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AFRC News

  • Tinker security forces reservists deploy to Iraq

    About 40 security forces Airmen from Air Force Reserve Command's 507th Air Refueling Wing left here Jan. 17 for Kirkuk Air Base, Iraq, to support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The reservists went on active duty Nov. 29 to prepare for the deployment. In December they traveled to Camp Swift near

  • Policy changes to delay some field grade officer promotions

    Starting this year, policy changes will result in some Air Force Reserve officers having to wait longer before becoming eligible for promotion. One major change will require lieutenant colonels to serve four or more years' time in grade before meeting the colonel board. The Air Force Reserve will

  • Homestead F-16 crashes in Gulf of Mexico

    An Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed at about 7:30 p.m. Jan. 15 in the Gulf of Mexico near Key West, Fla. The plane belonged to Air Force Reserve Command's 482nd Fighter Wing, Homestead ARB. The pilot was flying a training mission at the time of the accident. A U.S. Navy helicopter picked up the

  • Dover, McGuire 'slap' it out in hockey fund-raiser

    The Dover AFB All-Stars sent the McGuire AFB, N.J., All-Stars packing 9-4, in the first-ever ice hockey fund-raiser in Philadelphia, Jan.13. The event drew about 300 spectators and raised $1,500 for the Combined Federal Campaign. Dover's total force hockey team consisted of players from the

  • New year brings heavy deployments at Westover

    About 200 reservists of the 439th Airlift Wing began deploying in January to Iraq and Afghanistan. The Airmen will serve tours of four to six months. They represent about 10 percent of the Air Force Reserve Command unit's reserve population and are the largest group of wing members to serve overseas

  • 6 one-stars, 12 colonels picked for promotion

    The chief of Air Force Reserve announced the president has approved the nomination to promote six one-star generals and 12 colonels to the next higher rank in the Air Force Reserve. Nominated for promotion to major general are: Brig. Gens. Robert B. Bartlett, mobilization assistant to the commander

  • C-17 airdrops new engine to stranded boat

    Six days without power in the middle of a sea of ice came to an end after a C-17 Globemaster airdropped a new engine and critical supplies to a stranded fishing trawler. The Argos Georgia lost all main power and had been frozen in the ice flow off the Ross Ice Shelf since Christmas Eve (New Zealand

  • Reservists test war-fighting skills in Haunted House Battle Ax

    Hundreds of reservists donned chemical warfare suits and gathered at Base X Jan. 5 -6 for the Haunted House Battle Ax training. Airmen in the 512th Airlift Wing Liberty Wing members simulated deploying to a foreign country as evaluators graded them on how well they defended themselves and their

  • Heritage meets legacy - Family ties stretch across the skies

    It is not often Airmen get the opportunity to fly side by side with members of their own family, but the Johnson family had just that chance on a recent humanitarian mission to Haiti. Capt. Clinton Johnson, a reserve C-17 pilot with the 300th Airlift Squadron at Charleston AFB, S.C., had the recent

  • Frequent flier: Reservist travels from Jordan, back to serve in Reserve

    In the Reserve, it's not uncommon for reservists to travel hundreds of miles or from states away to serve in their unit. It's no different for the 512th Airlift Wing, which has 1,800 reservists from as many as 40 different states; and, one of those reservists even travels from another country. Lt.