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AFRC News

  • Hill's F-16s take first flights alongside F-35s

    F-16 pilots from Hill's 419th and 388th Fighter Wings took to the skies here this morning for their first training missions alongside the F-35A Lightning II, the Air Force's newest fighter aircraft. Hill's F-16s flew air-to-air combat training missions with F-35As assigned to Eglin's 33rd Fighter

  • Altus, McConnell AFBs selected to receive KC-46A Pegasus aircraft

    Air Force officials announced April 23, that Altus Air Force Base, Okla., is the Air Force's KC-46A Pegasus formal training unit and McConnell AFB, Kan., is the first active duty-led Pegasus main operating base."The KC-46A Pegasus aerial tanker remains one of our top three acquisition priorities,"

  • Deployed Airmen return to families, jobs in Utah

    More than 130 Airmen from the 419th and 388th Fighter Wings returned home Tuesday after a four-month deployment to Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea.About 70 other Reserve and active-duty personnel, including 10 F-16s, returned to Hill over Easter weekend.During the deployment, pilots, maintainers

  • Veterans Entrepreneurship Program is dog-gone good for one retiree

    Many veterans spend more than half their lives serving their country, and they carry this core value with them long after they hang up the uniform and join the civilian workforce.This desire to serve others is what drove retired Master Sgt. Joe Halenka during his 26 year career in the Air Force and

  • 2 Reserve-nominated businesses are ESGR Freedom Award finalists

    Two businesses nominated by Air Force Reservists are finalists for the 2014 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award, the Defense Department's highest recognition given to employers for exceptional support of National Guard and Reserve employeesJ.G. Management Systems, Inc. of Grand

  • Air Force researchers test Google Glass for battlefield use

    Whether trying to coordinate multiple aircraft in a three-dimensional battlespace, calling in precise close air support or evacuating personnel caught behind enemy lines - effective multitasking is at the heart of the mission for Air Force special operators.Researchers with the 711th Human

  • Culture change is key to sexual assault prevention

    Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III spoke candidly with top Air Force leaders about sexual assault prevention and response April 14, during the Three-Star Summit here."Eliminating sexual assault is a huge priority," James said. "It is a

  • DOD releases estimated impacts of sequestration-level funding report

    Today, the Department of Defense released a report that documents the damaging cuts to military forces, modernization, and readiness that will be required if defense budgets are held at sequester-levels in the years beyond fiscal 2015. This report fulfills a commitment made by Secretary Hagel to

  • Utah forces team up for Operation Lone Survivor

    Air Force Reserve and National Guard personnel from Utah put their search and rescue skills to the test during a training exercise dubbed "Operation Lone Survivor" in the rocky terrain of Utah's west desert Saturday.Military personnel from the U.S. Air Force Reserve 419th Fighter Wing, Utah Air

  • Air Force budget focuses on preserving capability, not aircraft

    The debate over force structure reductions outlined in the Air Force's fiscal year 2015 budget should be about capabilities and missions, not aircraft, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III told the Senate here April 10.Testifying alongside Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James at a