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AFRC News

  • Extraordinary effort regardless of outcome

    Imagine a 5-year-old boy chasing grasshoppers at a camp site. He wanders too far. Darkness falls, and he is lost. A storm is brewing in the sky above, and the camping party turns into a search party.When this scenario unfolded earlier this month, six U.S. Air Force Reserve pararescuemen and three

  • AFRC leaders attend Georgia Chamber luncheon

    Air Force Reserve Command senior leadership joined other military leaders from Robins Air Force Base at the Georgia Chamber's 100th anniversary luncheon Aug. 25.Lt. Gen. James F. Jackson, chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander, Air Force Reserve Command, along with Maj. Gen. Richard "Beef"

  • Alamo Wing Reservists help save lives after wreck

    Four Air Force Reservists with the 433rd Airlift Wing here helped save lives when they responded to a one-car accident on the way home from a unit training assembly Aug. 16. Maj. Angella Mudd and Master Sgt. Shanita Campbell, 433rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron, Tech. Sgt. McKenly Matson, 433rd

  • Duke security forces train in Big Sky country

    Members of the 919th Special Operations Wing Security Forces Squadron ate, slept, trained and lived under the big skies and rolling plains of the West for most of the month of August.More than 20 Airmen from the unit ventured Northwest to serve as the opposing force for other Reserve security forces

  • Peterson reservist wins AF History award

    Tech. Sgt. Denise Flory, 302nd Airlift Wing Historian won the Air Force History and Museums Program 2015 Robert F. Futrell Award for excellence in historical publications, becoming the first traditional reservist ever to do so.The Robert F. Futrell Award recognizes those who have produced an

  • Honorary commanders get glimpse of Dobbins mission

    Members of the Honorary Commanders Association participated in Dobbins Day, visiting various units here Aug. 20.The HCA was treated to unique tours and briefs and were given "stick time" in the Air Force C-130 simulator to experience the difficulty of a smooth landing.“I apologize for the crash

  • President proclaims National ESGR Week

    Presidential Proclamation -- National EmployerSupport of the Guard and Reserve Week, 2015NATIONAL EMPLOYER SUPPORT OF THE GUARD AND RESERVE WEEK, 2015- - - - - -BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION The United States military is the finest fighting force the world has ever

  • Reserve pilots drop JDAMs from upgraded F-22s

    Alaska Reserve pilots from the 302nd Fighter Squadron dropped Joint Direct Attack Munitions from F-22s equipped with increment 3.2A, a software upgrade package, during a recent unit training assembly weekend."Performing this mission on a UTA is critical to readiness because it allows our unit to

  • Homestead hosts additional duty 1st shirt seminar

    Team Homestead hosted an additional duty seminar here focused on educating 32 members in the art of filling the role of a first sergeant.The first-ever event, held during the August unit training assembly, covered Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 15 processes, counseling techniques and

  • Fix is in

    A crew of Reserve maintenance specialists from the 920th Rescue Wing work on one of the unit's HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters. The wing is the Air Force Reserve's only combat rescue unit, and has recorded nearly 4,000 saves -- including more than 850 in combat. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Paul