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AFRC News

  • Service members receiving RAND Military Workplace Survey

    About 580,000 service members have begun receiving emails or letters inviting them to participate in the first RAND Military Workplace Study, Defense Department officials said.Active and reserve component members in all military branches and the Coast Guard are being invited to participate. "The

  • "Each component gives the AF its strength" CMSAF tells Tinker reservists

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody emphasized the importance of the active, Guard, reserve and civilian components during a visit with reservists from the 507th Air Refueling Wing and the 513th Air Control Group here Aug. 2."Anything that affects one component affects us all," the top

  • DOD continues aid to combat wildfires in Northwest

    Two Defense Department C-130 Hercules equipped with U.S. Forest Service Modular Airborne Fire Fighting Systems, or MAFFS, and under the command and control of U.S. Northern Command are assisting with wildfire suppression efforts in the Northwest, Great Basin, and elsewhere in the West at the request

  • Hurricane Hunters assist with rescue mission in Pacific Ocean

    A 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron crew assisted the U.S. Coast Guard with locating and rescuing three people north of the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean Aug. 10.The Air Force Reserve unit assigned to the 403rd Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, deployed to Hawaii Aug. 5 to

  • August issue of Citizen Airman is online

    The August issue of Citizen Airman is available on the web at http://www.citamn.afrc.af.mil/. The cover story focuses on the upcoming inactivation of the 4th Combat Camera Squadron at March Air Reserve Base, California. A companion story covers the inactivation of the Readiness Management Group at

  • Hurricane Hunters fly into Hurricane Iselle for life-saving data

    Citizen Airmen with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, also known as the Hurricane Hunters, deployed to Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, Tuesday to collect weather data in Hurricane Iselle as it approaches the Hawaiian Islands.The team of reservists flew into Iselle Tuesday evening

  • 513th provides AWACS support for RIMPAC 2014

    More than 60 reservists from the 513th Air Control Group and the 970th Airborne Air Control Squadron returned home last week after a nearly two-week mission to support the Rim of the Pacific 2014 exercise at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii.The 970th flew the only E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning

  • Hurricane Hunters fly into Tropical Storm Bertha

    Aircrew members from the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron "Hurricane Hunters" have been flying data-gathering missions into Tropical Storm Bertha out of the Henry E. Rohlsen Airport in St. Croix, part of the U.S. Virgin Islands since July 31.According to Lt. Col. Jon Talbot, 53rd WRS chief

  • Air Force Reserve Command delays inactivation of 815th Airlift Squadron

    The Air Force Reserve Command announced Monday the delay of the inactivation of the 815th Airlift Squadron here. The 815th AS, referred to as the "Flying Jennies," is a tactical airlift unit in the 403rd Wing. The National Defense Authorization Act of 2013 called for the transfer of 10 C-130J