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AFRC News

  • Shaw stands up new total force fighter group

    The 495th Fighter Group stood up during an activation ceremony here March 8. The group's activation is part of the Air Force's ongoing initiative to integrate traditional, active-duty Airmen with Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve units to streamline training and resource use. Such integrated

  • Reserve Raptor pilots take flight

    Raptors assigned to Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson, Alaska land during the Reserve Unit Training Assembly weekend March 9. The Raptors were flown by Reserve pilots assigned to the 302nd Fighter Squadron during the 477th Fighter Groups monthly training weekend. During the week the 477th Fighter

  • Services Airman revives crash victim with CPR

    Senior Airman Zebedee Williams never imagined his CPR training would help save a life--but it did. Williams, a member of the 932nd Force Support Squadron Services Flight, said the Self-Aid and Buddy Care training he's received as a reservist, kicked in automatically on Dec. 16, 2012. "I just reacted

  • Exemplary Airman saves life, earns city's recognition

    In the early morning, you're driving through the city when you see two men pushing a stalled vehicle. You stop to see if they need help, and another vehicle strikes the two men against their car, fracturing one man's leg and severing the other's below the knee. The victim with the severed leg is

  • Band of AF Reserve returns from final deployment

    Six members of the Band of the Air Force Reserve returned home to sounds of cheering loved ones and the Air Force song played by an ensemble of their fellow bandsmen at the Macon Regional Airport March 8The Airmen completed a nearly four-month deployment as part of the U.S. Air Forces Central Band

  • USO honors two Scott reservists

    Two members from the 932nd Airlift Wing were honored by the USO of Missouri during their ninth annual "Armed Forces Salute" event that was held March 7 in St. Louis.Master Sgt. Kelly Lawless, is a senior weather forecaster assigned to the 12th Operational Weather Flight.  Staff Sgt, Blake Witte, an

  • ARPC commander shares nine lines

    The commander of the Air Reserve Personnel Center talked about his expectations during his first commander's call here March 6.Brig. Gen. Jay Flournoy, who became the 32nd ARPC commander Jan. 25, called his expectations nine lines. "As long as we follow the nine lines, everything else will take care

  • Time now to get smart on sequestration, furlough

    Former Defense Secretary Leon Panetta notified Congress recently that should sequestration occur, the Department of Defense will initiate furlough for its 800,000-plus civilian employees. Congressional notification is required at least 45 days from a planned furlough, with implementation anticipated

  • Command announces 2012 media contest results

    Two reservists won more than three individual awards in the 2012 Air Force Reserve Command Media Contest. Their work, along with other qualifying entries, advanced to the Air Force Media Contest in San Antonio, Texas.Staff Sgt. Brent Skeen, a broadcaster from the 459th Air Refueling Wing, Joint Base

  • Niagara Airman earns local, command scholarships

    A 914th Airlift Wing Airman was recently awarded the Air Force Reserve Command Total Force Top Three Academic Scholarship and the 914th Chief's Group Scholarship.Senior Airman Travis Packard, a material management technician in the 914th Logistics Readiness Squadron, was selected as the most