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AFRC News

  • McChord reservists participate in Patriot Defender

    Battling the heat and at times their own senior NCOs, security forces reservists from the 446th Security Forces Squadron here successfully navigated their way through security forces sustainment training at Fort Wolter, Texas.The training, known as Patriot Defender, took 16 people from the 446th SFS

  • Storm front

    A storm front rolls in on the flight line here June 27, 2013.  (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Kevin Dwyer)

  • Reserve F-16 pilot helps squelch wildfires across West

    Air Force Reserve F-16 pilot Lt. Col. Paul "Buster" Delmonte flies several types of aircraft as part of his full-time civilian job, but instead of dropping bombs he delivers an entirely different kind of weapon.Delmonte, the 466th Fighter Squadron commander, is an aerial firefighter and aviation

  • Guard, Reserve maintainers train to recover disabled aircraft

    Oklahoma Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve maintenance crews came together June 20 for a crash damaged disabled aircraft recovery exercise at the aircraft battle damage repair facility. The annual exercise gives members of the crash teams a real-world experience by performing an actual

  • Silver Flag exercise prepares 'Okie' civil engineers

    Twenty nine reservists from the 507th Civil Engineer Squadron honed their bare base skills during a recent deployment to Silver Flag at Tyndall Air Force Base, Fla. Civil engineers were tasked with establishing and running a fully operational base in a contingency environment during the week-long

  • AF aerial firefighters continue to battle West Fork Complex fire

    Another 11,000 gallons of fire retardant was dropped on West Fork Complex fires by Air Force aerial firefighting aircraft June 26, aiding ground crews in containing the growing blazes.Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve aircrews flying their Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130s

  • Practice makes perfect

    Transferring more than 970 gallons of fuel per minute between two aircraft flying 30 feet apart at 30,000 feet and 500 miles per hour may seem like anything but a routine operation, but for aircrews practicing air refueling training, it's all in a day's work.Today, members of the Air Force Reserve

  • Israel receives first C-130J Super Hercules

    Representatives from the U.S. Air Force and Lockheed Martin delivered the first C-130J Super Hercules aircraft to the State of Israel June 26.Maj. Gen. Richard Johnston, assistant deputy under secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs, and George Shultz, vice president and general manager of

  • Elmendorf commanders to hold SAPR stand down days

    Col. David Nahom, 3rd Wing commander and Col. Tyler Otten, 477th Fighter Group commander, have directed a Sexual Assault Prevention and Response stand-down day for their units June 28 and July 14, respectively. This SAPR stand-down day follows direction from the secretary of defense to conduct