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AFRC News

  • Changing tires is a big deal

    Air Force Reserve Staff Sgt. Evan Hart, an assistant crew chief with the 910th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, puts the finishing touches on replacing a nose landing gear tire on his assigned C-130H Hercules cargo transport aircraft as Master Sgt. Ernie Johnson checks his work on the flightline

  • Reserve units shine at Air Mobility Rodeo

    The Air Mobility Rodeo 2011 competition drew to a close here with the 97th Air Mobility Wing earning the "Best Air Mobility Wing" title during the awards presentation for the air mobility competition July 29.The following teams were named the winners at Rodeo 2011:- Best Air Mobility Wing -- 97th

  • Capitol Hill reviews Reserve role, budget, mobilization

    As Congress debates ways to address the federal debt ceiling, reserve component military leaders were on Capitol Hill to testify and answer questions about retaining operational roles, changes to mobilization and future budget challenges.Led by chairman Joe Wilson (R-S.C.) and ranking member Susan

  • March maintainers complete first full KC-135 refurbishment

    KC-135 Stratotanker #3533 may be 49 years old, but after July 28, its impeccable interior didn't look a day older than it did when it came off the production line in 1962. While 452nd Air Mobility Wing maintainers have done partial renovations on KC-135s in the past, Stratotanker 3533 was the first

  • American Idol meets American Military at 301st FW

    The 301st Fighter Wing's main hangar was turned into something akin to a Hollywood movie set July 20 as the 11 contestants from last season's American Idol television show arrived here to film a public-service announcement (PSA) for Air Force Reserve Command Recruiting Service.The recruiting service

  • Reserve Personnel Center moving, going green

    Air Force Reserve Command celebrated its newest green building with a ribbon-cutting ceremony here July 19.Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., commander of Air Force Reserve Command, officiated the ceremony for the new Air Reserve Personnel Center. The 80,000-square foot facility costs $17 million.The

  • Chaplain candidates undergo intensive internship

    Military life can be demanding. Airmen often find themselves seeking help to keep up not only with physical and mental challenges, but spiritual ones, as well. Learning to address those spiritual needs brought 32 members of the Chaplain Candidate Intensive Internship Program here from July 20-25.

  • National Guard Soldiers learn new battlefield tech at Grissom

    Indiana National Guard Soldiers assigned to 38th Sustainment Brigade set up a tactical operation center from the ground up and immediately began training on new digital equipment at Grissom Air Reserve Base during a recent exercise.The 38th Sustainment Brigade, which is based out of Kokomo, Ind.,

  • Air Force Reserve hosts American Idols visit

    Eleven members of the 2011 American Idols tour visited Tinker Air Force Base July 19 thanks to the Air Force Reserve Recruiting Service's "Get One Now" program. More than 2,000 military members and their families from throughout the base attended the event held from 11:30 a.m.  to 12:45 p.m. at the

  • Band plays, audience rocks at space shuttle finale

    High Flight, the newest ensemble of the Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve, made history by performing at the final landing of Shuttle Atlantis and ending of NASA's space shuttle program July 21 at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida."It has been an honor and a privilege to perform at this event,"