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AFRC News

  • Obama-signed Bill Provides Military Pay, Bonuses

    President Barack Obama today signed House Resolution 3304, which provides pay and bonuses for U.S. service members, enhances counterterrorism efforts overseas, builds security capacities of key U.S. partner-nations, expands efforts to prevent sexual assault and strengthens protections for

  • ARPC announces education board results

    Air Reserve Personnel Center officials here announced selection results from the Enlisted Developmental Education Board for calendar year 2014.The selection board convened at Air Force Reserve Command, Robins AFB, Ga., Oct. 21 - 25 to match selected members to their respective schools based upon

  • Reservists train, provide holiday mission support

    During the week before Christmas, many Americans are preparing for holiday dinners, grabbing last-minute gifts and spending time with friends and family. But one group of reservists assigned to the 315th Airlift Wing, Joint Base Charleston, S.C., took to the sky Dec. 19 to accomplish critical

  • Reservist provides medical aid in Philippines

    Maj. Mitchell Reynolds, a reservist in the 419th Medical Squadron, left his civilian job as a certified registered nurse anesthetist to provide medical assistance in the Philippines last month following Typhoon Haiyan, the deadly storm that killed more than 6,000 people. Reynolds joined Team

  • Alaska Airmen keep Santa in sight

    Officials with the North American Aerospace Defense Command will conduct a special mission on Dec. 24 -- tracking Santa across the globe to ensure Santa experiences safe travels during his yuletide journey.U.S. and Canadian service members of the Alaskan NORAD Region utilize 15 radar stations to

  • CSAF hosts summit to address sexual assault

    Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Mark A. Welsh III hosted a Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Summit Dec. 11 and 12 as part of the Air Force's ongoing effort to provide education and analysis on the issue and to discuss the complex leadership concerns sexual assault presents. Welsh brought

  • AF envisions smaller force to preserve readiness

    Discussing upcoming budgetary variables during a Pentagon news conference today, the Air Force's top civilian leader for the past six months addressed the inevitability of a smaller force.Acting Air Force Secretary Eric Fanning, who is returning next week to his position as undersecretary of the Air

  • Hurricane season ends, slowest since 1966

    Nov. 30 marked the end of the slowest hurricane season since 1966 for the 403rd Wing's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, better known as the Hurricane Hunters."It was a very, very slow hurricane season," said Lt. Col. Jon Talbot, 53rd WRS chief meteorologist.  "Despite the predictions for an

  • Budget woes cause AF to refine funding priorities

    Budget battles here are causing tectonic shifts in the Air Force, the service's leaders said during a Pentagon news conference today.Acting Air Force Secretary Eric Fanning and Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, the Air Force chief of staff, said that even with some relief from sequestration, the service will

  • Air Force's top officer outlines tough budget decisions

    With sequestration cemented as law into the foreseeable future, the Air Force's top officer today discussed some tough choices the service faces as its leaders try to pare $12 billion from the budget.In the final session of the Joint Chiefs of Staff series at the American Enterprise Institute here,