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AFRC News

  • AF leadership talks total force

    Members of senior leadership from the active-duty Air Force, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve, as well as the principal deputy to the secretary of the Air Force for manpower and reserve affairs, convened for a discussion panel regarding the status of the total force at the Air Force

  • AFA recognizes reservists at annual event

    The Air Force Association’s Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition concluded Sept. 16 with six awards going to Air Force Reserve Command.   Four awards went to individuals and two to organizations with ties to the command.  Maj. Warren Neary, an AFRC historian, received the Gill Robb

  • 440th proves again benefit of being the home team

    Babe Ruth once said "It's hard to beat a person who never gives up."If that's the case, the 440th Airlift Wing and its mission partners at Team Pope would be formidable foes for anyone asked to overcome the obstacles their members faced while providing airlift to the Army's 82nd Airborne Division on

  • As civilian, reservist 'leads' in fight against forest fires

    In a year that has seen nearly 9 million acres lost to forest fires, the most since 2006, one Air Force Reservist is playing a lead role in beating back the flames. Col. Paul “Buster” Delmonte is an aerial firefighter with the U.S. Forest Service as a civilian. He is a lead plane pilot, escorting

  • AFRC team competes in AF Marathon

    The Air Force Reserve Command Marathon Team was among 15,000 runners participating in the 19th Annual Air Force Marathon here Sept. 19.The marathon course is a 26.2-mile run that starts and ends at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. The course traverses historical places on

  • Utah civic leaders visit NAS Fort Worth JRB

    More than 30 civic leaders flew from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, Aug. 20 to tour the 10th Air Force and the 301st Fighter Wing here.The civic leader tour program invites leaders from surrounding communities to take a close look at the Air Force's mission and operations.The 419th Fighter Wing hosted

  • KC-10 air refuelers showcase skills for media

    The 514th Air Mobility Wing celebrated the Air Force’s 68th birthday two days early, displaying its air refueling capabilities for media in New York City Sept. 16.Aircrews from the 76th and 78th Air Refueling Squadrons met up at pre-dawn to brief the mission. It was a total force effort involving

  • 434th ARW hosts AF Ball 'Wings over America: A salute to the 1940s'

    It wasn't a time machine, but after walking through a sandbag bunker, members and guests of the 434th Air Refueling Wing were transported in time to the end of World War II and the celebrations that ensued.Those celebrations and memories were recreated with a military ball hosted by the 434th ARW

  • Paper planes prove more than child’s play

    Instructor pilots from the 43rd Flying Training Squadron at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, had a chance to meet some courageous kids when they visited the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital in Memphis, Tennessee, in September. The Air Force Reserve pilots sat with the children and helped

  • AFGSC completes first New START bomber conversion

    Air Force Global Strike Command has begun the conversion of a portion of the B-52H bomber fleet from a nuclear to  a conventional only capability aircraft under the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START).The conversion of the first of 30 operational aircraft from across the command was