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Airmen from commands across AFRC were nominated for 2024 Airmen of the Year.

Award News

  • Nominations sought for 2016 Sijan Award

    The Air Force Personnel Center is currently accepting nominations through Aug. 31 for the 2016 Lance P. Sijan U.S. Air Force Leadership Award. The award recognizes the accomplishments of total force officers and enlisted leaders who demonstrate the highest qualities of leadership in the performance

  • 'Winning Your Wings II' keeps on winning

    Air Force Reserve Command's production "Winning Your Wings II" keeps on winning. This time it's the 2015 Defense Department Visual Information Production Awards, under the Communicators of Excellence Awards umbrella.The video earned the Department of Defense Production of the Year award in addition

  • Duke Field, Andrews units win AF Inspector General awards

    Two Air Force Reserve Command units are winners of 2015 Air Force Inspector General Awards.The 919th Special Operations Wing, Duke Field, Florida, earned the Maj. Gen. Junius W. Jones Award for having the best IG Inspections program in the Reserve/Guard category.The 459th Air Refueling Wing, Joint

  • 'Apples to oranges'

    Team awarded for modeling tool that compares Reserve and active-duty manpower costs

  • AFRC announces 2015 Chaplain Corps awards

    Air Force Reserve Command has announced the 2015 Air Force Reserve Chaplain Corps awards.Headquarters Air Force Chaplain Corps Awards:Thoralf T. Thielen Award for the Outstanding Reserve Chaplain of the Year, Chaplain (Capt.) Quanika Bynum, 42nd Air Base Wing/HC, Maxwell Air Force Base,

  • Dobbins Civilian Personnel Office best in AFRC five years running

    Air Force Reserve Command announced the winners of the 2015 Installation/Program awards April 2016.The 94th Force Support Squadron Civilian Personnel Office here was named Civilian Personnel Program of the Year, marking the fifth consecutive year the office has won the award.“They are people that

  • Mentoring earns Niagara youth Congressional medal

    It wasn't until Gabriel Curcione's father deployed to Afghanistan in 2012 did the young man feel the weight of being a military child. Curcione’s father is Master Sgt. Paul Curcione, 30th Aerial Port Squadron. “It was really hard not having that second parental figure there,” said Gabriel of his

  • Reserve test pilot earns AFA President's Award

    Lt. Col. Michael S. Bess is the recipient of the 2015 Air Force Association Outstanding Reserve Aircrew Award (President's Award).Bess is an F-15E Strike Eagle operational test and evaluation pilot and lead F-15E Combat Hammer evaluation pilot with the 926th Operations Group, Eglin Air Force Base,

  • AFRC History Office honored for excellence

    The Air Force History Office awarded the Air Force Reserve Command History Office the John T. Bohn Excellence in Major Command History Programs Award for having the best major command history program in the Air Force.The Air Force History Office announced the winners of the 2016 USAF History and

  • AFRC announces maintenance, logistics readiness awards

    Air Force Reserve Command has announced the 2015 Maintenance and Logistics Readiness Awards.Maintenance winners:Senior Airman Rachel D. Upshaw, 707th Maintenance Squadron, Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, won the the Chief Master Sgt Thomas N. Barnes Award, (Crew Chief of the Year). The 442nd