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AFRC News

  • Damaged Wright-Pat C-17 returns to flying status

    A 445th Airlift Wing C-17 Globemaster III that experienced a rare tail pipe fire Jan. 7 is now back in the air flying missions. The C-17 engine fire occurred during engine start. Crew members were alerted of the fire within seconds and followed proper procedures for tail pipe fires, extinguishing it

  • AFRC announces 2014 Communication Excellence awards

    Air Force Reserve Command has announced the winners of the 2014 Public Affairs Awards for Communication Excellence. Winners, by category, representing AFRC in the Air Force-level competition are: Major Henry H. “Hap” Arnold Award for Public Affairs Communication Effectiveness: 403rd Wing, Keesler

  • Air Force risks becoming too small to succeed under sequestration

    During testimony on Capitol Hill Jan. 28, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III stressed the negative impact sequestration will have on future Air Force capabilities, emphasizing further budget cuts will lead to low morale and declined readiness in the Air Force.

  • February issue of Citizen Airman is online

    The February issue of Citizen Airman magazine is nowavailable. The cover story features1st Lt. MeaghanCosand of the 349th Air Mobility Wing, who is followingin her mother's, father's and brother's footsteps as a pilot. The issuealso includes storiesabout opportunities for enlisted Reservists to

  • Hurricane Hunters monitor winter storms over East Coast

    The Hurricane Hunters of the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron deployed Jan. 23 and 26 to monitor winter storms that ravaged the EastCoast with nearly 70 mile per hour winds and snowfall of nearly three feet.The National Weather Service tasked the Hunters to employ dropsondes ina large loop

  • AF Reserve announced Media Contest winners

    Air Force Reserve Command Public Affairs announced the 2014 AFRC Media Contest winning entries Jan. 26. Twenty-eight organizations from throughout the command submitted 260 team and individual entries in web, print, graphics, photograph, audio and video categories. The following entries will go

  • Charleston reservists help test new method to transport infectious patients

    Reservists with the 315th Airlift Wing here were part ofa team to test a new system for transporting patientssuffering from Ebola, Acute Respiratory Syndrome and other contagious conditionsaboard C-17 Globemaster III aircraft.The rapidly developed TransportationIsolation System comes on the heels of

  • Luke reservists interact with NFL players

    Selectedindividuals from Luke Air Force Base including four members from the 944thFighter Wing received a treat Jan 21 while Pro Bowl players from the NationalFootball League visited here.The objective was to provide a coolexperience for both parties. Airmen were urged to share their Air Force

  • Grissom leads the way with LEDs

    This north central Indiana base became the first Air Force base to transitionits aircraft mass parking area lights from a high pressure sodium light sourceto a cost-efficient light emitting diode, commonly known as LEDs.Theidea for the project began after a tornado knocked down one of the light

  • SecAF learns about Reserve flying training mission

    The Secretary of the Air Force learned about the Air Force Reserve's contributions to the Air Force flying training mission during a visit here Dec. 18. The Honorable Deborah Lee James was a back-seater in a T-38 Talon formation flight that included Maj. William Parrott, 43rd Flying Training