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AFRC News

  • Fallen but not forgotten

    "These things we do, that others may live" is the motto of Air Force Rescue Airmen. During a remembrance ceremony held here June 25, a small group of friends, family members and rescue Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing gathered to remember and pay respect to five rescue Airmen and 14 other Airmen

  • Colorado Reserve unit called in to fight wildland fires

    The Air Force Reserve Command's 302nd Airlift Wing here received word June 24 that it was tasked to provide Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, or MAFFS, support to the ongoing Colorado wildland fires. The request for assistance from The National Interagency Fire Center to the Department of

  • Supporting role: Kansas Reservists refuel Military Channel

    A KC-135 Stratotanker aircrew assigned to the Air Force Reserve 931st Air Refueling Group here was cast in a supporting role of sorts for a Military Channel television program while performing an air refueling mission in the skies above New Mexico today.The routine air refueling mission called for

  • Aerial Porters separate the Dawgs from the pups

    The 80th Aerial Port Squadron, 94th Airlift Wing, took first place in the cargo restraint event at Air Force Reserve Command's biennial air mobility competition here June 21.The 80th APS was represented by Master Sgt. Edward Thomas Jr., Tech. Sgts. Mitchell Brown, Ray Lewis and Joseph Saldivar,

  • Little Rock aerial porters collar 'Top Dawg' award

    Every dog pack has its alpha dog, and every pack has its wannabes waiting for the chance to become the leader of the pack. At the Air Force Reserve Command "Port Dawg" competition June 18-22, reservists from the 96th Aerial Port Squadron, Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., emerged as the Top Dawgs.

  • Trumpeter's first gig is band's last Independence Day concert

    By 30, many people have already set their course in life and know what they want to do. Airman 1st Class Mark Oates is not one of them.  He was 34 when he decided to join the Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve."I might just be the oldest A1C in the Air Force," he said.Oates spent seven years working

  • Barksdale Total Force package produces weapons graduates

    Active duty and Reserve Airman, B-52 aircrews and maintainers from here combined to form a Total Force Enterprise package for a mission employment exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., June 4-15, 2012.The exercise was the final training phase of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School and capstone

  • Whiteman Reservists jump at training opportunity

    During the 442nd Fighter Wing's June 2012 deployment to Hawaii, members of the 442nd Medical Squadron had several opportunities to get valuable training -- one of which included medically assisting Army dependents. Maj. Jill Blake, 442nd MDS medical adminsitration flight commander, and Senior Master

  • McChord leadership, company recognize base landmark

    Air Force leadership at McChord Field took a moment to recognize the value of a key landmark on base, and the everlasting significance it represents.Commanders, non-commissioned officers, retirees and dependents from McChord Field celebrated the 40th Anniversary of Memorial Grove during a

  • Second day of Port Dawg gets physical

    The Air Force Reserve Command's bi-annual air mobility competition took a decidedly more physical turn on the second day of the three-day contest that ends June 21.Competitors from across the nation in the Port Dawg Challenge are locked in a battle to determine the best aerial port team in the Air