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AFRC News

  • Reservists rescue aircraft crash victim

    Capt. Jared Wahleithner and 1st Lt. Christopher Dempsey, KC-10 Extender pilots with the 70th Air Refueling Squadron, used years of aircrew survival and first aid and buddy care training to help rescue an aircraft crash victim Sept. 17, 2016. The Citizen Airmen were taking part in the annual Clear

  • Reservists rescue aircraft crash victim

    Capt. Jared Wahleithner and 1st Lt. Christopher Dempsey, KC-10 Extender pilots with the 70th Air Refueling Squadron, used years of aircrew survival and first aid and buddy care training to help rescue an aircraft crash victim Sept. 17, 2016. The Citizen Airmen were taking part in the annual Clear

  • Goldfein announces Cody’s retirement

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody will retire in early 2017, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Dave Goldfein announced during an Air Force town hall in National Harbor, Maryland, Sept. 20.

  • Reserve units honored at AFA conference

    General Herbert J. “Hawk” Carlisle, Commander, Air Combat Command, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia; and Lt. Gen. Maryanne Miller, Chief of Air Force Reserve, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C., and Commander, Air Force Reserve Command, Robins Air Force Base, Georgia, present the Air

  • Casing honor: 440th Airlift Wing inactivates

    Members of the 440th Airlift Wing, Airmen from around the country, soldiers and community members gathered yesterday to honor generations of Airmen and pay tribute to the legacy of the Air Force's third oldest unit during its inactivation ceremony Sept.18.Though members of the 440th have been

  • Mistaking Sextortion for “Hooking Up”

    “Hey! What’s up?” “Hot profile pic! Want to chat?” You may have received messages like this before, and if you have not, then there is a possibility you could. Messages like this might prompt you to send “personal” pictures to this person you have never met, setting yourself up for heartache and

  • Special Forces Marine vet shares his struggle with suicide

    It is 2004 in Afghanistan and two U.S. special forces servicemembers in civilian clothing armed only with pistols are driving down a road outside Kabul when they notice they are being followed by a truck full of men armed with AK-47 assault rifles and Rocket Propelled Grenade launchers.The Force

  • Beale Reserve wing stands up historic CE squadron

    The 940th Air Refueling Wing stood up a new civil engineer squadron here Sept. 11, the first time in more than 20 years that Air Force Reserve Command has added such a unit. Lieutenant Colonel Bradley G. King assumed command of the 940th Civil Engineer Squadron from presiding officer Col. Roderick

  • On the run for service, family, fun

    The question is not if it’s difficult. It is. The question is how one disciplines oneself to be able to run 26.2 miles. It isn’t an easy feat of endurance. In fact, less than 0.5 percent of the U.S. population has even attempted to run a marathon, according to a 2014 study by Running USA.

  • Command gearing up for first-ever AFROTC special selection board

    Air Force Reserve Command officials are gearing up for the command’s first-ever undergraduate flying training selection board for Air Force ROTC cadets wanting assignments to its non-training flying units after commissioning. The selection board is slated for the third week in October and is for