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AFRC News

  • AF Reserve hosting human resources development council workshop this week

    Air Force Reserve Command is hosting its biennial Human Resources Development Council workshop at the Atlanta Airport Marriott Hotel today through Wednesday.The three-day workshop will attract participants from Air Force Reserve units throughout the country and abroad. Some of the events will

  • Memorial honors Air Force Reserve chaplain

    Tech. Sgt. Tiffany Jackson, Robins AFB Honor Guard flight sergeant, places a flag in front of a photo of Chaplain (Col.) Charles M. Bolin during his memorial service Oct. 14, 2010, in the base chapel. Chaplain Bolin was serving with the Yellow Ribbon Campaign at Air Force Reserve Command

  • Homestead Airmen deploy

    Airman from the 482nd Fighter Wing shake hands with their wingmen as they board an aircraft for an Air and Space Expeditionary Force deployment, Oct. 18, 2010.  The troops will take part in a theater security program with Republic of Korea forces. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Katie Spencer)

  • Late night host opens Air Force Reserve recruiting site in Alaska

    Tonight Show host Jay Leno opened the newest Air Force Reserve recruiting station in Wasilla, Oct. 14.The king of late night TV watched as 13 Alaskans took the enlistment oath as part of the Air Force Reserve recruiting station grand opening.Leno's appearance is part of the Air Froce Reserve's

  • Regional Yellow Ribbon Program kicks off in The Big Easy

    Air Force Reserve Command kicked off its first regional Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program this weekend at the Hilton New Orleans Riverside hotel, inviting Reservists going to or returning from deployment to attend with their families.The Yellow Ribbon Program was initiated by the Secretary of

  • Aerial porters compete in Port Dawg Challenge

    Reservists representing 22 aerial port squadrons from around Air Force Reserve Command will converge at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Ga., Oct. 25-29 to compete in the command's Port Dawg Challenge.The competition features 11 events, running from Oct. 26 to Oct. 28. The challenge kicks off with opening

  • A-10 pilots test skills, share tactics at Hawgsmoke 2010

    While they didn't walk away with the Hawgsmoke 2010 trophy, members of the 442nd Fighter Wing's 303rd and 76th Fighter Squadrons did reap plenty of other rewards from the event here Oct. 13 to 16."The focus is the competition but there are plenty of other benefits to being here," said Maj. Olivia

  • Reserve Globemaster pilot helps AF win Ironman military title

    "I was beginning to get cold and my body was shivering," said Capt. Jamie Turner. "I was 100 yards from the beach, and I had been treading water for 30 minutes. Finally, I heard the gun and that is when it all started." Captain Turner, a C-17 Globemaster III pilot with the 317th Airlift Squadron

  • Rescue reservists join search for missing kayaker

    Rescue reservists from the Air Force Reserve's 920th Rescue Wing here joined the search for a missing ocean kayaker Oct. 14 off the coast of Patrick Air Force Base. Missing is Mr. Michael Alexander, 49, from Port Canaveral, who left to go fishing Wednesday morning and never returned home, according

  • Reserve pararescuemen finish third in PJ competition

    Eight Air Force Reserve pararescuemen (PJs) from the 920th Rescue Wing finished third in the Pararescue Rodeo at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., Oct. 4-10. Two four-man teams deployed from Florida to the southern Arizona desert to train and compete in free-fall parachuting, professional