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AFRC News

  • Resurrecting the 'Ghost Rider'

    After almost seven years of slumber, a sleeping giant awakened in the Arizona desert. It prepared to take flight Friday the 13th from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, on a historic journey to resume the mission for which it was created; provide strategic long-range bomber support anywhere in the world,

  • Combat Archer challenges Airmen with real-world scenarios

    Roughly 200 Airmen from the 482nd Fighter Wing were put through real-world scenarios during Combat Archer, a live-fire training exercise at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Jan. 26 to Feb. 6.Homestead's F-16 Makos joined F-15 Strike Eagles from the 366th Fighter Wing, Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, and

  • McConnell preps for KC-46 with receiver/tanker training

    The KC-46A Pegasus isn't slated to arrive until the Summer of 2016, but the reserve pilots of the 18th Air Refueling squadron are already preparing for the new airframe by beginning their receiver/tanker training.Unlike some KC-135 Stratotankers, the KC-46 has the ability to take on fuel while in

  • Keesler maintainers hone C-130 fire drill skills

    The C-130J cockpit fills with alarms and blinking lights as Tech. Sgt. Ronnie Graham, a turboprop craftsman with the 403rd Maintenance Squadron's Propulsion Flight, methodically runs through his mental checklist to suppress and extinguish a fire in the engine three compartment.Luckily for Graham,

  • Grissom Airman aids civilian during medical emergency

    When a complete stranger was gasping for air, shaking and seizing, a Grissom Airman sprang into action. Tech. Sgt. James Walejewski, 434th Force Support Squadron training technician, used his Air Force self-aid-and-buddy-care training to provide care

  • Alamo Stampede tests mobility abilities

    Excitement was in the air as maintenance crews geared up for the first leg of the 433rd Airlift Wing's Operation Alamo Stampede competition Feb. 7 here.The all-day event, which pitted two teams of maintenance, operations and aerial port Airmen against one another, was designed to exercise and

  • McConnell reservist leads new program for unit fitness

    Master Sgt. Aaron Meadows was feeling the burn.Rivulets of perspiration trickled down his face as he lay on his back, panting for air while recovering from an intense round of bear-crawls, done while pushing a 45-pound plate across the floor."Oh man...that hurts," he gasped, before slowly pulling

  • Homestead Fire Department garners two command-level awards

    The 482nd Mission Support Group Civil Engineering Flight was selected as the Air Force Reserve Command's Department of Defense Fire Department of the Year in the medium category.Gianno Nogueras, 482nd MSG/CEF fire protection specialist, was also selected as the AFRC's DoD Civilian Firefighter of the

  • Colorado reservist member of award winning C-130 MAFFS crew

    Maj. Derik George, a C-130 pilot with the Air Force Reserve Command's 302nd Airlift Wing was part of the crew that recently received the Air Mobility Command Chief of Safety Aircrew of Distinction Award for their efforts following a landing gear malfunction while fighting fires in southern Utah.The

  • Behind the scenes of an air drop

    "Crew, one minute advisory.""Crew, fiveseconds.""Green light."As soon as the order is uttered by thenavigator the cargo is released over the drop zone.The two words seemsimple in nature; however the process leading up to the air drop isnot."No matter how long you do this you can never relax during