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AFRC News

  • Senior leaders discuss future of Air Force Reserve

    Senior leaders from Air Force Reserve Command assembled here March 26-27 during the 2012 Senior Leader Conference to discuss the future of the command. Theme of this year's conference was "Full Operational Capability: Full Spectrum Combat Capability with Unparalleled Efficiency" and how the Air

  • Charleston-area school girls attend Women in Aviation Career Day

    About 130 eighth and ninth-grade girls from 19 Charleston-area schools attended Joint Base Charleston' Women in Aviation Career Day March 27, to learn about jobs in aviation from women who work as Reserve pilots, flight nurses, loadmasters, and maintainers here.The career day is part of the efforts

  • Rescue group Airmen honor Tuskegee Airman

    A first sergeant who spent time studying the history of the World War II Tuskegee Airmen finally had opportunity to honor the legacy of one Airman whose efforts and struggles trail blazed the quality of life for all in the U.S. Armed Forces."I've studied the Tuskegee Airmen for some time now, but

  • Yellow Ribbon brings family closer

    Saying farewell to a husband, wife, father or mother who is leaving on a deployment can be difficult, and when they return it can be equally challenging to get back to the way things were before. The Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program helps families cope with saying goodbye and welcome back.The

  • Pararescue Airmen aid avalanche victims

    A pararescue Airmen who went to the aid of avalanche victims nearly became a victim himself when the rescue helicopter dragged him and his patient across the steeply sloped mountain March 18. Air Force Reserve Staff Sgt. Darrell Williams, a pararescueman with the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force

  • TFI Metals Technology section blends creation, precision

    In the world of aircraft maintenance, there is virtually no room for error. Metals technologists must be skilled at machining, measuring, drilling, cutting and welding with flawless precision.The Total Force integrated metals technology section of the 931st Maintenance Squadron and the 22nd

  • Jackson nominated to lead Air Force Reserve

    Maj. Gen. James F. Jackson has been nominated for appointment to the rank of lieutenant general and for assignment as chief of Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, D.C.Jackson's nomination by the president was announced

  • AFRC announces Aircrew Flight Equipment Award nominees for 2011

    Air Force Reserve Command announced the 2011 Air Reserve Component Aircrew Flight Equipment Award nominees March 19.The AFRC nominees who will represent the command at Air Force level are:Aircrew Flight Equipment Senior NCO of the Year:Master Sgt. Kevin E. Younger, 926th Operations Support Squadron,

  • Youngstown Airmen assist with humanitarian airlift

    Members of the 910th Airlift Wing's 76th Aerial Port Squadron palletized more than 75,000 pounds of cargo for a humanitarian airlift to Guatemala, here, March 16, 2012. The cargo was flown to Guatemala on an Air Force C-5 under the Denton Amendment program.

  • Team McChord donates $10,000 to New Zealand charities

    Providing airlift support to the National Science Foundation is the primary mission of the 446th and 62nd Airlift Wings in Operation Deep Freeze. Providing support to the community of Christchurch, New Zealand is the mission at the heart of the men and women of Team McChord.For ODF 2012, the Reserve