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

Award News

  • Commander announces safety award winners

    Lt. Gen. James Jackson, commander of Air Force Reserve Command, announced AFRC's safety award winners for fiscal 2012 in a memorandum Nov. 19.General category award winners are:Safety office of the year - 910th Airlift Wing, Youngstown Air Reserve Station, OhioSafety officer (primary duty) - Lt.

  • Niagara nurse, leader recognized for outstanding service

    A member of the Niagara family has been recognized for outstanding contributions to the care and treatment of others.Lt. Col. Kathleen Fay, Medical Readiness officer and Critical Care Air Transport team nurse for the 914th Aeromedical Staging Squadron, was selected as a recipient of the Brigadier

  • 'Earl of ESGR' volunteer gets national award

    For 12 years, Earl Bonett has put the needs of veterans before his own.For this and other reasons, he has been named the 2011 National Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Military Outreach Volunteer of the Year.All titles aside, he just likes to be called Earl of ESGR.After retiring from the

  • Command picks top lessons learned professional

    A reservist who was deployed to Southwest Asia is Air Force Reserve Command's 2012 Lessons Learned Military Professional of the Year in the field grade category.Maj. Christopher Clark is the process manager for the 301st Fighter Wing at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas. His

  • AFRC announces Mobile C2 award winners

    Air Force Reserve Command announced the recipients of last year's AFRC Mobile Command and Control Awards on Sept. 11.The annual awards recognize the best airlift control flight and ALCF Airmen for their contributions to the command.AFRC Mobile C2 Unit - 452nd ALCF, March Air Reserve Base, Calif. The

  • Command announces AFA Citation of Honor, Gill Rob Wilson award nominees

    Air Force Reserve Command announced June 26 the 315th Maintenance Group, Joint Base Charleston, S.C., as their Air Force-level nominee for the 2012 Air Force Association Citation of Honor Award. The award recognizes the outstanding contribution of an individual or organization to the development of

  • Luke reservist one of Air Force's 12 Outstanding Airmen

    It's been said lightning only strikes once, but that's not true for Luke. For the second time in three years, a base Airman has been named an Air Force Outstanding Airman of the Year.Master Sgt. Sandra Plentzas, 944th Fighter Wing Chapel superintendent, was selected as one of the 12 Outstanding

  • Citizen Airmen, employers to get awards

    The Air Force will honor two reservists and their civilian employers in September at the Air Force Association Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition in Washington, D.C..Air Force Reserve Command picked Lt. Col. Robert J. Sweet, 476th Fighter Group, Moody AFB, Ga., and Southwest Airlines

  • Pope office named best IG team

    An inspector general team on a military installation is not always viewed as good news.That's not the case for the 440th Airlift Wing at Pope Field, N.C. Its IG office is the recipient of the 2011 General John P. Flynn IG Award. The Secretary of the Air Force IG named the office the best

  • Command names Grover Loening Trophy recipient

    The 732nd Airlift Squadron at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., is the recipient of the Grover Loening Trophy for calendar year 2011.Air Force Reserve Command announced its award selection May 18. The award recognizes the command's best flying unit, exclusive of combat rescue and special