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AFRC News

  • Thunderbolt up close

    A KC-135R Stratotanker from the Air Force Reserve Command's 336th Air Refueling Squadron conducts night aerial refueling training with an A-10 Thunderbolt II from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base over southern Arizona. 

  • Holiday Notes from Home airs Dec 23-25

    Amy Grant, Brian McKnight and Take 6 join the Band of the Air Force Reserve and Air Force Strings in this year's Holiday Notes from Home concert on the American Forces Network and the Gospel Music Channel this holiday season.The hour-long special will air on the Gospel Music Channel Dec. 23 at 10

  • Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters fly first winter storm

    The Air Force Reserve "Hurricane Hunters" are tasked by the National Weather Service to fly their first winter storm of the season on the East Coast starting Friday.The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron "Hurricane Hunters" assigned to the 403rd Wing, Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., are perhaps

  • AF Reserve loses Airman in Operation Enduring Freedom

    The Department of Defense announced the death of a 932nd Airlift Wing airman who was supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.Tech. Sgt. Anthony C. Campbell Jr., 35, of Florence, Ky., died Dec. 15 of wounds suffered from the detonation of an improvised explosive device in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.

  • 10 nominated for major general, 15 for brigadier general

    Ten Air Force Reserve brigadier generals and 15 colonels have been nominated for promotion to the next higher rank by President Obama.Nominated to the U.S. Senate for promotion to major general are:Brig. Gens. Eric W. Crabtree, commander of 4th Air Force, March Air Reserve Base, Calif.Wallace W.

  • AFRC commander visits deployed troops

    Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., Air Force Reserve Command commander, visits with 746th Aircraft Maintenance Unit servicemembers during a base visit, Dec. 7, 2009. General Stenner was traveling throughout Southwest Asia visiting Reservists deployed in support of operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring

  • Kid Rock kicks off Tour for the Troops at Incirlik

    Kid Rock kicked off his Tour for the Troops with a packed house Dec. 1 at Incirlik's Hangar 4.It was standing-room only as more than 1,000 members of the Incirlik community crammed into the hangar to hear Kid Rock play such hits as "Picture," "All Summer Long" and "Bawitdaba."Rock, along with The

  • Reservists fly Kid Rock, other artists on Tour for the Troops

    Being an Air Force reservist sometimes has its perks, like when flying an internationally known musician overseas. Aircrews from the 70th and 79th Air Refueling Squadrons based at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., recently drew lucky straws and took Kid Rock on a KC-10 flight during the 2009 Tour for

  • March in Review: Amelia Earhart among guests at March Field

    Amelia Earhart was a regular visitor during Brig. Gen. Henry "Hap" Arnold's tenure as the commander of March Field. General Arnold was a master of publicity and sought to take advantage of the American love affair with aviation that followed Charles Lindbergh's solo flight across the Atlantic in

  • Carlos Mencia to deliver humor to U.S. troops

    Carlos Mencia , the man behind Comedy Central's popular "Mind of Mencia" television program, will entertain American troops in Southwest Asia and families in Europe Nov. 30 to Dec. 12 as part of this year's Tour for the Troops, formerly known as Operation Season's Greetings.Joining the popular