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AFRC News

  • Reserve C-130 units take part in Maple Flag exercise

    More than 175 reservists from four Air Force Reserve C-130s and airlift control flight units joined coalition forces for Maple Flag Exercise at Canadian Forces Base Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada, May 24.  Due to real-world commitments, NATO fighter aircraft will not participate this year. However, the

  • Reserve wing ready to assist with wildland fires

    Reservists and active duty Airmen from the 302nd Airlift Wing recently completed their 2014 aerial firefighting training held May 16-20 here. The certification and re-certification of the aircrews ensures the wing will be ready to respond with their Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped

  • Fighter wing commanders autograph F-35A bound for Hill AFB

    Col. Bryan Radliff, 419th Fighter Wing commander, and Col. Lance Landrum, 388th FW commander, toured Lockheed Martin Aeronautics in Fort Worth, Texas, last week for an inside look at production of the F-35A Lightning II. During their visit, the colonels autographed the wing of the first operational

  • Intelligence unit to activate at Wright-Patt

    A ceremony marking the official activation of the 14th Intelligence Squadron will take place at the National Air and Space Intelligence Center May 17 beginning at 2 p.m.The squadron is part of the latest intelligence transformation initiative by the Air Force Reserve Command. The 14th IS will create

  • March wing, Travis aircrew haul in awards

    The Air Force Reserve Command announced two 2013 Air Force Association awards May 9. The 452nd Air Mobility Wing, March Air Reserve Base, California; and the aircrew of Lt. Col. Todd Hegy, 312th Airlift Squadron, Travis Air Force Base, California, won AFRC Outstanding Reserve Flying Wing Unit Award

  • Creech RPA unit garners aviation award for excellence

    The 91st Attack Squadron received Air Force Reserve Command's 2013 Grover Loening Trophy, a trophy presented annually to the all-around outstanding aviation program in the nation excluding combat rescue and special operations.The trophy is the rarest and oldest of all aviation awards and 2013 marks

  • NOAA, Hurricane Hunters team up for awareness tour

    An Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircrew with their WC-130J aircraft and a team of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration hurricane forecasters visited three Mexican and two Caribbean cities May 4-11 as part of the annual Caribbean Hurricane Awareness Tour. The CHAT, a joint effort

  • President travels to Arkansas to view tornado damage

    President Barack Obama landed here on Air Force One, May 6, to tour the local communities damaged by a tornado April 27.In his first visit to the state as president, Obama met with victims, local officials and emergency personnel."When something happens like this to a community, it happens to all of

  • Alaska Air Force Reserve F-22 unit flies milestone sortie

    F-22 pilots from the 477th Fighter Group, Alaska's only Air Force Reserve unit, made history during the Unit Training Assembly weekend May 3. With a combined total of 4,000 flight hours, Col. David Piffarerio, Majs. Jonathan Gration, Ryan Pelkola and Chad Newkirk flew the most experienced four-ship

  • Texas reservists first in to support Patriot Warrior

    Approximately 30 Air Force Reservists from the 433rd Civil Engineer Squadron here deployed to Fort McCoy, Wisconsin, to launch Exercise Patriot Warrior 2014, April 26 - May 8. "This is a premier event for training, not an exercise or inspection" said Ralph Browning, an Air Force Reserve Command fire