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AFRC News

  • CSAF launches new initiative to improve communication with Airmen

    As part of a series of recent efforts to enhance communication with Airmen, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III released the first of a new video series called "Airman to Airman." With all the issues facing the department over the last year, Welsh said the videos serve as an opportunity

  • President nominates 11 reservists for promotion to brigadier general

    Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced today that the president has made the following nominations:Air Force Col. Talentino C. Angelosante has been nominated for appointment to the rank of brigadier general. Angelosante is currently serving as the mobilization assistant to the director for

  • Westover reservist featured on AF Week in Photos

    A photo of a Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., reservist using the M-203 grenade launcher is featured on the current edition of Air Force Week in Photos.  Capt. Charles Trovarello firs an M203 during weapons training Nov. 3. The M203 is a single shot 40 mm grenade launcher designed to attach to a

  • Veterans in Blue Volume IV out now

      For decades, Airmen have answered the call to serve and protect the nation's interests, people and cherished freedoms that underpin it all, risking their lives for others, and thus, becoming heroes in the eyes of those they protected.Thirty-three stories of service and heroism at war are captured

  • Service chiefs testify on risks of sequestration

    As they face the prospect of another year of deep cuts to their budgets, the military's service chiefs testified today before the Senate Armed Services Committee on the impact sequestration is having on the ability to organize, train and equip their service members.Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray

  • Teen Leadership Council application deadline is Nov. 22

    The Air Force Reserve is looking for motivated ninth- through 11th-graders to serve on its Teen Leadership Council. The TLC is a national group of youngsters selected to help give Air Force Reserve teens a voice in matters that affect them.Deadline to submit applications for this year's program is

  • ESGR accepting nominations for Freedom Award

    The Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve is accepting nominations for the 2014 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Award. The Freedom Award is the Department of Defense's top award for civilian employers who support their employees in the National Guard and Reserve. ESGR encourages

  • Bomb wing balances training with inspection

    Reservists in the 307th Bomb Wing handled the tasks of participating in exercise Global Thunder 2013 and a nuclear operational readiness inspection at Barksdale and Minot AFB, N.D., Oct. 24-Nov. 5.Global Thunder is U.S. Strategic Command's annual field training and battle staff exercise. It trains

  • Flournoy assumes command of 4th Air Force

    Brig. Gen. John C. Flournoy Jr. assumed command of 4th Air Force in a ceremony here Nov. 3.Before arriving at March, Flournoy commanded the Air Reserve Personnel Center at Buckley Air Force Base, Colo. He replaced Maj. Gen. Mark A. Kyle, who moved to Dobbins ARB, Ga., to take command of 22nd Air

  • RPA reservists help reach 2 million-hour milestone

    Reservists here played a key role in the Air Force's MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper aircraft accumulating 2 million flight hours Oct. 22.Their presence in the Remotely Piloted Aircraft program began at Nellis in 2002, and they have been in lock step with the Regular Air Force since, flying combat