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AFRC News

  • Reserve units support civilian agencies during Patriot Hook Exercise

    The 433rd Airlift Wing's C-5A Galaxy was the first on the scene in support of the Air Force Reserve Command's Patriot Hook Exercise 2014, April 23-28 at Naval Air Station North Island, Calif. Patriot Hook is an annual AFRC-sponsored exercise that integrates federal agencies with the military, while

  • Westover to lose aircraft, personnel

    Air Force officials announced Monday that half of the 439th Airlift Wing's C-5 fleet - and more than 300 jobs here - will be cut as a result of Pentagon budget cuts and sequestration.While the host unit 439th AW flies 16 C-5B models, eight C-5s will transfer from Westover to Joint Base San

  • McChord reservist sings during Mariners' Salute to Service game

    A baseball tradition was thrown a curve ball during a recent Seattle Mariners game when a 446th Airlift Wing Reservist replaced "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" with "God Bless America" during the seventh-inning stretch.On April 26, members of the U.S. military combined forces with America's pastime

  • Hill fighter wings prep to receive F-35A

    The 419th Fighter Wing annual training here is providing reservists and their active-duty counterparts in the 388th FW with immersion training on the Air Force's newest fighter jet, the F-35A Lightning II. Airmen from Hill's fighter wings, including pilots, maintainers, logisticians, and support

  • 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