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AFRC News

  • US to host international reservist event

    The British, the French and reservists from several other nations are coming to America in August 2015, according to a Reserve Officers Association news release. The Congress of the Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers will meet in Washington, D.C. The NATO-associated event, globally known

  • Global Strike Command holds first ARC focus day

    Air Force Global Strike Command hosted its first Air Reserve Component focus day here, Aug. 26 - 27.The ARC is comprised of the Air Force Reserve Command and Air National Guard, and it complements the Air Force's active duty capabilities. In a time marked by shrinking budgets, AFGSC is increasingly

  • Live facebook chat for AGRs Sept. 9

    The Air Force Personnel Center will host a Facebook live chat Sept. 9 from 9 to 10 a.m., Central time, to answer questions about the Career Intermission Pilot Program, officials said today.Approved in the 2009 National Defense Authorization Act, the program allows selected high-performing active

  • 452nd AMW wins Airlift-Tanker Association Sherrard Award

    The 452nd Air Mobility Wing here is the 2014 recipient of the Airlift/Tanker Association's Lt. Gen. James E. Sherrard III Award.The award recognizes a reserve wing for outstanding contributions to the overall success of the Mobility Air Force mission . The nomination package highlighted wing

  • Indiana flying wings team up with ESGR for boss lift

    Indiana's Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard connect in the Hoosier skies every week offloading fuel and training to fight, but they recently connected for another mission - educating employers. Airmen from the 434th Air Refueling Wing at Grissom teamed up with those from the 122nd Fighter

  • Air Force's top leader discusses Reserve future

    Citizen Airmen have an advocate at the very top of Air Force.During a visit to Robins Air Force Base, Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James discussed several issues related to the Air Force Reserve's future.As the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard continue to grow in proportion to the

  • Reservists air drop life-sustaining cargo in Iraq

    C-130H Hercules aircrews from here saved lives by delivering food and water to people stranded in Northern Iraq. The missions began at night Aug. 8 for the reservists from Youngstown's 757th Airlift Squadron, who deployed to Southwest Asia as part of the 737th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron. They

  • Hurricane Hunters fly into Tropical Storm Cristobal

    Aircrews with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron have been flying data-gathering missions into Tropical Storm Cristobal out of the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport here since Aug. 21.The Hurricane Hunters flew the first low-level invest mission Aug. 21 and continued to investigate the weather system

  • SecAF gets first-hand look at AF Reserve headquarters

    Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James visited Robins Air Force Base this week to get an up close look at the installation's diverse and dynamic missions.This was the Secretary's first visit to the installation, where she spent two days touring several areas of Georgia's largest industrial

  • Deployed reservists talk war, baseball with congresswoman

    It was almost midnight Aug. 19 in Bagram when a room full of deployed Airman from the 442nd Fighter Wing took a phone call from Missouri Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler. Lt. Col. Bryan Stone, 303rd Air Expeditionary Fighter Squadron commander, casually mentioned at the start of the conversation the