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AFRC News

  • A Contagion Spreads: Air Force Kudzu

    The zealous desire by some Airmen to acquire then boastfully use post-nominals is as noxious and invasive in the Air Force as the destructive weed kudzu is in the American countryside. It detracts from the study of the profession of arms, hampers the delivery of required services, and delays

  • October issue of Citizen Airman is now online

    The October issue of Citizen Airman magazine is available at http://www.citamn.afrc.af.mil/. The cover story reminds reservists that even though state laws regarding marijuana use are changing, weed and the armed forces still don't mix.

  • Freedom Award nomination season opens Oct. 1

    Army 1st Sergeant John Zagyva’s employer lobbied for changes in state law to allow differential pay for deployed Guard and Reserve service members. Tech. Sgt. Daniel Mills’ employer participates in Warrior Yoga sessions with his military employees to address PTSD and other service-related issues.

  • Alamo Express provides mission essential training

    More than 100 Airmen from the 433rd Airlift Wing with Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland arrived at Naval Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas to participate in the exercise Alamo Express Sept. 15-19, 2016. The Alamo Express is the 433rd AW’s premier training exercise, which prepares Airmen for real-world

  • #BeThere: for yourself and your wingman

    I survived two suicides. In 2015, the person I was seeing ended his own life. A few weeks later I tried to do the same. I am telling you this because I feel that transparency is the best way for me to help others who are going through what I experienced. I’ve learned a lot through my healing

  • Reservists, Guardsmen provide surge support to Great Basin fires

    The 2016 Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System Air Expeditionary Group along with two Air Reserve Component MAFFS-equipped C-130 aircraft completed a month-long activation in support of aerial fire suppression missions in the Western U.S., Sept. 3, 2016. This year’s MAFFS activation began when a

  • Reserve commander discusses shaping the force for the future

    Lt. Gen. Maryanne Miller, the Air Force Reserve Command commander and chief of the Air Force Reserve, said the legacy of citizen Airmen of the past helped strengthen and shape the dynamic force that serves and defends the nation today during a session at the Air Force Association Air, Space and

  • Citizen Airman supports Air Force’s newest tanker

    Senior Airman Victoria Montgomery, 446th Logistics Readiness Flight inventory management journeyman, integrates with active duty, supports F-16 missions for certifying refueling with KC-46A Pegasus.

  • Keesler hosts director, actors of Deepwater Horizon

    Even though the cockpit of the WC-130J Super Hercules was sweltering in the Mississippi sun, actors Kurt Russell and Kate Hudson sat in the pilots’ seats, asking questions and reminiscing. “I haven’t sat in the cockpit of a plane with my dad since I was a little girl,” Hudson said.