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AFRC News

  • VA announces changes to post 9/11 GI Bill

    Airmen enrolled in the Post-9/11 GI Bill will have more opportunities and means of using their educational benefits.President Barack Obama signed legislation to update and simplify the program, Jan. 4.According to the Veterans Administration, the agency that administers the program, the new

  • Hurricane Hunters switch gears to fly winter storms missions

    The Hurricane Hunters are in full swing with winter storm missions in Anchorage, Alaska. The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron has had little down time because of overlapping obligations, flying winter storm missions in November while still performing hurricane flights through Dec. 1, the

  • Deployment blessing

    While Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station C-130's were being de-iced and loaded with supplies 914th Airlift Wing Chaplain (Capt.) James Bastian blesses aircraft on the flightline. Chaplain Bastion blesses the aircraft and crew before they begin their mission delivering supplies to an undisclosed

  • Yellow Ribbon Lite accelerates deployment preparation

    The 310th Space Wing Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program hosted a first of its kind Yellow Ribbon Lite event at Buckley Air Force Base, Colo., on Dec. 29.The event, a spinoff of the weekend-long Yellow Ribbon event, addressed a last-minute need to prepare members of the 710th Security Forces

  • Gates Reveals Budget Efficiencies, Reinvestment Possibilities

    The Defense Department has found $154 billion in efficiencies over the next five years and will be able to invest $70 billion of that saved money in more deserving accounts, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today.The secretary announced the savings and reinvesting of the efficiencies during a

  • Niagara reservists gets a shot at AF Academy

    A 914th Airlift Wing Airman has been selected to visit the United States Air Force Academy with the prospects of applying and being accepted into the prestigious military school.Senior Airman Magdalena Torres, a 914th Maintenance Squadron Aerospace Ground Equipment journeyman, has the opportunity to

  • Niagara Reservists prepare to deploy

    Airmen of the 914th Airlift Wing have begun the deployment process from the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, Niagara Falls, NY to undisclosed location in southwest Asia. Members from the Operations, Maintenance and Logistics groups will be departing from the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station over

  • Reservists load humanitarian aid for Nicaragua

    A C-17 Globemaster III from the Air Force Reserve's 315th Airlift Wing, Charleston, S.C., landed here today to load humanitarian aid headed for Managua, Nicaragua.A 1984 E-One fire truck along with nearly 3.5 tons of medical supplies and firefighting equipment donated by Emergency Response Services

  • Air Force rescuers pull female hiker to safety

    From day until night, Senior Master Sgt. Mike Flake, a flight engineer on an Air Force rescue helicopter (HH-60G Pave Hawk), had been flying a training mission Dec. 22 around Tucson, Ariz. where his unit, the 305th Rescue Squadron here, trains regularly. Upon clocking out, he was home by 9:30 p.m.

  • Reserve C-17 aircrews fly cargo, people into Antarctica

    An Air Force Reserve C-17 Globemaster III from the 728th Airlift Squadron out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., is supporting Operation Deep Freeze by serving as a bridge for cargo and personnel moving between Christchurch, New Zealand, and McMurdo Air Station, Antarctica. C-17 flights for