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AFRC News

  • March Air Reserve Base assists with Haiti earthquake relief efforts

    March Air Reserve Base became a hub for Southern California's Haiti earthquake relief effort when a team of approximately 75 U.S. Agency for International Development personnel and their rescue equipment reported to the base for transportation to Port Au Prince, Jan. 13.The deploying personnel, who

  • Dobbins reservists respond to emergency landing

    In life or death situations, people often feel a surge of adrenaline. Their hearts thump. Their skin feels moist. Every motion seems exaggerated, making it difficult to function calmly. In these situations, it's important to keep a cool head and calm demeanor.On Dec. 22, 2009, three Dobbins Airmen

  • Golden Knights train at Homestead

    The U.S. Army's world-famous parachute team, the Golden Knights, will train here from Jan. 25 to March 5.The team usually goes to Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz., for winter training. This is the first time in more than 40 years that the team is going to the Sunshine State for winter training.The closer

  • New tasking management software improves efficiency, saves time

    In todays fast-paced, complicated world, one would be hard-pressed to find many people who wouldn't like to simplify their jobs. With that goal in mind, Air Force Reserve Command is rolling out a new software program designed to improve efficiency and save time.The Task Management Tool is a

  • Command announces 2009 outstanding unit awards

    Air Force Reserve Command selected 15 units to receive the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for 2009.Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., AFRC commander, announced the following selections in a memorandum to unit commanders Dec. 29:433rd Airlift Wing, Lackland AFB, Texas;94th AW, Dobbins Air Reserve

  • March uses automated test to screen for injury

    It's mandatory. All Airmen must undergo specific testing for a possible injury before going into a combat zone. Concerned the concussion of an explosion may cause brain injury, the Department of Defense created the Neurocognitive Assessment Tool. The U.S. Army began using the NCAT in 2006. As of

  • Recruits must pass P.A.S.T. to have future in rescue

    "Don't quit." That's the motto here for the pre-indoctrination course for the Air Force Reserve pararescuemen and combat rescue officers. It's an imperative that will stick with these men throughout their two-year training program, known as the "Pipeline."Patrick's 920th Rescue Wing administers the

  • Tinker reservists deploy to Guam, Southwest Asia

    More than 100 Air Force reservists from the 507th Air Refueling Wing deployed in late December to support Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.The Air Force Reserve Command unit flies and maintains the KC-135R Stratotanker and performs daily air refueling missions in support of national

  • 445th AW reservists fly snow removal equipment to Afghanistan

    The 445th Airlift Wing participated with the Air Force Security Assistance Center and the 88th Air Base Wing Dec. 23 to transport two snow removal vehicles and associated snow removal equipment to Kabul, Afghanistan. The plows will be used to clear runways at Kabul International Airport for the

  • President Signs 2010 Defense Budget Into Law

    Defense officials are hailing passage of the fiscal 2010 budget that funds military programs and wartime operations in Afghanistan and Iraq and provides a military pay raise.President Barack Obama signed the 2010 Department of Defense Appropriations Act into law Dec. 19 after the Senate approved it