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AFRC News

  • Reservist pulls double duty to entertain the troops

    Maj. Wayne Capps, 315th Airlift Wing Public Affairs Officer, has more than one trick up his sleeve. The PAO recently traveled to more than six countries, performing illusions for U.S. troops as part of the ‘Masters of Magic’ tour performing 10 shows in 17 days, with a little help from some magical

  • Reserve defenders keep watch

    A group of Citizen Airmen from the 507th Security Forces Squadron here deployed March 31 to Kandahar Air Base, Afghanistan, to support the Afghan Air Force in their fight against insurgents in support of NATO’s Resolute Support mission.

  • Reserve student pilot chosen for instructor duties

    This year, for the first time in the history of the 340th Flying Training Group, a reservist will become a First Assignment Instructor Pilot. Maj. William “Bubba” Pope will start his FAIP assignment with the 96th Flying Training Squadron at Laughlin Air Force Base, Del Rio, Texas, this summer. “Maj.

  • AFRC, Navy team up for first-ever P-8A refueling

    Off the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, amidst sunny April skies, boom operators with the 459th Air Refueling Wing peer out the boom-pod window of a KC-135R Stratotanker. Headed straight for them, at speeds nearing 350 miles per hour, is a gleaming-white, fixed-wing aircraft. As it gets

  • MAFFS reservists, guardsmen arrive for training in Boise

    Approximately 70 Air Force reservists and two Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130 Hercules assigned to the 302nd Airlift wing arrived at Gowen Field, Boise, Idaho, April 19, 2017.The reservists will take part in the U.S. Forest Service-hosted MAFFS annual certification and

  • 655th ISRG sergeant rescues Air Force vet

    655th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group squadron operations superintendent Senior Master Sgt. Casanova didn’t have much time to think before she selflessly leapt into action to save a retired war veteran from a potentially serious vehicle accident on January 13, 2017.

  • AFRC's 2016 Outstanding Airmen of the Year

    The Air Force Reserve Command's 2016 Outstanding Airman of the Year winners were announced during the OAY banquet at the Marriott Golf Resort, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, April 12, 2017.In the airman category, Staff Sgt. Simone Granada, a sensor operator instructor from the 13th Reconnaissance

  • VLPAD adds 51 jobs; more active-duty openings for officer, enlisted

    The Air Force has expanded the Voluntary Limited Period of Active Duty program, adding 51 additional Air Force Specialty Codes for select air reserve component officers. Reserve and Air National Guard Airmen from select Air Force officer and enlisted specialties may now serve on active duty in

  • Increased Antarctic airlift capability contributes to science

    Over the past 60 years, winter flying missions have provided a significant contribution to how the National Science Foundation conducts scientific research in Antarctica.The C-17 Globemaster III 2016-2017 season recently wrapped-up, and the night vision goggle capability paired with mid-Austral

  • F-35A deploys to Europe for first time

    RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- F-35A Lightning IIs, Airmen and accompanying equipment arrived at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, today, marking the aircraft’s first overseas training deployment to Europe.The F-35As are from the 34th Fighter Squadron, 388th Fighter Wing and the Air Force