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AFRC News

  • KC-135 engine wash initiative could reduce fuel, maintenance costs

    During the first week of November, 11 of the 916th Air Refueling Wing's 16 KC-135R Stratotankers were given a proverbial scrub behind the ears when their F108 engines were cleaned with a new water-wash process here.According to Charles Darnell, lead engine manager with the Oklahoma City Air

  • Warrior spirit restores stolen Christmas

    Christmas spirit was stolen away from a deployed Airman serving in Afghanistan when his home in south Florida was burglarized and all of his kids' Christmas presents taken from beneath the tree.As a combat-search-and-rescue helicopter crew chief, Staff Sergeant Kristopher Castillobrock, 920th Rescue

  • Reserve Command announces new command chief

    Chief Master Sgt. Kathleen R. Buckner was selected for the Air Force Reserve Command's top enlisted position. Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner, Jr., chief of the Air Force Reserve and AFRC commander, made the selection Dec. 23. "We're looking forward to Chief Buckner coming on board and sharing her

  • Missouri Reservists head to Afghanistan

    Approximately 130 Citizen Airmen from the 442nd Maintenance and Operations groups here deployed to Afghanistan today in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. The units maintain and operate the A-10 Thunderbolt II, which provides close air support to ground troops and is most notable for its

  • 315th Airlift Wing's C-17 Replica displayed at 2011 Military Bowl

    Joint Base Charleston's C-17 Globemaster III replica will be displayed for a national television audience at the 2011 Military Bowl, Washington, DC, on Dec. 28.The Military Bowl, benefiting the USO, will begin at 4:30 p.m. at RFK Stadium, featuring the Air Force Academy Falcons and the Toledo Mud

  • Alamo Wing Santas deploy gifts to youths

    For the third consecutive year, 433rd Airlift Wing members have made some needy and deserving children in San Antonio happy at Christmas time. Alamo Wing Airmen donated 63 bikes to members of the San Antonio Boys & Girls Clubs Dec. 23. "Airmen from every squadron of the 433rd Airlift Wing donated

  • First Reserve Command Chief to serve in Iraq is among last to leave

    Command Chief Master Sgt. Gerald Delebreau, the 920th Rescue Wing's top enlisted man here, was not only the first Reserve command chief to support the war in recent years, but recently he became among the last 62 Airmen out of Iraq, just in time for the holidays Dec 22. Being among the last to

  • AF Reserve band brings holiday cheer to veterans

    The Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve launched 10 musicians on trips to bring songs of joy to former servicemembers at four veteran's hospitals in Georgia and Alabama Dec. 14 and 15.Veterans entering the Birmingham Veterans Administration Medical Center, Birmingham, Al., and the Atlanta VAMC,

  • Air Force provides interim report on Dover to Defense Secretary

    On Dec. 16, the Secretary of the Air Force provided the Secretary of Defense an interim report addressing the disciplinary actions taken in response to substandard management practices and procedures at the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations Center at Dover Air Force Base, Del.The interim report

  • Whiteman Airmen, civilian respond to accident, saves man's life

    Two Air Force reservists and a civilian employee, all from here, were first responders after witnessing a car accident, Monday. Heading westbound on Missouri Highway 50, Maj. Ryan Hodges, 303rd Fighter Squadron A-10 Thunderbolt II pilot, was behind a white van when he saw it strike a southbound