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AFRC News

  • Travis Total Force C-5M crew flies into aviation record books

    In the early morning hours of April 3, a C-5M Super Galaxy aircrew from Travis Air Force Base, California, put the aircraft's capabilities to the test.The eight-person crew, with members of the 60th Air Mobility Wing's 22nd Airlift Squadron and the Air Force Reserve's 312th AS, accomplished their

  • Legends of war share their stories in Fort Worth

    More than seven decades ago, hundreds of Native Americans became legends. And, on March 20, 2015, Sailors, Soldiers, Airmen, Marines, and civilians alike met two of those legends at Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas.Peter MacDonald and Dan Akee were among more than 200 Navajos

  • C-5 devours Chinook

    Members of Team Dover and the 337th Airlift Squadron, Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., load two Boeing Chinook CH-47Fs into a C-5 Super Galaxy March 27, 2015, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. Each helicopter weighted just shy of 24,000 pounds and were being shipped to the Australian Army. (U.S. Air

  • Sexual assault prevention: moving beyond awareness

    Every April since 2001, the nation has focused its attention on sexual assault awareness and the impact this crime has on those who have experienced it. This year, the Department of Defense deliberately renamed the annual effort Sexual Assault Awareness and PREVENTION Month. I want to take this

  • Father, daughter share passion for mentorship as MTIs

    The morning of March 27 at the parade grounds on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, two Airmen became the first father and daughter duo to serve together as military training instructors.After the Air Force Basic Military Training graduation parade ceremony, the newest 737th Training Group MTIs were

  • What's your social thumbprint?

    We've all done it; in a vain sense of curiosity to see if our social presence has made any kind of impact on the world. Just admit it - you've Googled yourself.Since entering the golden age of social media, it seems that now it's not hard to gather a handful of information on just about anyone, even

  • Exercise Polar Growl takes off

    Two B-52 Stratofortresses from the 2nd Bomb Wing here and 5th Bomb Wing, Minot Air Force Base, N.D., completed simultaneous, roundtrip sorties from their U.S. bases to the Arctic and North Sea regions, respectively, April 2, 2015.The training mission, called POLAR GROWL, allowed the aircrews to

  • Nellis hosts total force Operation Joint Medic exercise

    Capt. Diana Mitchell, a medical officer assigned to the 926th Aerospace Medical Squadron, assesses simulated injuries on Master Sgt. Frank Preuss during a mass casualty exercise at Camp C.O.B.R.A., Mar. 27, 2015 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The exercise helped medical personnel handle stressful

  • Senator invites Dover reservist to Washington

    U.S. Senator to Delaware Chris Coons welcomed 512th Airlift Wing intelligence officer, Maj. David Strawbridge, to a joint session of the U.S. Congress, Wednesday, where they heard the President of Afghanistan speak to Congress and their guests.Coons and Strawbridge met in January of 2013 in

  • Tuskegee Airmen honored at Luke

    A ceremony honoring the great heritage of the "Red Tail" warriors from the 302nd Fighter Squadron took place here March 26 during the second annual Tuskegee Airmen Commemoration Day.The ceremony at the Tuskegee Airmen Memorial Air Park, celebrated the men and women of the Tuskegee Airmen who signify