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AFRC News

  • 2014 Guard, Reserve Factsheets now available

    The 2014 Guard & Reserve Factsheets are now available. The comprehensive guide to the Reserve Component contains the following information: Contact total Force Service Center Air Reserve Personnel Center Mission & Vision Personnel Services Delivery myPers Applications and Services

  • Youngstown welcomes WWII vet, family for Gift of a Day

    The 910th Airlift Wing welcomed a World War II veteran and his family for a special tour here, Feb. 2. The event was conducted at the request of Crossroads Hospice in Green, Ohio, as part of their Gift of a Day program.According to Krystal Beckelhimer, the hospice's Gift of a Day coordinator, the

  • DOD honors Grissom firefighters for heroism

    With paint boiling off walls and carpet melting beneath, a house engulfed in flames can only be described as hell on earth, and yet some run toward hell's inferno to save lives. Two such men, Capt. James Jones and Aaron Sundheimer, both Grissom Fire Department firefighters assigned to GFD's Rescue

  • Air Force introduces Volume 8 of Portraits in Courage

    The Air Force released its eighth volume of Portraits in Courage, highlighting three teams and thirteen Airmen for their honor, valor, devotion and selfless sacrifice in the face of extreme danger to themselves and others. "Our Airmen are faced with situations like this each and every day around the

  • Security Forces commander awarded Bronze Star

    The 315th Security Forces Squadron commander here was awarded the Bronze Star Feb. 9 for his leadership and involvement while engaged in ground operations in and around Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.Maj. Shawn M. Swarz earnedt the fourth highest combat decoration a military member can receive for

  • McChord Reservist's 12th Man spirit changes child's life

    The spirit of the 12th Man has thrilled and united everyone in the Pacific Northwest on the Seattle Seahawks' road to victory this year, so much so, that one 446th Airlift Wing reservist went out of his way to make a young "12" he had never met before feel like a part of the team.Tech. Sgt. Shawn

  • Guardian Angels keep rescue-ready with new training tower

    Rescue Airmen at the 920th Rescue Wing used their new training tower for the first time Feb 9. The tower is specifically designed to prepare them for the battlefield by simulating a variety of rescue environments.Although the Guardian Angel Training Tower was user-ready Jan. 1, the GAs had to

  • Shook meets Hill reservists

    Maj. Gen. Richard Shook, mobilization assistant to the Chief of the Air Force Reserve, visited reservists from the 419th Fighter Wing here today. Shook, who will be guest speaker at the wing's annual awards banquet, met with Airmen and toured shops around the wing, including security forces,

  • Team McChord C-17s deliver Army firepower

    Reserve and active-duty C-17 Globemaster III aircrews from Team McChord provided strategic airlift for Soldiers from the 17th Fire Brigade to Fort Hunter-Liggett, Calif., to conduct live-fire exercises Jan. 31 to Feb. 5.The 446th and 62nd Airlift Wing crewmembers transported the 5th Battalion, 3rd

  • Reserve test squadron highlights mission at CYBERSPACE symposium

    The Air Force Reserve's 14th Test Squadron was featured side by side with leading cyber and information-technology companies and organizations Feb. 5, during the annual Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association CYBPERSPACE Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colo.The 14th Test Squadron, a