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AFRC News

  • McChord reservist provides aid to accident victims

    First Lt. Frank Sevey was driving to work Aug. 21 when he found himself a first responder to an accident requiring him to give medical aid to a stranger. It was a clear day on Fort Lewis when Lieutenant Sevey of the 313th Airlift Squadron glanced in his rearview mirror and saw a single-car accident.

  • Command announces accident investigation board findings

    Air Force Reserve Command released Sept. 4 the results of its investigation into the death of an Air Force reservist March 7, 2009. An Accident Investigation Board determined Tech. Sgt. Mitchell M. McClain died because of an abnormal heartbeat and coronary artery disease after completing a mandatory

  • March firefighters help community battle Station Fire

    The base firehouse here received a request for assistance Aug. 29 to help fight Station Fire north of Los Angeles. The call activated Strike Team 6051A, a team of local fire engines. In addition to March ARB's Engine 10, the strike team included one engine from Indio, one from Murrieta and two from

  • ARPC reaches milestone of service

    The Air Reserve Personnel Center demonstrated the significance of personnel service delivery transformation and centralized service by surpassing 1 million customer issues earlier this summer. "This brings forward how personnel service has been consolidated here at Total Force Service Center -

  • Special pay approved for wage-grade employees at Maxwell

    Celebrations broke out across the 908th Maintenance Group in July as word spread that special pay rates had been approved for the unit's wage-grade pay scale employees. About 84 positions in the unit are affected by the new special pay scale. Depending on grade, the hourly pay rates will increase an

  • Flying Jennies saddle up for major deployment

    Reservists from the 815th Airlift Squadron "Flying Jennies" will play a big role in supporting U.S. Central Command's airlift requirements during a deployment to Southwest Asia set to begin early September. An advance deployment team left Keesler AFB Aug. 25 to lay the groundwork and arrange a "hand

  • Junior officers attend international seminar

    Airmen, soldiers and sailors from six NATO countries participated in the 2009 International Junior Officer Development Seminar at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Aug. 17-21. The seminar focused international relations. Forty of the officers were from the U.S. Air Force

  • Squadron adds another Fowle to roster

    Senior Master Sgt. Brian Fowle re-enlisted and his youngest daughter, Brenna, enlisted in the Air Force Reserve Aug. 25. Col. Stephen Goeman, 445th Airlift Wing commander, administered the oaths of enlistment. Sergeant Fowle is an aeromedical evacuation technician and the senior enlisted air reserve

  • Reservists strive to make every day a Veterans Day

    The Veterans Administration Medical Center in Oklahoma City received a boost in July when local Air Force reservists delivered several boxes of books and magazines. The Tinker Reserve Enlisted Advisory Council, comprised of Airmen from the 507th Air Refueling Wing and 513th Air Control Group,

  • Last GPS satellite of its generation launched Aug. 17

    "I've got it," said Lt. Col. Deanna M. Burt, 2nd Space Operations Squadron commander. The commander of the Regular Air Force squadron took control of Air Force Space Command's newest GPS satellite 73 minutes after the launch of a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., Aug. 17.