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AFRC News

  • Rescue wing crew chiefs crank it up in Canada

    Nearly two dozen combat rescue crew chiefs kept busy readying and maintaining two 920th Rescue Wing aircraft in Canada Search and Rescue Exercise 09. The exercise ran Sept. 22-25 and staged out of the Royal Canadian Air Force's 9 Wing here. The HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter and the fixed-wing

  • Civil engineers return to Alaska

    Thirty-seven Air Force reservists from the 477th Civil Engineer Squadron arrived at Anchorage International Airport Sept. 13 after deploying to Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq. Family and friends welcomed home the Airmen, who were deployed for four to six months. The reservists worked with Iraqis and other

  • Communicator receives award from Microsoft

    One of Air Force Reserve Command's top communicators received a Microsoft Innovator of the Year Award during the Air Force Information Technology Conference 2009 here Aug. 24-27. Bret Wilson, chief of the network integration division at Headquarters AFRC, Robins Air Force Base, Ga., accepted his

  • Staying strategic in an operational world

    The Air Force Reserve is not interested in a tiered readiness level, according to Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner, chief of Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command. "We are a seamless partner," said General Stenner in a speech Sept. 15 during the Air Force Association's 2009 Air &

  • Wright-Patt aerial porters return home

    Family, friends and co-workers gathered at the Dayton International Airport Sept. 16 for the return of four reservists from the 87th Aerial Port Squadron. The Airmen were greeted with cheers and welcome home signs after returning from a 120-day deployment to Balad Air Base, Iraq. While waiting for

  • March refuelers complete Pacific deployment

    The second team of 110 reservists from March Air Reserve Base, Calif., returned home Aug. 31 after completing the last half of a four-month rotation supporting air refueling missions in the Asia-Pacific region. The Airmen from the 452nd Air Mobility Wing flew KC-135 Stratotankers on aerial refueling

  • 65-year-old flight nurse still saving lives

    The members of the flight crew were alerted at 3:30 a.m. about their aeromedical evacuation mission. They hadn't eaten since the previous evening and wouldn't eat again for another day. After a long but successful aeromedical evacuation mission aboard their Belgian C-130, which began at a simulated

  • Rescuers show skills at military salute demo

    A dozen pararescuemen, or PJs, from the Air Force Reserve's 920th Rescue Wing demonstrated how they get to work to save mariners who are in distress or lost at sea. They parachuted from an HC-130P/N Hercules aircraft into the Atlantic Ocean off Cocoa Beach Sept. 11 just after 6 p.m. The

  • Lifeguards to the 'pararescue'

    A picturesque, palm-tree lined beach teeming with sunbathers may seem an unlikely place to find recruiters seeking applicants for an elite military unit. Yet, the sunny California beaches were exactly what Air Force Reserve recruiter Tech. Sgt. William Biddle had in mind when he enlisted help from

  • Texans fly to Ohio to continue flight training mission

    A taste of Texas swept through the 445th Maintenance Group Sept. 3 when 43 reservists assigned to the 433rd Airlift Wing, Lackland AFB, Texas, arrived to set up shop for two weeks. Chief Master Sgts. Joseph Campbell, 433rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron superintendent, and Theodore Williams, 433rd