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AFRC News

  • Air Guard, Reserve wings kick off annual MAFFS training

    As temperatures heated up in northern California, aerial firefighters from four C-130 airlift wings operating the U.S.D.A. Forest Service’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, or MAFFS, started a weeklong training April 23 in anticipation of summer blazes.

  • MacDill Reservists provide medical care during Arctic Care 2018

    Two Reserve Citizen Airmen assigned to the 927th Air Refueling Wing, MacDill Air Force Base Florida, are part of a joint and multinational contingent currently supporting, Arctic Care 2018, an Innovative Readiness Exercise based out of Kotzebue, Alaska.Maj. Vashun Rodriguez, a flight surgeon

  • PTSD: On and off the battlefield, the fight continues

    “That image is burned into my head; I can’t ever un-see it,” he said. “I could not feel the bottom half of my body, but I looked down and all I saw was my right leg covered in blood and the lower part of my left leg had been blown off.”

  • Enlisted IRs have until May 21 to submit STEPII applications

    STEP II is a commander’s program designed to promote outstanding and well deserving enlisted Air Force Reserve members to one grade above the authorized grade for their position. Only those Airmen who clearly demonstrate outstanding potential will be considered for promotion under STEP II.

  • Reserve Citizen Airmen support planet hunting mission

    The 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, supported a successful SpaceX rocket launch out of Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., April 18. The Air Force Reserve unit is regularly tasked with clearing the area surrounding the Space Coast launch

  • Miller Testifies on AFR Budget

    Reserve and Guard component senior leaders testified at the Senate Appropriations Committee’s subcommittee on Defense hearing on their FY19 budget issues and requests, April 17.SAC-D Chairman Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) and Vice Chairman Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) hosted the hearing to listen to resource

  • 419th welcomes first female commander, F-35 pilot

    The 419th Fighter Wing, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, welcomed its first female commander during a change of command ceremony, April 16.   Col. Regina “Torch” Sabric assumed command from Col. David “Shooter” Smith, who has served as commander since November 2015.   Sabric will be the wing’s first