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AFRC News

  • Defense budget proposal affects Air Force Reserve units

    The Department of Defense budget request for fiscal 2015 includes a number of proposed changes for the Air Force Reserve.If enacted into law, the DOD budget request would increase the number of Reserve fighter wings equipped with F-16 fighters, create a classic associate B-1 bomber group, increase

  • Pope Airmen train with Atlas troops to recover aircraft

    82nd Combat Aviation Brigade troops hosted joint Downed Aircraft Recovery Team and Crash Damaged Disabled Aircraft Recovery training with Airmen from Pope Army Airfield at Simmons Army Airfield, Feb. 24.DART and CDDAR teams are responsible for recovering aircraft after they crash or become disabled

  • Climate limits C-17 support of Operation Deep Freeze this season

    Severe melt issues at Pegasus Airfield's white ice runway left little choice other than to cancel most of the planned C-17 missions supporting Operation Deep Freeze in the 2013-2014 season.A little more than 1,200 feet of the approach end of the primary 10,000-foot-long white ice runway had turned

  • ARPC marks 60 years, showcases progress

    More than 150 people attended the Air Reserve Personnel Center's exhibition of history as the center commemorated its 60th anniversary here Feb. 28. The event was open to all current and former ARPC employees, Buckley Air Force Base leadership and community partners. They were treated to a briefing

  • AF finalizing details for two officer force management programs

    Details for implementation of two fiscal 2014 officer force management programs announced in December are being finalized to allow Air Force officials to release eligibility criteria, Air Force Personnel Center officials said today.Details regarding the reduction in force board, coupled with

  • Opportunities, challenges abound on mobile horizon, CIO says

    The Pentagon's chief information officer today discussed the vast opportunities mobile computing provides and its critical role in improving support for the Defense Department's 600,000 mobile device users.During the 4th annual MobileGov Summit at the Newseum here, Teresa M. Takai said operational

  • Manas KC-135s complete final mission, leave Kyrgyzstan

    The Transit Center's final aerial refueling mission over Afghanistan landed here Feb. 24, completing the end of an era.After six hours of traveling, refueling A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, and F-16 Fighting Falcons, the KC-135 Stratotanker touched down to a fanfare of saluting Airmen.Col. Mike Seiler, the

  • Contingency plans begin for possible full Afghanistan withdrawal

    President Barack Obama today informed Afghan President Hamid Karzai that because the Afghan leader has demonstrated that it is unlikely that he will sign the bilateral security agreement on a U.S. military presence in Afghanistan beyond this year, he has asked the Pentagon to ensure that it has

  • CSAF: Taking care of Airmen, future roadmap key to AF success

    Getting top performing Airmen promoted sooner, changing the enlisted performance report system, streamlining the enlisted and officer professional education programs and developing a roadmap for the Air Force for the next three decades were some of the topics discussed by the Air Force's top officer

  • SecAF outlines top priorities during 'State of AF' address

    After her second month in office, Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James laid out her top three priorities as part of a "state of the Air Force" address, during the final day of the 30th annual Air Force Association Warfare Symposium and Technology Exposition Feb. 21.James laid out the path