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AFRC News

  • KC-46A groundbreaking ceremony marks giant step forward for air refueling

    A new era in Air Force air-refueling capabilities took a giant step forward June 30. Shovels overturned the first piles of dirt during a groundbreaking ceremony for the new KC-46A Pegasus at McConnell Air Force Base. The ceremony symbolized significant progress in the KC-46A program and that

  • CMSAF Cody stresses service unity

    There is no distinction among Airmen within the Air Force components when it comes to how they perform their jobs, how they live up to standards and how they embrace the service's core values, said Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Cody during a visit here June 24-25."Robins is a great

  • Grissom, Wright-Patt team up to tell AF Reserve story

    Since the Wright brothers first took to the sky, Ohio has been known as a state for aviation innovation, and in that spirit, two Air Force Reserve units found a creative way to showcase their missions to the world. The 434th Air Refueling Wing at Grissom partnered with the 445th Airlift Wing at

  • AF Reserve announces senior leader changes

    The Chief of Air Force Reserve announced the following senior Leader actions June 20.  Brigadier Gen. Udo K. McGregor is being reassigned from deputy director, Strategic Planning, Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Plans and Programs, Headquarters United States Air Force, Washington, D.C., to vice

  • SecAF: Total force readiness has atrophied

    While elements of the Air Force are always prepared to meet the country's readiness needs, total force readiness has deteriorated, Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James told the Defense Writers Group here June 18.Nearing the six-month mark of her term as the Air Force's top official, James touched

  • Reserve KC-10 tanker aircrew trains with RAF fighter pilots

    A KC-10A aircrew from the 78th Air Refueling Squadron here refueled several Royal Air Force Typhoon GR4Fs over the North Sea June 6 during an infrequent air refueling training mission. The Typhoons were from the RAF 6 and 1(F) Squadrons, RAF Leuchars, United Kingdom.  The training is vitally

  • Westover airlifts 26 tons of aid to Nicaragua

    A training mission this month doubled as a humanitarian relief effort for Reserve Airmen from the 439th Airlift Wing, Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts Thirteen Airmen delivered 26-tons of cargo to Augusto Cesar Sandino International Airport in Nicaragua, June 10. This Denton Amendment

  • Reservists renew bond with Desert Storm AC-130A gunship

    It's been more than 23 years since Maj. Gen. Richard S. "Beef" Haddad and his copilot, Col. Randall Bright, flew No. 55-0014 on a combat mission over the "Highway of Death."On June 12, they boarded the AC-130A gunship again - this time at the Robins (Ga.) Museum of Aviation where the aircraft is on

  • AF Reserve announces senior 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. Major Gen. Mark A. Kyle, 22nd Air Force commander, Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, will be reassigned as director of Air, Space and