man's life - twice.Huff, an Air Force reservist assigned to 22nd Air Force, Detachment 1, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., is credited with reviving a

  • McConnell Security Forces Airmen contribute to expeditionary award

    Airmen from the 931st Security Forces Squadron recently discovered they were part of the 376th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron's success during a recent deployment to the Transit Center at Manas.The organization was recently named Air Force Central Command's Outstanding Expeditionary Medium