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AFRC News

  • Military, families recognized at Oklahoma City baseball game

    Local military members and their families were recognized by the Oklahoma City RedHawks minor league baseball organization during a game  at Chickasaw Bricktown Ballpark July 27,The military appreciation game included a special presentation of a U.S. flag, ceremonial first pitch, an oath of

  • Reserve rescue units converge for multifaceted training

    Reserve Airmen from the 304th Rescue Squadron at Portland International Airport, Ore.; the 943rd Rescue Group at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz.; and the 920th Rescue Wing at Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., conducted rescue training operations July 27, 2013 in the Portland, Ore., area. The 304th

  • Born in the military: One family's legacy of service

    Military deployments are difficult for both the service member and the family members they leave behind. Being in a dual-military parent family doesn't make it easier, but after nearly 50 years of combined service, the current Wakefields are continuing their family's tradition."My great uncles

  • Acting SecAF visits Westover ARB

    "That's a lot of iron on the ramp," Acting Secretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning said during his July 25 visit to Westover, seeing a row of 10 C-5s on the East Ramp.During his three-hour visit, the acting secretary donned a hard hat and toured the nation's largest military aircraft, flew a C-5

  • AFRC looking for young Airmen to share safety mishap stories

    Air Force Reserve Command is looking for young Airmen, both officer and enlisted, who have experienced a safety mishap to share the lessons they have learned with their peers."AFRC is hoping to benchmark off what the Air Force has been doing with its Airman-to-Airman Safety Advisory Council

  • Pro football team honors Bronze Star recipent

    The final regular season game for the Arena Football League's San Antonio Talons was supposed to be about thanking the fans on Fan Appreciation night, but instead it was Bronze Star recipient, Master Sgt. Robert Mott, who stole the show.Mott, an Explosive Ordnance Disposal Program Manager at the

  • McConnell Airman recovers one pedal push at a time

    When Tech. Sgt. Paul Shattuck the Hydraulics Section Chief of 931st Maintenance Squadron, began his 22-mile bicycle ride June 17, he remembers making a wide turn and then that he had to make a decision to either hit oncoming cars in the left and right lane, or to avoid both cars and ride into a

  • Security forces reservists stay ready for war

    Airmen from the 419th Security Forces Squadron, Hill Air Froce Base, Utah, spent two weeks at Fort Wolters as part of Patriot Defender, a sustainment training course for security forces reservists. They joined about 60 other reservists from across the country to stay up to date on tactics. More than

  • 419th SFS Airmen tackle Patriot Defender

    Airmen from the 419th Security Forces Squadron spent two weeks here as part of Patriot Defender, a sustainment training course for security forces reservists."Patriot Defender is basically to keep us prepared in case we have to go to war," said Tech. Sgt. Nathan Yeaman, security forces craftsman in