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

Award News

  • 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

  • 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