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AFRC News

  • Rocket warriors support GPS launch

    Air Force Reservists from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, secured the Eastern Range prior to the U.S. Air Force's eleventh launch of a Boeing-built Global Positioning System IIF satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V from Space Launch Complex 41, here Oct. 31 at

  • Commander speaks at A/TA Convention

    Lt. Gen. James F. Jackson, chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander, Air Force Reserve Command, speaks about the future of the Air Force Reserve during the 47th Annual Airlift/Tanker Association Convention in Orlando, Fla., Oct. 31. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shandresha Mitchell/Released)

  • Seymour-Johnson chosen for first Reserve-led KC-46A basing

    Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, has been chosen as the preferred alternative for the first Reserve-led KC-46A Pegasus main operating base, Air Force officials announced Oct. 29. The KC-46As are expected to begin arriving in 2019.

  • AF Reservists join effort to rescue missing men

    Air Force reservistsjoined forces with local volunteer search and rescue organizations to rescue twomen who went missing Oct. 25.The call for help came Oct. 26 from the Clackamas County Sherriff's office requestingassistance to help locate two men who were overdue by 6 hours after they wentwild

  • Air Force set to launch next-to-last GPS IIF satellite

    Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center and its mission partners are scheduled to launch the 11th Boeing-built Global Positioning System IIF satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V 401 launch vehicle Oct. 30 from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force

  • Hurricane Hunters fly record breaking storm

    A 53rdWeather Reconnaissance Squadron "Hurricane Hunter" aircrew flew their WC-130Jaircraft off the western central coast of Mexico over the Pacific Ocean togather storm data from Hurricane Patricia Oct. 22-23.The data collected by the Air Force Reserve Hurricane Huntersclassified Hurricane Patricia

  • Partnership brings Feel the Heat back to Youngstown

    In partnership with the American Red Cross Lake to River Chapter, Youngstown Air Reserve Station (YARS) hosted the second annual Feel the Heat event here, Oct. 22, 2015. The purpose of Feel the heat is to exercise and demonstrate the collaborative response capabilities of the Red Cross and 910th

  • Vance bids farewell to long-serving T-38 pilot

    He was among the first, and now, he’s the last.Lt. Col. Darren “Shead” McTee, a T-38 instructor pilot with the 5th Flying Training Squadron, retired Oct. 22, as the last of the initial cadre that helped stand up the Air Force Reserve Instructor Pilot Associate at Vance.McTee leaves as a legend. He’s

  • 'Alamo Stampede' prepares members for deployment

    As 433rd Airlift Wing members prepare for the upcoming deployment cycle early next year, they will need to get familiarized with the new streamlined U.S. Air Force training regimen, the Expeditionary Readiness Program, which was implemented on Oct. 1.For the Alamo Wing, the 433rd Logistics Readiness