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

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  • Reservist named best DOD print journalist

    Tech. Sgt. Shawn Jones, a reservist in the 514th Air Mobility Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., is the top print journalist in the Department of Defense.Jones learned on April 19 that he was among the 2011 Thomas Jefferson Award winners. The competition is the premiere Department of

  • Space unit wins AFRC excellence award

    The 9th Space Operations Squadron, Combat Operations Divison, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., is the 2011 recipient of the Air Force Reserve Command's Lessons Learned Excellence Award.The space squadron is credited with developing requirements and inputs for nine global exercises, leading 70

  • Louisiana unit wins fuels award

    Air Force Reserve Command has announced the 307th Fuels Management Flight at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., as the winner of the  2011 Golden Derrick Award.The award honors the best fuels management unit in the command. 

  • Command announces the 2011 Logistics Award recipients

    Air Force Reserve Command announced the 2011 Logistics Award recipients March 29.The 73rd Aerial Port Squadron from Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, was awarded the National Defense Transportation Association Award. The 349th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Plans and Integration

  • Command announces outstanding SERE specialists of 2011

    Air Force Reserve Command has named Master Sgt. Dennis J. Jones as the Outstanding Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialist of 2011. The award recognizes the reservist who makes the most significant contributions to the command's SERE program.Jones, from the 440th Airlift Wing, Pope

  • Command picks top tactician

    A captain from Peterson AFB, Colo., is Air Force Reserve Command's tactician of the year for 2011.Capt. Jason S. Bertino of the 302nd Airlift Wing's 731st Airlift Squadron was cited for improving the Large Aircraft Infrared Counter Measures system. In addition working on the LAIRCM system, he

  • Command names best in airfield operations

    In a memorandum March 19, Air Force Reserve Command announced selecting three units and eight individuals for AFRC Airfield Operations Awards of the Year for 2011.Unit winners are:D. Ray Hardin Air Traffic Facility - 452nd Operations Support Squadron, March Air Reserve Base, Calif.Ronald D. McCarthy

  • Air Force Reserve Command announces 2011 weather awards

    Air Force Reserve Command announced the 2011 Weather Awards winners March 12.The AFRC winners who will represent the command at Air Force level are:Outstanding Weather Flight of the Year: 5th Operations Weather Flight, Shaw Air Force Base, S.C.Company Grade Officer of the Year: Capt. Julia M.

  • Air Force Reserve Command announces 2011 command and control awards

    Air Force Reserve Command announced the 2011 Command and Control Awards winners March 12.The AFRC winners who will represent the command at Air Force level are:Large Command Post of the Year: Beale Command Post, Beale Air Force Base, Calif.Small Command Post of the Year: Scott Combined Command Post,

  • Air Force Reserve Command announces 2011 ISR awards

    Air Force Reserve Command announced the 2011 Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance Awards Program winners March 12.The AFRC winners who will represent the command at Air Force level are:Outstanding Air Reserve Component Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance Field Grade Officer:Level I - Lt.