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AFRC News

  • Travis takes command of Moody reserve unit

    Col. James Travis took command of the 476th Fighter Group in a change of command ceremony here June 23.The 476th FG, a geographically separated unit of the 442nd Fighter Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., is an A-10 Thunderbolt II classic-associate unit comprised of approximately 220 Citizen

  • Wingman Toolkit promotes healthy, balanced lifestyle

    As members of the military family we all deal with stress. Work, relationships, and money are just a few examples of the things that are on our minds every day. Reservists have the additional responsibility of balancing civilian and military careers. Everyone deals with it differently though.

  • SECDEF visits with 302nd Airlift Wing members

    Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel met with Air Force Reserve members June 28 on the Peterson Air Force Base flightline during the secretary's visit to Colorado Springs, Colo. Hagel met with maintainers and aircrew members from the 302nd Airlift Wing who were involved with Rocky Mountain aerial

  • 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