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AFRC News

  • Deployed Reserve and Guard provide 'people' services in Southwest Asia

    In any given Air Expeditionary Force rotation, Guard and Reserve members provide support roles in Personnel Support in Contingency Operations teams around the AOR. However, this rotation, Reserve component service members comprise more than 95 percent of the 379th PERSCO team in Southwest Asia.

  • Reserve loadmasters at the heart of C-130 operations

    As Tech. Sgt Kristy Decker, 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron loadmaster, knows, no flight in the AOR is predictable. With nearly two decades of flying under her belt, the Colorado Springs Air Force reservist is serving her first tour of duty with the 746th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron based in

  • Reserve unit provides new “hoops” for Philippines youth

    Reservists from the 624th Civil Engineer Squadron and Philippine soldiers came together Feb. 17 to build a basketball court for children here. Shortly after arriving at the base from Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii Feb. 15 to participate in Exercise Balikatan 2006, Airmen noticed a group of children

  • Journalists win awards, advance to Air Force contest

    Two journalists and a magazine staff turned in repeat performances by taking first-place awards in the 2005 Air Force Reserve Command Media Contest. The Gulf Wing from the 403rd Wing, Keesler AFB, Miss., won the command’s best publication title for the second year in a row. It advanced in the

  • President asks for more money, Air Force reservists

    The president’s proposed defense budget for next year seeks $4.1 billion in funding for Air Force Reserve Command and an end-strength of 74,900 reservists. The fiscal 2007 request covers the fiscal year that starts Oct. 1. It asks for 900 more Air Force reservists than the 74,000 authorized this

  • Legacy of caring connected

    His throat clogged with gravel and face covered in blood, Army Sgt. Jeff Beltran tried in vain to call out to his fellow Soldiers. The improvised explosive device that nearly obliterated the Humvee he was riding in a moment ago cast a deafening silence in the aftermath of the explosion – a silence

  • 23 Air Force Reserve organizations receive unit awards

    Twenty-three Air Force Reserve units are getting Air Force-level awards for their service in 2005. Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command officials here announced the selections Feb. 5. The Air Reserve Personnel Center in Denver and the Air Force Reserve Command Recruiting Service at Robins AFB are

  • BRAC actions affect Air Force Reserve locations

    Base Realignment and Closure actions affect the following Air Force Reserve Command locations: Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, La. – Fifteen A-10 aircraft from the New Orleans Air Reserve Station’s 926th Fighter Wing go to Whiteman AFB, Mo., and Barksdale AFB, La. Mission-support

  • Air Force Reserve teams visiting BRAC units

    Teams from Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command here are visiting more than 30 bases to develop timelines and actions in accordance with the Base Realignment and Closure law. Five bases received visits in January. The command’s site activation task force teams are composed of experts from a

  • Homestead ARB opens first Air Force Reserve training and conference center

    Air Force and community leaders gathered for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to dedicate the new Heritage Hall Training and Conference Center here on Jan. 27. Former 482nd Fighter Wing Commander Maj. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr. and former U.S. Rep. Carrie Meek attended the ceremony before a short tour of