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AFRC News

  • Reservists leave Iraqi children with refurbished desks

    Sitting at a well-crafted desk may not seem like a big deal to children in the United States or other more affluent parts of the world, but to the children of Kirkuk's school provinces, it is. As one of their last efforts to leave a place better than they found it, Reservists from the 446th Civil

  • Memories of 6-month Afghanistan tour linger for Reserve nurse

    Maj. Deborah "Lucy" Lehker's job isn't an easy one to leave behind. For the past six months she has been a member of a three-person team of medical professionals caring for critically wounded service members during air transport in Afghanistan. When she arrived at March Air Reserve Base on March 10

  • F-15E group at Seymour Johnson to grow to 340

    To keep up with the demand for F-15E Strike Eagle pilots and weapon systems officers, a new group is standing up on Seymour Johnson AFB.Air Force Reserve Command's 414th Fighter Group may only have a handful of assigned personnel now, but about 340 reservists will fall under the group, its 307th

  • McGuire reservists mobilized to support for Afghanistan troop surge

    More than 100 Reservists of the 514th Air Mobility Wing were mobilized in early April to support the ongoing troop surge to Afghanistan.The surge, which began in December, will add 30,000 American servicemembers to the 70,000 that are already engaged in Operation Enduring Freedom.The mobilized

  • Training taken seriously helps save friends life

    Major Todd Haifley, a pilot with the 507th AIr Refueling Wing's 1st Aviation Standards Flight, has developed a new found respect for the automated external defibrillator or AED after using one to save a friend's life.Major Haifley experience began on a Sunday evening, February 28. "I coach and play

  • Security forces hold field training exercise in Florida

    Duke Field's 919th Security Forces Squadron held a field training exercise at Eglin's Field 5 during the March 6-7 unit training assembly.The FTX scenarios consisted of self-aid and buddy care, tent building, force-on-force movements, land navigation and prisoner searches. Twenty Airmen were split

  • Airman saves man’s life after highway accident

    A twist of fate found a 442nd Fighter Wing crew chief saving the life of a crash victim on the side of a hazardous wintry road in February. Senior Airman Jesse Farris was on his way to Whiteman AFB from his home in Iowa to work on an alternate unit training assembly weekend. After a few months of

  • Modern tool helps put history in its place

    When Mel Mueller of the Brevard Veterans Council and Veterans Memorial Center brought a 67-year-old silk parachute to the 'professionals' here to re-pack it for display at the museum, he was pretty certain he had come to the right place."During my Air Force career, I spent three years in the rescue

  • About 500 Air Force reservists report for active duty at Westover

    Approximately 500 Air Force Reserve flight crew members, maintenance technicians and support personnel reported to active duty in support of the Afghanistan surge on April 5. The reservists are scheduled to be on active duty for six months as part of providing airlift support for the movement of