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AFRC News

  • Reserve officer being recognized for intervening in stabbing

    City officials in Newport News, Virginia, are planning to formally recognize an Air Force reservist who intervened in a dispute that resulted in the stabbing of a local woman.Capt. Erick of the 718th Intelligence Squadron at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, was on his way home after a unit

  • Reserve units supporting Patriot Hook exercise

    This year marks the 29th iteration of the annual Patriot Hook exercise. The Air Force Reserve's 433rd Airlift Control Flight (ALCF) based at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, is serving as the lead agency, while other participating Air Force Reserve units include the 452nd Air Mobility Wing at

  • Miller named new AF Reserve deputy chief

    Miller & Miller sounds like the name of a law firm, but, actually, it’s going to be the Air Force Reserve’s new senior leadership team at the Pentagon.On Friday the Reserve announced that Maj. Gen. Ronald B. "Bruce" Miller has been selected to be the next deputy to the chief of the Air Force

  • Combat Aviation Advisors: Strong, silent, professional

    A small team of Airmen arrive at a foreign airfield as the sun peaks over the horizon. They have been flying for hours and fighting their internal clocks to stay awake. They are Air Commandos, Combat Aviation Advisors, and they are the quiet professionals.“We have to be strong, but silent,” explains

  • Reserve AWACS unit breaks ground on new facility

    Officials from the 513th Air Control Group, Tinker Air Force Base, Air Force Reserve, Fortis Networks, Inc. and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers gathered to break ground on the new operations facility during a ceremony here April 14. The groundbreaking date coincided with the 68th birthday of the

  • Reservists win 4 of 5 Air Force ISR awards

    Air Force reservists won four of the five 2015 Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Awards presented to members of the air reserve components.The four winners are:Maj. Robyn D. Turner, 706th Fighter Squadron, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Outstanding Air Reserve Component ISR

  • Hurricane Hunters conduct hurricane awareness tour

    The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron "Hurricane Hunters" and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Hurricane Center partnered together for another year to promote hurricane preparedness through the Caribbean Hurricane Awareness Tour April 9-17. The purpose of this tour, also

  • Reserve KC-10 refuels bomber on way to war

    Air Force Reserve KC-10 Extender aircrews from the 514th Air Mobility Wing, here, refueled the B-52 Stratofortress, out of Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, on the bomber’s journey to Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar.