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AFRC News

  • C-130 crew chief inspires others to succeed in fitness

    Tech. Sgt. Vic Bejarano saw a disturbing trend in his shop -- co-workers and friends losing stripes and suffering the consequences for failing their fitness tests. Bejarano talked to his wife about what he saw as a growing problem and she told him to do something about it.So he did. Now, from 11:30

  • Air travel becomes easier for U.S. service members

    The Transportation Safety Administration is making air travel easier for military members and their families with new updates to their security procedures.The TSA program, called TSA Pre-Check, expedites screening procedures for active-duty, reserve and Coast Guard service members. Once verified as

  • Hill selected to receive first operational F-35A aircraft

    Hill Air Force Base was selected as the new home for the Air Force's first operational F-35A Lightning IIs.Air Force officials chose Hill AFB after a lengthy analysis of multiple locations' operational considerations, installation attributes, economic, and environmental factors."Hill AFB is ideally

  • Welsh: Budget Woes Force Cuts to Some Base Facilities

    In this time of sequestration, the Air Force must focus on its primary mission of being able to fight and win the nation's wars, Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, the Air Force chief of staff, said here yesterday.Family programs that support that mission will receive funding, but "nice-to-have" facilities

  • December issue of Citizen Airman available online

    The December issue of Citizen Airman, official magazine of the Air Force Reserve, is available at http://www.citamn.afrc.af.mil/. This month's cover story focuses on a civil engineer who escaped the civil war in his native country of Sierra Leone, came to the United States with his family and joined

  • Team Dover delivers next generation weather satellite

    A new satellite that will help meteorologists track storms in North America got a step closer to orbit when a Team Dover C-5M Super Galaxy aircrew from the 512th Airlift Wing delivered it to Kitakyushu Airport, Japan, Nov. 24 . Jean Manall, NASA project support transportation manager, said it was no

  • Nellis Total Force dental clinic expands service for patients

    A new total force integration dental clinic opened its doors for business here Nov. 2.Dentists and dental technicians from the 926th Aerospace Medical Squadron examined 27 patients in their recently constructed clinic as part of preventative health assessments during the unit training assembly

  • Liberty Wing Facebook page reaches new milestone

    The 512th Airlift Wing reached a social media milestone today when its official Facebook page logged its 1,700th fan. At the beginning of the year, the number of Liberty Wing Facebook fans stagnated in the low 800s.With Air Force-wide social media efforts in mind, the 512th Public Affairs Office

  • Team Andrews fulfills 8-year-old's dream

    Team Andrews hosted its annual Pilot for a Day Program here Nov.22. Ne'Veah Littleton, 8-years-old, was diagnosed with stage four Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma, a tumor on the brain stem. He was diagnosed in April 2013. The average survival of children diagnosed with DIPG is approximately nine

  • Alamo Wing Reservists return from Afghanistan deployment

    Senior Airman Barrett Cain III, 433rd Security Forces Squadron, is interviewed by Erin Nichols, a FOX 29 KABB-TV reporter at the San Antonio International Airport Nov. 22, after returning from a six-month deployment to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. Cain was one of 11 Alamo Wing Airmen who returned