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AFRC News

  • KC-135 tanker mission returns to Beale

    On July 10, 2016, the 940th Air Refueling Wing welcomed back the first of eight KC-135 Stratotankers all anticipated to arrive by October, 2016 during an official ceremony on the flight line at Beale Air Force Base, California. Beale opens its doors again to the KC-135 after and eight-year absence

  • Arizona fighter group trains with rescue wing

    Citizen Airmen with the 924th Fighter Group, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona and the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, are training together to perfect skills needed during combat. Approximately 200 Airmen slowly trickled in during the weekend from D-M to the beautiful ocean

  • Linguists harness hidden 'superpower'

    Speaking another language is like having a hidden superpower. By that definition, the Air Force Reserve linguists operating under the 16th Intelligence Squadron are full-on superheroes with a combined capability to speak more than 45 languages and dialects.

  • Reserve spouses watch air refueling

    Mrs. Barabara Jackson, wife of Lt. Gen. James F. Jackson, former Chief of Air Force Reserve and commander of AF Reserve Command, captures the refueling of an A-10C Thunderbolt from the boom operator position in a KC-135 Stratotanker July 14, 2016. Jackson and other spouses were given an orientation

  • Hurricane Hunters deploy to Hawaii to track Darby

    Aircrews and maintenance personnel with the Air Force Reserve “Hurricane Hunters” assigned to the 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi are on their way to Lihue Airport, Kauai, Hawaii to fly data-gathering missions into Tropical Storm Darby. The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron,

  • Former 919 SOW commander dies

    The 919th Special Operations Wing mourns the passing of one of its former commanders -- Brig. Gen. Mark Stogsdill.Stogsdill passed away July 19, 2016 at Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans.Stogsdill assumed command of the 919th SOW in 1998 during a period of significant change in the unit's

  • Reserve KC-10 crew refuels F-35s on return from England

    A KC-10 Extender manned by a crew from the 70th Air Refueling Squadron departed Travis Air Force Base, California July 11, 2016, and traveled across the Atlantic to escort three F-35A Lightning II models back to the United States from England.

  • Citizen Airman among best in AF

    Staff Sergeant Aaron Tobler has been selected by Air Force officials as one of the 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year in 2016 for the Air Force this week.   The award recognizes the top enlisted Airmen for their unique individual achievements in leadership, job performance, significant

  • Citizen Airmen keep RIMPAC flying high

    One of the few common threads interwoven between the twenty-six nations and more than 200 aircraft participating in Rim of the Pacific 2016 is the need for fuel; a lot of it.