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AFRC News

  • 943rd RQG gathers to remember Pony 1-2

    Airmen past and present from the 943rd Rescue Group gathered at Heritage Park Sept. 12 to honor and remember the 15 lives that were lost in the line of duty during a nighttime training mission more than 27 years ago. The memorial service coincided the same weekend as the 943rd Rescue Group Family

  • Changing the paradigm to HRM customer service

    In July 2015, Lt. Col. Michael A. Ortiz authored a ground breaking article entitled "Dream Big: Air Force personnel must keep pace with today's digital customer." The article chronicled Headquarters Air Reserve Personnel Center's crusade to improve customer and agent experience by harnessing

  • USAF honors Outstanding Airmen at AFA

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody, left, poses with Staff Sgt. Kresston Davis, Marillyn Hewson, CEO of Lockheed Martin and Scott Van Cleef, Air Force Association Chairman of the Board. Hewson and Van Cleef had just presented Davis with her Outstanding Airman of the Year plaque and a

  • Air Force, Army train together in Joint Conquest

    The Air Force Reserve, Air National Guard and Army National Guard teamed up for a joint training scenario called Joint Conquest Friday through Sunday, both here and at the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center, Mississippi.  The main portion of the training took place Saturday during the 403rd

  • Reservist transitions from infantry to divinity

    The 446th Airlift Wing Chaplain Office welcomed a former Soldier as the newest member of its team September 12th, 2015.After serving 12 combined years in the Army, Army National Guard, and the Army Reserve, 1st Lt. Karl Heitman has stepped away from his Army roots to start a new career as an Air

  • AF Reserve Command presents painting to SecAF

    The Air Force Reserve Command presented Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James with a painting “That Others May Live” during the Air Force Association Air and Space Conference and Technology Exposition in Washington, D.C., Sept. 14.

  • A-10 pilot explores roots in Lithuania

    One of the Air Force Reserve A-10 pilots making the historic landing in Latvia is exploring his personal history in Lithuania. Lt. Col. Michael Leonas, 303rd Fighter Squadron, 442nd Fighter Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., landed at Kaunas Airport Sept. 9, marking the first A-10s to land in the

  • Missouri senator visits deployed reservists

    A cold, rainy day didn't stop a leader from coming to Europe to meet with servicemembers from his state Sept. 7.Senator Roy Blunt, (R-Mo.), visited Air Force Reservists from the 442nd Fighter Wing deployed here. The Airmen, from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, are here as part of Operation

  • Reservists prep first responders for Pope's visit

    A group of Individual Mobilization Augmentees spent two days training Philadelphia-area first responders on how to respond in the event of a nuclear or radiological terrorist attack.Four Air Force Reservists taught the Defense Threat Reduction Agency’s Introduction to Radiological and Nuclear