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AFRC News

  • Alamo Wing participates in joint active shooter exercise

    For some 433rd Airlift Wing members, it wasn't just another weekend of computer-based training, but a flashback to a real world incident which occurred just a year ago while on a stateside deployment.The 433rd Medical Group, 433rd Security Forces Squadron, and Department of Homeland Security took

  • CSAF talks with Guard, Reserve component at Tinker

    More than 1,000 Guard and Reserve Airmen had the opportunity to listen to U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen Mark A. Welsh III speak April 11 about key issues affecting the Air Force.After visiting the active duty and civilian force April 8-10, General Welsh and his wife, Betty, extended their visit

  • Reserve KC-46A candidate bases announced

    The Air Force announced its candidate bases for the first Air Force Reserve-led KC-46A location April 14. The locations are Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma; Seymour-Johnson AFB, North Carolina; Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts; and Grissom ARB, Indiana.The KC-46As will begin arriving at the

  • Total force effort: five 'clicks' at a time

    "Alright, five clicks. Ready, set, Go!" said Tech. Sgt. Anne Phillips, as she hollered commands to a team removing an engine from a KC-135 Stratotanker here. The jet engine mechanic was supervising a total force team as they removed one of the KC-135 Stratotanker’s 8,000 pound F108 engines.Removing

  • Niagara clothesline project raises awareness

    The 914th Airlift Wing held a Clothesline Project here April 6 to help raise awareness during Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.The Clothesline Project was one of several SAAPM events put on by Nikki Slaughter, Niagara Sexual Assault Response coordinator, to highlight the issue of

  • Explosives training readies reservists for deployment

    The 482nd Civil Engineering Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight conducted tactical lifesaving operations training here April 6 -10 to prepare Airmen for deployment.EOD team leaders developed scenarios to train their members on various hands-on techniques such as disarming explosive

  • Senior leaders celebrate AF Reserve's 67th birthday

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III celebrated the Air Force Reserves 67th birthday by hosting a cake cutting ceremony in the Pentagon, April 6, 2015, Washington, D.C. Also on hand for the ceremony were Vice Chief of Staff Gen. Larry Spencer, Chief of the Air Force Reserves Lt. Gen.

  • Sacrifices of the military child recognized during April

    To highlight the year-round contributions, courage and patriotism of the military community’s youngest members, the Defense Department observes April as the Month of the Military Child, said a Pentagon official.Established by then-Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger in 1986, the month recognizes

  • McConnell maintainers featured in Airman Magazine

    A group of maintainers from the 22nd Air Refueling Wing and the Air Force Reserve’s 931st Maintenance Squadron at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, are supporting refueling efforts for the entire Red Flag 15-2 exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. According to the maintenance Airmen who keep

  • SecAF visits Tinker Reservists

    Lt. Col. Robert Thompson introduces Tech. Sgt. Harold Fulghum, both of the 507th Maintenance Squadron to the Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James during the secretary's visit here March 27. Reserve Airmen briefed the secretary about various issues affecting the reserve component inside a