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AFRC News

  • College honors Niagara reservist for leadership

    Lt. Col. Patrick Peretta, 914th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, received the Daemen College Community Leadership Award April 6, 2013 for his outstanding work with veterans at the Amherst, N.Y. college.Peretta received the award from Dr. Michael S. Brogan, Daemen Vice President for Academic

  • Air Superiority: Advantage over enemy skies for 60 years

    A few months after the D-Day invasion in June 1944, Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower surveyed the Normandy beaches with his son. "You'd never get away with this if you didn't have air supremacy," then 2nd Lt. John Eisenhower told his father. "Without air supremacy," the elder Eisenhower replied, "I

  • Reserve EOD Airman shows leadership, courage under fire

    Bullets rained down on a joint group of U.S. Air Force Airmen and British Army forces fighting for their lives in an intense firefight along the bank of the Helmand River in southwestern Afghanistan, Sept. 21, 2012.Tech Sgt. Jarrod V. Mills, of the 315th Airlift Wing's Civil Engineering Flight at

  • Beale command post fosters culture of excellence

    Life as a command post controller is not a glamorous one. Every day controllers descend down three flights of stairs, pass through four secure doors, each requiring key cards and authentication codes, where they will spend the majority of the next 12 hours of their shift.It's easy to be overlooked

  • Air Force Combat Talons fly for last time

    The Air Force's last four MC-130E Combat Talon I's spread their wings for a final mission from their home at Duke Field on April 15.The Talons will be officially retired in a ceremony at Duke Field on April 25 and the aircraft will then be flown to the "boneyard" at Davis-Monthan AFB, AZ. April 25th

  • Senior leaders to retire, transfer

    The Office of Air Force Reserve announced the following senior leader actions April 18:- Maj. Gen. Frank J. Padilla from deputy inspector general of the Air Force, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Washington, to retirement.- Maj. Gen. Craig N. Gourley from vice commander of Air Force

  • ARPC members win AF-level awards

    The deputy chief of staff for manpower, personnel and services recently announced the 2012 award winners for the A1 community.Three of the winners are from the Air Reserve Personnel Center:Maj. Tim J. Martin - Force Support Reserve Company Grade Officer of the YearTech. Sgt. Richard G. Grybos -

  • Air Force officials announce civilian Reduction in Force

    In a continuing effort to meet the Department of Defense funding targets in the FY12 President's Budget and re-balance the civilian workforce, approximately 60 Air Force installations will implement civilian Reduction in Force authorities effective through about Aug. 23, to assist in the placement

  • Command selects outstanding airmen, first sergeant

    An airman and three senior NCOs will represent Air Force Reserve Command in the Air Force's 2012 Outstanding Airmen of the Year and First Sergeant of the Year competitions later this year.AFRC's nominees to the Air Force competitions are:First sergeant - Senior Master Sgt. Daniel J. Anthony, 302nd

  • Reserve component leaders discuss FY14 budget

    The top leaders from the U.S. military's reserve components went on Capitol Hill April 17 to provide statements and answer questions about their fiscal 2014 budget proposals.Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md.), chairwoman of the full U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations; Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.),