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AFRC News

  • Tinker Airmen return from Southwest Asia

    Fifty-one members of the 507th Air Refueling Wing returned from a deployment to Southwest Asia,  March 17. The returning members make up about one third of the total number deployed on Jan. 7. They come back after supporting a broad spectrum of air refueling missions in the U.S. Central Command area

  • Development flight gives delayed enlistees headstart

    The sounds of civilians marching in lock step, the sidestepping of recruits in the dining facility and familiar commands being barked at gaggles of stunned humans. It's official: basic military training has moved from San Antonio to the high country of Colorado.Well, sort of. The 302nd Airlift Wing,

  • Colorado Reserve airlift wing slated to gain additional C-130

    As a result of the Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act Intra-theater Airlift Working Group's recommendations, Colorado's 302nd Airlift Wing is slated gain an additional C-130 Hercules aircraft in FY 2014.This additional backup aircraft, which was added to enhance mission

  • AF Reserve announces 2012 ISR Awards

    Air Force Reserve Command announced the winners of the command-level 2012 Air Force Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance Awards.Winners by category:Outstanding Air Reserve Component ISR Field Grade Officer: Maj. Kenneth D. Alderman, 84th Test and Evaluation Squadron, Eglin Air Force Base,

  • AF Reserve announces Command, Control Awards

    Air Force Reserve Command announced the winners of the 2012 Command and Control Awards, March 13.The unit award winners are:Large Command Post of the Year: 916th Air Refueling Wing, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C.Small Command Post of the Year: Maxwell Command Post, Maxwell AFB, Ala.Individual

  • Dobbins begins chapel relocation

    "Tower, this is Chapel 1950, request permission for engine start-up and taxi on Alpha crossing, Runway 27 for Clay," said Col. Timothy Tarchick, 94th Airlift Wing commander, into his land mobile radio."Chapel 1950, this is Dobbins Tower," said Melanie Rogers, Dobbins air traffic controller. "You are

  • Furlough to affect thrift savings plan contributions

    Federal civilian employees could see their Thrift Savings Plan contributions reduced if furloughs take effect.The Thrift Savings Plan is a retirement savings and investment plan for federal employees and members of the uniformed services, including the Ready Reserve."Employees who have selected

  • Nellis pilot is first reservist to fly F-35

    A reservist from the 706th Fighter Squadron here recently became the first to fly the F-35 Lightning II, Air Force's newest aircraft.Maj. Joseph Scholtz is an operational test pilot integrated into the Regular Air Force's 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron, and currently Nellis AFB's only qualified

  • Journalists win awards in Air Force contest

    Two print journalists and a team of broadcasters from Air Force Reserve Command units won first-place awards in the 2012 Air Force Media Contest. The command also took two second-place and three third-place awards in the competition. Results of the contest were announced March 14 by the Secretary of

  • Reservists lend helping hand to 9th CES

    The structure fire that swept through the 9th Civil Engineering Squadron building here Jan. 21destroyed millions of dollars of equipment and left 191 personnel without a workplace. Thanks to the squadron's reserve counterparts, a big part of the unit wasn't incapacitated for long.Displaced 9th