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AFRC News

  • Hurricane Hunters track Ike

    Barreling toward the Texas Coast, Hurricane Ike is regaining strength as officials along the Texas coast began evacuations of the first of millions of residents in the forecast path of the storm. Warm Gulf waters contributed to renewed strength for Hurricane Ike after it passed over Cuba during the

  • Elmendorf units achieve combat-ready status

    Airmen here took time out Sept. 5 to celebrate achieving initial operational capability in three units. Elmendorf's 3rd Wing, Alaska Air National Guard's 176th Wing and Air Force Reserve Command's 477th Fighter Group were all declared combat ready in their respective airframes. "After years of

  • Air refuelers break ground for joint use facility

    Total Force Integration took another major step here Sept. 8 in a groundbreaking ceremony for a new joint squadron operations facility. The 25,000-square foot facility will cost more than $8 million to build. When completed in December 2009, it will house joint operational offices for air refueling

  • Reservists deploy overseas to provide medical care

    Air Force reservists from the 920th Aeromedical Staging Squadron here deployed to Iraq, Afghanistan and Germany in early September to support the global war on terror. Once there, they will provide medical care to servicemembers in various stages of transit - from the battlefield to European

  • Elmendorf total force team completes F-22 evaluation

    Eight F-22A Raptors and about 140 Airmen from here deployed to Tyndall AFB, Fla., Aug. 17-28 for a weapons systems evaluation program hosted by the 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron. Pilots from the 302nd Fighter Squadron and maintainers from the 477th Maintenance Squadron in Air Force Reserve Command's

  • Reservists build associate fighter group at Moody

    Total Force Integration has come to the "Flying Tigers" at Moody AFB, Ga., with the stand up of Air Force Reserve Command's 476th Fighter Group, an A-10 Thunderbolt II unit. A goal of TFI is to blend Regular Air Force and air reserve component Airmen making them indistinguishable from one another in

  • 90-day records review starts for IMAs

    Airmen who are Individual Mobilization Augmentees or are in the Participating Individual Ready Reserve category have 90 days to review their electronic personnel records, Air Reserve Personnel Center officials announced Sept. 4. Paper versions of the field records, technically called the Unit

  • Air Force Reserve to test force support squadron concept

    Starting in October, the Air Force Reserve Command will test a new force support structure by merging mission support squadrons and services squadrons at seven locations throughout the United States. In the test, which will run for one year, the affected units will merge manpower and personnel

  • Citizen Airmen return to Keesler after Gustav; prepare to chase Hanna, Ike

    Aircraft and people assigned to the Air Force Reserve's 403rd Wing began returning here Sept. 3 from forward operating locations where aircrews continued their missions of airlift and hurricane reconnaissance. While deployed, the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, known as the Hurricane Hunters,

  • Eglin units activates reserve squadron

    The 84th Test and Evaluation Squadron activated Aug. 26 as the first Air Force reserve unit in support of the 53rd Wing and serves to organize, train and equip forces to support operational test and evaluation missions for the combat air forces. "My vision for the 84th TES Wizards is to provide