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AFRC News

  • 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

  • Reservists shine during seven-day ride across Iowa

    As more than 35,000 cyclists roam the back roads of Iowa from Council Bluffs to the Eastern Coast during the seven-day 41st Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa, bystanders can't help but notice the blur of 94 Air Force Cycling Team rider uniforms; what they won't immediately notice is

  • Homestead F-16 upgrades bringing new capabilities

    F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 482nd Fighter Wing here are undergoing another round of avionics tweaking that will significantly change the way the wing flies and fights. Homestead ARB began Software Component Upgrade SCU-8 in their Block-30 F-16s in March. Similar to upgrading to a new