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AFRC News

  • Air Force actively monitoring ongoing Zika virus infection

    The Air Force is closely monitoring the emergence of Zika virus infection in the Americas, Oceania, and Africa to help inform and protect Airmen and their families.The Department of Health and Human Services, with its Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is leading the U.S. response to

  • Army green inspires Air Force blue: Reservists help wounded warrior

    A crew chief yells out which wrench is needed to tighten a bolt as another maintainer reads the technical instructions on the next step of the job. A few guys laugh and tease their friend who looks for the drill hole on a piece of sheet metal. All the men look strikingly similar in their matching

  • Hurricane Hunters fly research missions into atmospheric rivers

    The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Hurricane Hunters spent Feb. 11-24 flying through "atmospheric rivers" in the Pacific Ocean stretching from Hawaii to the U.S. West Coast in efforts to improve storm predictions.The squadron teamed up with NOAA, National Weather Service, Scripps Institution

  • Exercise Alamo Shield provides life-saving training

    Airmen from the 433rd Airlift Wing conducted an eight-day training exercise to hone their skills and prepare in case they are called into action in a deployed environment.Alamo Sheild, held here and Camp Bullis Training Annex Feb. 22-29 is a comprehensive training exercise designed to deploy and

  • Bird strikes Dover aircraft

    Reservists from the 712th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron repaired a Team Dover C-17 Globemaster III, here, after it encountered an engine bird strike near Ft. Campbell, Kentucky. The plane landed at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, since Dover AFB's runway is closed for repairs. "We had a real

  • Hill's F-35s drop first weapons

    Airmen from the 388th and 419th fighter wings dropped laser-guided bombs at the Utah Test and Training Range the week of Feb. 25, marking the first time an F-35 Lightning II combat unit has deployed weapons from the F-35A.

  • Command announces senior leader actions

    The Chief of Air Force Reserve announces the following senior leader actions.Col. Scott T. McLean, from Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Director of Space Operations, Deputy Chief of Staff, Operations, Plans, and Requirements,Headquarters United States Air Force, Washington, D.C., to Deputy

  • A Drop in the Ocean

    Aircrew Airmen from the 700th Airlift Squadron here provided air drop supplies during a three-day mission over the Pacific Ocean and Caribbean Sea in support of Joint Interagency Task Force operations.As the constant roar of C-130 Hercules engines filled the cargo area, the large, flat expanse of

  • Air Force reveals B-21 Long Range Strike Bomber

    Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James revealed the first rendering of the Long Range Strike Bomber, designated the B-21, at the Air Force Association’s Air Warfare Symposium Feb. 26 in Orlando, Fla., and announced the Air Force will be taking suggestions from Airmen to help decide the name of the

  • SecAF extends maternity leave an additional 6 weeks

    Air Force Reservists on active duty orders will now have an additional six weeks of maternity leave under a Secretary of Defense Directive-type Memorandum signed Feb. 5.Active-duty female Airmen and Reserve component service members on orders to active service for a continuous period of at least 12