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AFRC News

  • Air Force Reserve to get C-17s at Wright-Patt

    The Air Force will begin next year replacing 10 C-5 Galaxy aircraft with eight C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.The secretary of the Air Force and the Air Force chief of staff approved the change March 12. Air Force officials anticipate that the first four C-17s

  • Command gets top maintenance award again

    For the second year in a row, Air Force Reserve Command received the Gen. Wilbur L. Creech Maintenance Excellence Award.Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz hosted the 2009 award ceremony in the Pentagon March 11. Accepting the award was Col. T. Glenn Davis, former AFRC A4 director of

  • Command names best in communications & information

    Twelve people and an organization earned Air Force Reserve Command Communications and Information Awards for 2009.The awards include the top field grade officer, Maj. Randal George, 302nd Communications Flight, Peterson AFB, Colo.; company grade officer, Capt. Mathew Heath Van Horn, Headquarters

  • Squadron reactivates as Reserve unit at Luke

    The pilots of the 301st Fighter Squadron changed their patch to the 69th FS during a ceremony here March 5. The event marked the end of almost a decade of Tuskegee heritage at Luke AFB."It has been a tremendous privilege to be associated with the Tuskegee Airmen and to have but a small part in the

  • WASP reminisces about receiving Congressional Gold Medal

    It's been 65 years since Margo deMoss received the heartbreaking news that she and more than 1,000 other Women's Airforce Service Pilots were no longer needed. Not considered veterans, Ms. deMoss and the others were released the same day they received the news and, without benefits or recognition,

  • Dreams come true with Tops in Blue

    After years of dedication and determination, Tech. Sgt. Katie Badowski of the 446th Services Flight here made her dreams a reality.Sergeant Badowski saw Tops in Blue, the Air Force special unit made up of talented amateurs, perform while she was in the Washington Army National Guard. She was

  • Social media policy balances Web 2.0 with security

    The new policy allowing access to social media from computers connected to the Defense Department's unclassified network balances the mission value of Web 2.0 tools and the need for security, a top defense official said. Since being hired as principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for public

  • Chief helps Airmen deployed to Haiti

    Thirty days in earthquake-devastated Haiti has left some Airmen without basic supplies as they carry on their mission of helping victims in that country.A quick call by the top enlisted person in Air Force Reserve Command's 920th Rescue Wing mobilized children in Texas and members of the LeMay

  • PHOTO ESSAY: Haiti from the Airmen's perspective

    This photo series is a first-hand look at operations in Port-au-Prince, Haiti in the aftermath of the enormous earthquake there Jan. 12, as well as the living conditions of the Citizen Airmen who voluntarily deployed to help in the multinational humanitarian effort. Photos were taken by Tech. Sgt.

  • Journalists, photographers win command awards

    Journalists and photographers from six Air Force Reserve Command units won multiple awards in the 2009 AFRC Media Contest.Megan Just from the 452nd Air Mobility Wing, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., wrote the best feature article and the best commentary. Master Sgt. Jason Schaap from the 931st Air