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AFRC News

  • Air University cancels SOS class 17G

    Lt. Gen. Steven L. Kwast, commander and president Air University, has announced with immediate effect that Squadron Officer School (SOS) class 17G is cancelled due to a course re-write and imminent decision on curriculum changes by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force. AU officials ask for patience

  • 4th CTCS activates as part of 315th Airlift Wing

    The 4th Combat Camera Squadron was officially reactivated today in the Yonkie Auditorium at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, under the 315th Airlift Wing, and Maj. Hamilton Underwood assumed the helm of the specialized Reserve unit.

  • AFRC Wings descend on California for Patriot Hook Exercise

    In a massive collaboration of more than 350 military, federal, and state personnel, and five Air Force Reserve Command Wings convened in California April 26 - May 1 to participate in Patriot Hook. The six-day exercise spanned across three sites in California, simulating austere Forward Operating

  • Hurricane Hunters prepare the Caribbean

    More than 20,000 people attended the Caribbean Hurricane Awareness Tour hosted April 24-29 by the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron “Hurricane Hunters” and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

  • Reserve chafes under CRs

    With the ongoing uncertainty of having to deal with the limitations and restrictions of a continuing resolution each fiscal year, the Air Force Reserve is finding it increasingly difficult to operate in the current budgetary environment.“We are at a point where we can no longer effectively balance

  • Air Force implements changes to joint matters, joint tour credit

    The definition of “joint matters” and the authorized length of joint tours, two major joint officer management laws affecting active and reserve component Air Force officers, have recently changed following publication of guidance from the Office of the Secretary of Defense.   Directive-type

  • Active, Reserve Travis EOD support NORCAL communities

    Their name brings to mind, stories out of Hollywood blockbusters. Visions of deafening explosions and gun shots spin through the mind as one visualizes a Service member crouching over a device, daring the sweat dripping from his forehead not to fall, praying he chooses the right wire to pull.Though