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AFRC News

  • Maintenance Monday

    The 920th Rescue Wing fleet of HC-130P/N King aircraft line the Patrick Air Force Base flightline Jan. 9 as maintenance Airmen prepare to go to work on them. During weekend drill training Jan. 6-7, aircrew Airmen exercised their flying muscles on local training flights to keep their flight

  • Security Forces Squadron conducts combat training

    Senior Airman Ashley Rodriguez was feeling the burn."That was rough!" she exclaimed, hands her knees, gasping for air.Rodriguez, a member of the 931st Air Refueling Group Security Forces Squadron, had just completed the Marine Corps Combat Fitness Test. The test was part of a rigorous, two-day

  • Ramping up: exercise prepares wing for major inspection

    For the first time in nearly two decades tankers from the 916th Air Refueling Wing lined up back-to-back on the ramp here as part of an exercise scenario held on January 7-8, 2012.The exercise tested the wing's ability to scramble jets and air crews quickly in the event of a real world

  • Former special operations navigator takes command of 920th Operations Group

    Col. Mark C. Blalock assumed command of the 920th Operations Group at a ceremony held at the Base Theater here Jan. 7. The 920th Rescue Wing Commander,Col. Jeffrey L. Macrander, presided over at the ceremony.The Operations Group falls under the 920th Rescue Wing, which is a combat-search-and-rescue

  • 910th Communication Flight becomes a squadron

    Air Force Reserve Lt. Col. Pete Milkovich took the helm as the first commander of the 910th Communications Squadron in a ceremony held at the communications building here, Jan. 7, 2012.910th Airlift Wing Commander Col. Reinhard Schmidt, 910th Mission Support Group Commander Col. Teresa Hams and

  • Grissom Airmen return from deployment, celebrate belated holidays

    Oh there's no place like home for the holidays, and that never rang truer than for a group of Grissom Airmen fresh off their jets from a recent deployment. Two KC-135R Stratotanker crews flew in formation over Grissom before touching down on Hoosier ground Jan. 5 after spending over two months on a

  • Rules restrict political activity by DOD personnel

    With election activity steadily picking up, defense officials are in the process of issuing regular election-year guidance to remind military and Defense Department civilians that they're subject to rules regulating their involvement in political activities.This issue -- one the department regularly

  • 445th Airlift Wing reservists visit TAC Enterprises employees

    Col. Stephen Goeman, 445th Airlift Wing commander, had the opportunity to tour and meet with employees of TAC Enterprises, Springfield, Ohio, Dec. 19. TAC Enterprises is a not for profit organization that provides life skills, meaningful employment and housing connections to enhance the lives of

  • Defense bill authorizes pay raise and new mobilization rules

    When President Barack Obama signed the 2012 National Defense Authorization Act on Dec. 31, 2011, he enacted new laws on military pay and mobilization. These laws start the New Year with the Defense Appropriation Bill that the president signed on Dec. 23, which provides $5.2 billion for the Air Force

  • Airmen, mini C-17 support AF Falcons

    Despite frigid temperatures and a winter rainstorm stretching from Joint Base Charleston, S.C. to Washington, D.C., nothing was going to stop the mini C-17 Globemaster III and its team from their mission at the 2011 Military Bowl at Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium Wednesday Dec. 28. Reservists