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AFRC News

  • 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

  • 82 F-16Ds removed from flight status due to longeron cracks

    U.S. Air Force officials recently removed 82 two-seat F-16D Fighting Falcons from flight status due to the discovery of canopy sill longeron cracks found between the front and rear pilot seats.The cracks were discovered following an immediate action time compliance technical order, or TCTO, to

  • ARPC announces school selection results

    Air Reserve Personnel Center officials here announced selection results from the semi-annual CY14B Reserve School Selection Board. The selection board convened at the center July 14 - 18 to match selected members to their respective schools based upon the needs of the Air Force Reserve followed by

  • 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