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AFRC News

  • US-Canadian exercise kicks off at Fort Bragg

    Soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division, U.S. Air Force Airmen and the Royal Canadian Air Force are participating in the Joint Operational Access Exercise that began Feb. 25 at Fort Bragg, N.C.  JOAX is a two-week exercise to prepare Air Force and Army service members to respond to worldwide crises

  • Peterson Reserve C-130 wing plans for flying, civilian work hour reductions

    Automatic budget cuts triggered by sequestration set to begin March 1 could result in a reduction of up to 18 percent of flying hours and civilian employee furloughs in the 302nd Airlift Wing here. These actions could create significant challenges for the Air Force Reserve Command unit in Colorado

  • McChord Reservists return home from Afghanistan deployments

    About 60 Citizen Airmen from the 86th Aerial Port Squadron here are scheduled to come home from a six-month deployment from various locations in Southwest Asia and Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.A group of about 20 Reservists are scheduled to arrive at Seattle-Tacoma

  • SecAF discusses sequestration impacts at AFA

    Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley addressed more than 500 men and women on the final day of the Air Force Association's 29th Air Warfare Symposium & Technology Exposition Feb. 22 here.During his address, Donley spoke about several issues that are on the Air Force's radar, including budget

  • Sequestration would impact 13,000 in AF Reserve

    Air Force Reserve Command officials estimate automatic budget cuts triggered by sequestration will result in a reduction of up to 18 percent of flying hours and affect the command's 13,000 civilian employees.Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta notified Congress Feb. 20 that the Department of Defense

  • Business as 'un'usual for historic 822nd CEF activation ceremony

    One Air Force Reserve civil engineer flight found a way to conduct a historic ceremony without spending a penny more than their normal UTA business expenditures.The 822nd Civil Engineer Fight held their activation ceremony Feb. 2 at 10th Air Force Headquarters here with Col. Frank Meyers, 622nd

  • Command announces nominee for International Affairs Excellence Award

    Air Force Reserve Command announced its nominee for the 2012 International Affairs Award Feb. 21.Maj. David. L. Ozmen, Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., is representing the command for the Air Force award.Established in 2008, the annual award recognizes the Air

  • Sequestration could furlough nearly all Westover civilians in late April

    If sequestration is triggered on March 1, furloughs - mandatory unpaid time off - for most civilian Defense Department employees will start in late April, Pentagon officials announced Feb. 20.According to Air Force figures released Friday, most of the 759 civilians assigned to Westover are due to be