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AFRC News

  • Co-located Reserve Force Support Squadron wins Eubank award

    The302nd Force Support Squadron was recently named the Air Force Reserve Command'sMaj. Gen. Eugene L. Eubank award winner for 2014. This A1 (Manpower, Personneland Services) award recognizes the best small installation force supportsquadrons in the Air Force."It's one of the biggest awards in A1,"

  • Reservists carry out F-16 missions in Afghanistan

    About 60 Air Force reservists from the 419th Fighter Wing are currently serving on a six-month deployment to Afghanistan to carry out F-16 missions.The pilots, maintenance, and operations support personnel are assigned to the 455th Expeditionary Operations Group alongside Airmen from Hill's

  • Air Force presents FY 16 budget request

    The Air Force presented its fiscal year 2016 President's Budget request Feb. 2, following the Defense Department and sister services budget briefings.

  • Dobbins unit achieves top professional certification

    For the past 18 months, the Air Force Civil Engineer Center has been working towards reaching the gold standard for training in the truck driving world, Professional Truck Drivers Institute certification.On January 23, the first class of students graduated with that qualification in a capstone event

  • 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