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AFRC News

  • Reserve C-130 wings participate in Operation Toy Drop

    Aircrews and C-130s took off from here Dec. 7 to join up to eight other aircrews and approximately 6,000 paratroopers from around the world as part of the 15th Annual Randy Oler Operation Toy Drop over Fort Bragg, N.C. The operation is hailed as the world's largest combined airborne operation,

  • Couple share life, enlistment oath together

    A husband's desire to support his wife's decision to enlist turned into a double enlistment when he raised his hand to join the Air Force Reserve as well. Eric and Ashlee Todd enlisted together Nov. 30. The decision was sparked after a visit with AF Reserve Recruiter Master Sgt. Charles Loftland in

  • Standing room only crowd enjoys 51st Annual Holiday Concert

    The Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve performed its 51st Annual Holiday Concert in front of a standing room only crowd at the Museum of Aviation here Dec. 6. The band played traditional holiday medleys and treated the more than 900 guests from the greater Middle Georgia area to the more than

  • Pope Field hosts career, diversity day

    If there's one thing that caught Rodrick Smith's eye, it was the Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures system. For several minutes, Smith, who heads to basic military training in early January to begin his career as a crew chief with the 440th Airlift Wing here, listened to Senior Airman Courtney

  • Policeman, reservist experiences Mother Nature's worst

    From his hilltop post along Staten Island's southwest coast, Isac Ramos huddled in a van with fellow New York Police Department officers while Hurricane Sandy raged around him.As rain poured from the charcoal sky and relentless wind shoved the police van from side to side, Ramos took measure of the

  • CSAF directs Air Force-wide inspection

    Commanders across the Air Force will conduct health and welfare inspections starting Dec. 5 to emphasize an environment of respect, trust and professionalism in the workplace.The health and welfare inspection is a tool routinely used by unit commanders, command chiefs, and first sergeants.Air Force

  • 940th Wing Reservists respond to rising floodwaters

    Heavy rains and high winds pounded Beale Air Force Base, Calif., early Sunday morning as 940th Wing reservists reported for duty on the December Unit Training Assembly weekend.The 940th Civil Engineering and 940th Security Forces squadrons had just settled in for a day of training when the call for

  • 445th AW Airman's Council donates shoes for clean water

    The 445th Airlift Wing Airman's Council has collected more than 3,000 pairs of shoes to donate shoes to EDGE Outreach to create clean drinking water for those in need. This international organization helps to provide clean, bacteria and parasite-free water for people around the world. The council

  • Plumber's plan to become pilot is no pipe dream

    With a lot of hard work and a little patience, the dream of becoming a pilot with the Air Force Reserve is beginning to become a reality for a plumber assigned to the 446th Civil Engineering Squadron, here. Tech. Sgt. Lazare Quintana, 446th CES utilities system assistant, was sponsored by the 313th

  • Reservist earns top basic training award, credits AFRC training

    A member of the 477th Fighter Group was named top graduate out of 620 Airmen completing Basic Military Training at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, Nov. 9. Airman 1st Class Andrew Morgan is a traditional reservist who will be assigned to the 477th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron as an F-22 avionics