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AFRC News

  • Commissaries continue to roll out in-store WiFi

    Sixteen more stores will offer Wi-Fi access for commissary patrons between June and September as the Defense Commissary Agency announces its follow up schedule.Through the Commissary Patron Internet Mobile System, DeCA is gradually opening customer Wi-Fi access at all stateside commissaries to

  • Command announces 2014 Chaplain Corps awards

    Air Force Reserve Command has announced the command-level Chaplain Corps annual award winners for 2014. Chaplain (Maj.) Joshua Kim, 459th Air Refueling Wing, Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, and Tech Sgt. Ralph Lopez, 502nd Air Base Wing, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, earned Individual Awards

  • C-130 flight promotes mutual understanding

    Flying in and out of the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport  can be a challenge, given how much traffic regularly goes in and out of what is the 16th busiest airport in North America. The operation is made even more challenging when military aircraft are added to the mix of the hundreds of

  • Deployments, TDYs available for combat-ready reservists

    Reservists seeking a deployment or temporary duty outside their Reserve Component Period vulnerability cycle can use the Volunteer Reserve System to search for opportunities.Located online via the Air Reserve Component Network, known as ARCNet, the VRS had 81 "want ads" posted May 12.These listed

  • Engineers perform final roll out with Hurricane Hunters

    Three reservists from the 403rd Civil Engineer Squadron wrapped up what would be their squadron's final 'roll out' mission with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron "Hurricane Hunters" here May 4-10.For nearly 30 years, reservists with the 403rd CES deployed with 53rd WRS air and ground crew and

  • McChord reservists bring their bosses to work

    Having two jobs can often be difficult, especially if one takes time away from the other, one weekend a month and two consecutive weeks throughout the year to be exact.Welcome to the Air Force Reserve.Employer support can go a long way for these Citizen Airmen serving in the Air Force Reserve. But

  • Hurricane Hunters investigate tropical storm Ana

    Aircrews from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron "Hurricane Hunters" flew their WC-130J aircraft off the southeast coast of the United States in support of the first storm mission of the 2015 hurricane season, Tropical Storm Ana. Ana made landfall

  • Airman takes command with Operation Reconnect

    Rank can be misleading in the Air Force Reserve. At the 442nd Fighter Wing at least one Airman is a CEO.Senior Airman Ryan Cherrier, an assistant crew chief on the A-10 Thunderbolt II, recently left his previous civilian job as a steam turbine designer, moved 2,000 miles away from Whiteman, and is

  • 300 Airmen return from Afghanistan

    About 300 Airmen from the 419th Fighter Wing and 388th Fighter Wing returned here today after a six-month deployment to Afghanistan.The pilots, maintenance, and operations support personnel were assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Operations Group. While overseas, Hill's Reserve and active-duty