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AFRC News

  • Red Cross awards Reservists for being good Samaritans

    Airman 1st Class Micah Myers said he never expected more than a "pat on the back" from his supervisor when he and Senior Airman Andrew Moser helped save a Lakewood citizen's life earlier this year. However, the 36th Aerial Port Squadron Reservists got a little more than a pat when they were awarded

  • Westover Reservists return from deployment

    Members of the 439th Security Forces Squadron arrived at Westover Air Reserve Base Thursday morning following a six-month deployment to Southwest Asia. About 20 deployed reservists reunited with their families at the Security Forces Squadron building.

  • Texas Reservists return from Saudi Arabia

    He was the strong and silent type. He never said a word. As he stepped off the plane, his eyes searched for his wife and children, spotting them waiting at the bottom of the stairs. He walked unwaveringly to greet them after being deployed for six months. Kneeling down, Staff Sgt. Barry Tate, 610th

  • Mexican general gets firsthand look at MAFFS

    Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. Luke Thompson, 302nd Airlift Wing Chief of Aerial Fire Fighting, shows Gen. Guillermo Galvan Galvan, Secretary of National Defense, Mexico, a Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System unit during a tour here Oct. 19. More than 30 Air Force Reservists and two MAFFS-equipped

  • Dover Reservists meet Medal of Honor recipients

    Two Medal of Honor recipients met with approximately 50 Airmen for a question and answer session Oct. 14, at the 512th Operations Group auditorium here.The two distinguished Vietnam War veterans, Marine Col. Harvey C. Barnum Jr. and Army 1st Lt. Brian M. Thacker, addressed what they said is one of

  • Rescue mission showcased at Clemson

    Combat search and rescue Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., piloted an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter to South Carolina parking it next to Frank Howard Field at Memorial Stadium here October 20 for a Military Appreciation Celebration game against Virginia Tech.Clemson

  • Regional emergency responders conduct exercise with Patriot Wing

    More than 125 representatives of regional hospitals, municipal and emergency workers, as well as Patriot Wing members converged on the base Oct. 21 for a National Disaster Medical System exercise. Deploying C-5 aircraft, a helicopter and a parade of ambulances, among other emergency vehicles,

  • Niagara nurse, leader recognized for outstanding service

    A member of the Niagara family has been recognized for outstanding contributions to the care and treatment of others.Lt. Col. Kathleen Fay, Medical Readiness officer and Critical Care Air Transport team nurse for the 914th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, was selected as a recipient of the Brigadier

  • October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month

    Some enemies are unseen, faceless killers, but they affect us all as a community and as a military family.Domestic violence is an enemy as real as any we face on the battlefield. It can harm our families, our neighbors and our fellow service-members. By affecting readiness, domestic violence has the

  • Airman, Marine teach ethics to local students

    Members of Youngstown Air Reserve Station are helping local students prepare for adult life.Junior Achievement Mahoning Valley invited members of YARS to support their ethics outreach to Liberty High School October 18.U.S. Marine Chief Warrant Officer 4 Emiliano DeLeon, an inspector instructor with