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AFRC News

  • 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

  • Hagel talks with troops about 2015 Defense budget request

    In spotless aircraft hangars at two different military bases in southeastern Virginia yesterday, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel stood before several hundred airmen and soldiers, highlighting priorities in the Defense Department's fiscal year 2015 budget request and taking questions.The budget request

  • Statement by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel on Afghanistan

    "At President Obama's direction, and with my strong support, the Department of Defense will move ahead with additional contingency planning to ensure adequate plans are in place to accomplish an orderly withdrawal by the end of the year should the United States not keep any troops in Afghanistan

  • DOD reports decrease in activated AF Reservists this week

    The Army National Guard, Marine Corps Reserve, Air Force Reserve and Coast Guard Reserve announced this week a decrease in activated National Guard members and reservists, while the Army Reserve, Navy Reserve and Air National Guard announced an increase of activated reservists. The net collective

  • Hagel Outlines Budget Reducing Troop Strength, Force Structure

    Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has proposed cuts in military spending that include further reductions in troop strength and force structure in every military service in the coming year as part of an effort to prioritize U.S. strategic interests in the face of reduced resources after more than a

  • DOD takes holistic view of slowing military compensation growth

    The Defense Department can no longer put off slowing the growth of military personnel costs, and the fiscal year 2015 budget request DOD is recommending to the president begins that process, defense leaders said here today.Saying they are ready to take on the hard task of curbing growth in