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AFRC News

  • F/A-18 Super Hornet refueled over Hawaii

    A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter receives fuel from a KC-135 Stratotanker that is assigned to the 465th Air Refueling Squadron, 507th Air Refueling Wing, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., while over Hawaiian air space during the Rim of the Pacific Exercise on July 20. RIMPAC, the world's largest

  • Reserve refuelers keep RIMPAC flying

    Oklahoma refuelers keep aircraft flying during the Rim of the Pacific Exercise here at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii on July 23. RIMPAC, a biennial exercise in its 22nd year is hosted by U. S. Pacific Fleet and is the largest maritime exercise in the world. The exercise demonstrates a

  • Air Force Reserve medics treat 8,000 patients in Dominican Republic

    Thirty-eight Air Force Reserve medics with the 512th Aerospace Medicine Squadron here provided free medical care to 8,363 patients as part of a Medical Readiness Training Exercise in the Dominican Republic July 10-24.The 512th Airlift Wing Airmen, as well as reservists from other units around the

  • Air Camp students visit Wright-Patt C-5 unit

    More than 40 middle school students got the chance to learn about C-5 Galaxy aircraft and speak with reservists from the 89th Airlift Squadron and 445th Airlift Wing during a base tour July 20. The students are from Air Camp, a locally sponsored, weeklong summer camp that offers instruction on

  • Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program in the Great Smoky Mountains

    The foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Gatlinburg, Tenn., provided a relaxing weekend retreat for 13 Airmen and their families at a Yellow Ribbon Reintegration Program, July 23-25. Every base has a Yellow Ribbon program manager who plans post-deployment trips to a vacation-type

  • Chaplain candidates keep the faith during intense Air Force experience

    Thirty chaplain candidates, participating in the Air Force Chaplain Candidate Intensive Internship Program, arrived here July 24.Charleston AFB was the second stop for the candidates. They are touring five bases in four and a half weeks.The CCIIP tour is structured to give the candidates an in-depth

  • Air Force Reserve rescue wing deploys for naval exercise

    As the Rim of the Pacific exercise enters its final two weeks, more Air Force reservists from Patrick AFB have winged their way to Hawaii to participate.Two HC-130s Hercules aircraft and three HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters from the 920th Rescue Wing arrived July 17. The HH-60s mid-air refueling

  • Air Force Reserve designing new Force Generation Center

    Air Force Reserve planners are designing an organization that will serve as the single path to request and receive, as well as oversee and deliver, Air Force Reserve forces and capability. Called the "Force Generation Center," the new unit is projected to begin initial operations in October and be

  • Air Force Reserve streamlines call-up process

    Air Force Reserve Command officials are proposing comprehensive changes to how reservists are managed and called to active duty based on lessons learned from nearly nine years of combat and surge operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.Collectively called "AFR 2012," this series of projects establishes a