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AFRC News

  • McChord reservists heading to Patriot Warrior

    Reservists from the 446th Airlift Wing here are heading to Wisconsin in June to participate in Patriot Warrior, a large-scale joint forces exercise.More than 125 reservists from the 446th Civil Engineer Squadron and 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron will participate.  The flight nurses and

  • Andrews chaplain wins top awards

    The chaplain for the 459th Air Refueling Wing here is the winner of two top annual awards in the Air Force and Air Force Reserve.Chaplain (Maj.) Joshua Kim won the 2014 U.S. Air Force Chaplain Corps  Thoran T. Thielen award, and the 2014 U.S. Air Force Reserve Chaplain Corps Individual Award for

  • Dobbins community welcomes deployers home

    A sea of people in patriotic colors waving signs and banners welcomed home more than 150 Citizen Airmen from a deployment in southwest Asia May 18 and 19.This was the second Aerospace Expeditionary Force deployment for the 94th Airlift Wing since converting from a C-130 training mission to a combat

  • Minnesota Guard, Reserve conduct contingency ops exercise

    Minnesota Guard and Reserve units recently teamed up for a complex six-aircraft contingency operations exercise.The Air Force Reserve’s 934th Airlift Wing and the Minnesota National Guard‘s 133rd AW regularly take advantage of their co-location at Minneapolis

  • Space wing earns Power, Vigilance trophy

    The 310th Space Wing, Schriever Air Force Base, Colo., won the 10th Air Force Power and Vigilance award here May 12, 2015. The award is presented once a year to the unit that goes above and beyond to accomplish the mission as "the premier provider of affordable, integrated, flexible, and

  • Increased mission requirements open doors for continued service

    The Air Force is introducing several personnel and manpower initiatives to meet increased mission requirements outlined in the fiscal year 2016 President’s Budget. The Air Force is undergoing a concerted effort to stabilize and grow the force by fiscal 2017, to include addressing key gaps in the

  • Winds of fury exercise hits Charleston

    The 315th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, along with other local, county, state and federal entities, conducted a full scale response exercise May 12-13, 2015. The primary objective was to efficiently receive, regulate, transport and track patients to and from Natural Disaster Medical System

  • Dobbins hosts employers from across nation

    More than 20 employers of Air Force Reservists from around the country toured the base here and learned about the capabilities of America’s Citizen Airmen May 15.“You all were nominated by your Citizen Airmen,” Lt. Gen. James Jackson, chief of Air Force Reserve and AFRC commander, told the group.

  • DOD Leadership program visits Alamo Wing

    More than 60 members of the Department of Defense Executive Leadership Development Program visited the 433rd Airlift Wing here  May 14.The ELDP provides DOD personnel with leadership training and gives participants a greater understanding of the overall DOD mission and culture, according to Vanessa

  • Missouri A-10s sport new grin

    The 442nd Fighter Wing's A-10 Thunderbolt IIs received their first set of teeth on May 13.The aircraft, commonly called the "warthog" have been flying for more than 40 years. In fact, a few days earlier marked the anniversary of the first A-10 flight on May 10, 1972.  While the wing is scheduled to