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AFRC News

  • Total Force 'surge' exercise to flex C-5 fleet

    A historic "surge" of military airlifters scheduled Oct. 17-21 will exercise the ability of U.S. Transportation Command and its air component, Air Forces Transportation, to rapidly provide strategic airlift in response to large-scale crises and contingencies, said officials here.The surge will more

  • Bragg, Pope forces conduct joint mass-casualty exercise

    Following months of planning, the medical staff Airmen of Pope Field and Fort Bragg broke ground Oct. 15-16 as they worked shoulder-to-shoulder during a mass-casualty evacuation training scenario. In a joint capabilities exercise Soldiers from the 3274th U.S. Army Hospital at Fort Bragg along with

  • Reserve pilots, maintainers resume F-22 flight operations

    Reservists with the 477th Fighter Group here resumed F-22 flying operations during the unit's monthly unit training assembly or drill weekend following a four month stand-down. The first six jets took off at 9 a.m. Oct. 15. "Most of our pilots integrated into the flying schedule when our active duty

  • Reserve, Guard members kick-off Alaska's semi-pro basketball season

    The Alaska Quake basketball season will open Dec. 3 and two members of the Air Force Reserve and Army National Guard can be seen on the roster of Alaska's newest semi-professional basketball team. Master Sgt. Jonathon Orzechowski, an Air Force Reservist with the 477th Civil Engineer Squadron and SGT

  • Mother Nature puts Reserve satellite crews in spotlight

    Members of the 6th Space Operations Squadron have stepped in as the alternate command center to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration several times this year, thanks to Mother Nature.As the only Air Force Reserve Command satellite command and control center for the Defense

  • March reservists feast on healthier food during UTA weekends

    Fresh fruits and vegetables took center stage during the unveiling of a new, healthier troop feeding menu on Sept. 11 at the Hap Arnold Club. The four-month rotational menu is the result of a nutrition project with the primary goal of enabling troops to make smarter food choices when they are at the

  • Ghostly encounters on Dobbins

    Sounds of squealing, screeches, howls and garbled voices are nothing new to Master Sgt. Jeff Welch's ears. He's worked in HV-AC Utilities building 452 for more than 10 years. Where Welch, a Water Fuel System Maintenance supervisor/instructor here on Dobbins Air Reserve Base, works and teaches

  • Team Dover part of historic C-5 surge

    The 512th and 436th Airlift Wings will participate in a surge of some of the nation's largest military airlifters to fly cargo in support of combatant commanders, worldwide Oct. 14-21. Nine crews from Team Dover will take part in the surge flying C-5B and C-5M aircraft. All aircraft and aircrews

  • AF Reserve leader addresses Citizen Commandos

    "The Air Force is changing, and the Air Force Reserve is going to change with it."That's the message Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., commander of Air Force Reserve Command,  brought to the Airmen of Duke Field, Oct. 6 when he visited the base as part of an East Coast tour of reserve locations. The

  • MacDill Reservists appreciate Stenner visit

    Senior Airman Regina Nolting, a reservist with the 927th Aerospace Medicine Squadron was among a select group of Airmen who had the opportunity to break bread with the highest-ranking reservist in the Air Force. Lt. Gen. Charles Stenner, chief of Air Force Reserve and commander, Air Force Reserve