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AFRC News

  • Tinker reservists return from Southwest Asia

    More than 20 reservists from the 507th Air Refueling Wing returned home to Tinker Air Force Base May 13th, after a five-month deployment to Southwest Asia in support of on-going air refueling operations in U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.The 507th Air Refueling Wing is the largest Air

  • Homestead Airmen conduct live ordnance loading area operations

    Homestead Air Reserve Base recently conducted a series of live ordnance loading area operations.More commonly known as LOLA, the operations consist of loading live ordnance on F-16s in an authorized area on the flightline away from people and buildings. The munitions are loaded in an isolated

  • Florida Airmen battle surf-sand menace to CSAR aircraft

    Salt eats metal and sand pollutes machinery. Combat search and rescue aircraft assigned to the 920th Rescue Wing here are magnets for both. The Atlantic Ocean breaks surf a few hundred feet to the east of the Patrick AFB aircraft parking ramp and the salt meets fresh-water mix that is the Banana

  • Kansas reservists support Texas flight medicine

    The 18th Air Refueling Squadron and the 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron teamed up to conduct aeromedical evacuation training, May 11-12.The training allowed 433rd AES members to set up litter systems in conjunction with the aircraft's AE configuration, practice caring for patients in-flight

  • Door ding puts integrity into action

    Master Sgt. James Carter could have simply walked away.It would have been so easy. No one saw his car door, propelled by a violent gust of Kansas wind, swing wide open and slam into the side of the vehicle parked next to him. No one heard the dull thump of the impact. No one saw the dent it left

  • G-Os on the Go

    Col. Jeffrey Macrander, 920th Rescue Wing commander, shared stories about piloting the HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter with 23 general officers who toured the 920th RQW May 7 during their annual visit to Patrick Air Force Base, Fla. The retired generals visit the base annually for wing updates, but this

  • Rub-a-dub, Stratotanker in the tub

    Staff Sgt. Ryan Harris, 507th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief rinses soap off the belly of a KC-135 Stratotanker which was scheduled for its routine wash on May 5, 2013 in the hangar also known as the fuel barn.Aircraft go through a general wash cycle of 180 days unless they are sent into

  • Maintenance reservists go hi-tech

    Aircraft maintenance reservists at the 920th Rescue Wing have a new tool in their bag in the form of an Apple iPad.Weighing just 2.5 pounds, with the rugged carrying case, the iPads used with the Air Force Reserve Command-developed eTools Lite software, is revolutionizing the way the Airmen do their

  • McChord reserve C-17 maintainers train in Alaska

    A group of Reserve C-17 Globemaster III maintainers here spent their annual tour at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, April 21 - May 5 to accomplish required core training and to train mechanics from the 732nd Air Mobility Squadron. "Elmendorf was selected to receive an en-route team because