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AFRC News

  • "The Aviators" comes to Tinker, highlights KC-135, E-3 missions

    A crew from the popular television series "The Aviators" came to here March 20-21 to highlight the KC-135 Stratotanker and the E-3 Sentry missions for an upcoming episode airing this fall.The film crew of four spent two days at Tinker filming the KC-135 and E-3 missions in order to highlight the

  • Dover AFSO21 project helps improve C-5M

    Using Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century, active-duty and Reserve Airmen here were able to improve the reliability and life expectancy of the C-5M Super Galaxy.AFSO21 is the Air Force's dedicated effort to maximize value and minimize waste in all of our processes. "We identified the

  • Congressman visits Air Reserve Personnel Center

    Congressman Mike Coffman (R-Colo.), is greeted by Kelvin Booker, American Federation of Government Employees Local 240 union president; Brig. Gen. Jay Flournoy, Air Reserve Personnel Center commander; and Chief Master Sgt. Brian C. L. Wong, ARPC command chief during a visit to ARPC March 27.Coffman

  • Future aviators attend JB Charleston Women in Aviation career day

     About 140 eighth and ninth-grade girls from 19 Charleston-area schools visited Joint Base Charleston March 26 to learn about jobs in aviation as part of the 6th annual Women in Aviation Career Day. The event was kicked off with a skit performed by 315th Airlift Members who told stories of their

  • Niagara Air Force civilian goes green

    For newly appointed 1st Lt. Nikki Slaughter, U.S. Army Reserve, a lifelong goal has finally been accomplished.Slaughter was commissioned into the Army as a first lieutenant during a ceremony at the Buffalo City Courthouse, Buffalo N.Y. March 19, 2013.Family and friends gathered as retired Col. Jim

  • Homestead F-16s drop bombs at Eglin range

    Aircrews and maintainers from the 482nd Fighter Wing at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., participated in Combat Hammer, a week-long, air-to-ground weapons system evaluation program at Eglin AFB, Fla. The F-16-equipped unit put their flying skills to the test in air-to-air and air-to-ground missions

  • Congress reviews reserve forces equipment needs

    Lt. Gen. James F. Jackson, chief of Air Force Reserve, joined other Reserve and National Guard senior leaders on Capitol Hill March 19 to testify and answer questions.The Air Force and Army reserve component flag officers went before the House Armed Services Committee's Tactical Air and Land Forces

  • Reserve wing saddened by loss of 512th AW family member

    Marine Lance Cpl. William T. Wild IV, the 21-year-old son of Chief Master Sgt. William T. Wild III, 512th Airlift Wing command chief, died Monday at Hawthorne Army Depot, Nev. He is one of seven Marines who lost their lives during a training exercise. "We extend our deepest condolences to Chief Wild

  • Pentagon delays sending furlough notices to civilian workforce

    Pentagon officials have put off sending furlough notices to civilian employees until they've had a chance to analyze how pending legislation that would fund the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year will affect the Defense Department.Officials now estimate that furlough notices will go

  • Please hold while your party is reached

    Senior Airman Sharon Navarro, 482nd Communications Squadron Knowledge Operations Manager, conducts maintenance in the Telephone Central Office at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fla., Mar. 14. The Telephone Central Office hosts all of Homestead ARB's phone lines, alarm circuits, commercial