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AFRC News

  • Duke assists with special ops exercise

    Special Tactics Airmen from the Special Tactics Training Squadron, 24th Special Operations Wing, Hurlburt Field, Fla., run back to their vehicle after loading a passenger in the back of a Duke Field C-145 at Eglin Range, Fla., April 23, 2015. The STTS delivers advanced and special tactics skills to

  • Delivering Hope: 315th AW delivers Denton aid to Haiti, Saint Kitts

    Reservists from the 317th Airlift Squadron delivered humanitarian aid June 13, from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina to the islands of Haiti, Saint Kitts and Nevis. According to Capt. John Williams, 317th AS C-17 Globemaster III pilot and aircraft commander for the mission, bringing

  • Reservists fly tankers in Baltops 2015

    The U.S. Air Force, along with its Polish counterparts, officially kicked off Powidz Air Base's portion of Baltic Operations 2015 June 8 with the first KC-135 Stratotanker flight from the Air Force Reserve Command’s 507th Air Refueling Wing.

  • Okie pilot connects with Tulsa students through battle with cancer

    When Maj. Donna Mae Williams returned home from the hospital after complications from her first round of chemotherapy in late April, she felt less than invincible.Williams, a pilot assigned to the 465th Refueling Squadron at Tinker Air Force Base, found out she had breast cancer while deployed to Al

  • T-Birds in trail

    The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Air Demonstration Squadron, fly their F-16 Fighting Falcons into formation near the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker from McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., June 4, 2015. The KC-135 provided cross-country air refueling support for the Thunderbirds. The KC-135

  • Grissom hosts ATTACK-U exercise

    While most people run from disasters a small group of others move toward them, but without specialized training that might not be possible.That specialized training came from a unique 10-day course known as All-hazards, Tactics, Techniques for Comprehensive Knowledge University - or ATTACK-U. This

  • Atlanta Falcons, Dobbins team up in Rookie Olympics

    Servicemembers from Dobbins Air Reserve Base had a unique opportunity to team up for training with Atlanta Falcon rookies in the Inaugural Rookie Olympics in Flowery Branch, Georgia, June 1. “I was so excited, just on the way there,” said Airman 1st Class Jeffrey Williams, 94th Aircraft Maintenance

  • New program prepares Airmen, families to bounce back after deployments

    Air Force services recently added a new tool to encourage service members and their families who are affected by deployments to participate in morale, welfare, and recreation programs and activities. The “Recharge for Resiliency” (R4R) initiative was designed to help Airmen readjust to life at home

  • Andrews reservist studies abroad

    A reservist with the 459th Air Refueling Wing at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, is taking advantage of a vocational training program he learned about at a U.S. Chamber of Commerce “Hire Our Heroes” job fair.Staff Sgt. Joe Castro, a 69th Aerial Port Squadron air transportation specialist, is attending