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AFRC News

  • Ohio unit hosts Luftwaffe officers

    Two German air force officers continued a 30-year tradition when they came here June 6.Lt. Col. Stefan Bitterle, Luftwaffe public affairs officer, and Maj. Malte Hinz, Luftwaffe internal security officer, spent two weeks learning how the Air Force Reserve does business and sharing more about their

  • Joint exercise provides cost-effective, life-saving training

    The 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron and the 81st Medical Group took part in Operation Magnolia Medical En route Care, a joint medical training exercise July 9 at Keesler AFB and the Gulfport Combat Readiness Training Center.Keesler's Air Force Reserve weather recon unit and the active-duty med

  • Reservists help cadets “build” futures

    Reservists from the 914th Civil Engineer Squadron traveled to the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in June for annual tour training.During the first two weeks of June, they supported the academy's Field Engineering & Readiness Laboratory Program.FERL is a nationally

  • Center announces results of enlisted developmental education board

    Officials at Headquarters Air Reserve Personnel Center here announced selection results from the annual Enlisted Developmental Education Board July 10.The board convened at the center in May to match selected members to their respective schools based upon the needs of the Air Force Reserve and then

  • Communicators turn on "juice" in joint exercise

    Airmen from the 42nd Combat Communications Squadron took part in a month-long joint exercise at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland, in June. The Joint Users Interoperability Communications Exercise tests the communication capabilities of federal agencies during emergencies and national and

  • Little Rock unit to get new name

    Air Force Reserve Command's C-130 unit here is changing its name.Maj. Gen. Mark A. Kyle, commander of AFRC's 22nd Air Force, will activate the 913th Airlift Group and present the unit's new guidon in a ceremony July 13. The 913th AG replaces 22nd Air Force, Detachment 1. The detachment was activated

  • AF Reserve announces 10AF leadership changes

    Lieutenant General James F. Jackson, chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command, has announced the following senior leader actions. Brigadier Gen. Richard W. Scobee, from director of Plans and Requirements, Office of the Air Force Reserve, Headquarters United States

  • RPA squadron begins operations at Hurlburt Field

    The 919th Special Operations Wing welcomed the 2nd Special Operations Squadron, its remotely piloted aircraft unit, to the Emerald Coast. The 2nd SOS, comprised of about 140 Air Force reservists formerly located at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., began RPA operations in its new facility at Hurlburt

  • Readiness Management Group inactivates

    Air Force Reserve Command's Readiness Management Group held its inactivation ceremony here July 1. The RMG was created in April 2005 to centrally manage individual mobilization augumentees. According to the AFRC commander at the time, now retired Lt. Gen. John A. Bradley, the goal of the

  • AF to every Airman: Tell us your story

    Air Force leaders want Airmen to share their stories with the world and designed the 2014 American Airman Video Contest with that purpose in mind."Every Airman has a story -- and smartphone technology now allows those Airmen to share those stories to a wider audience than ever before," said Air