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AFRC News

  • Reserve rescue group saves off-duty Soldier hiking in difficult terrain

    The Citizen Airmen of the 943rd Rescue Group were called into action June 15 for a late-night rescue of an injured off-duty Soldier who fell from a cliff while hiking in the Huachuca Mountains near Sierra Vista, Ariz. The survivor was clinging onto a two-foot wide ledge with a possible broken leg

  • Anatomy of a hurricane hunter: When storms get personal

    During Maj. Sean Cross' first flight into what became Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, he and his WC-130J Hercules crew joked and asked themselves why they were even tasked for the mission. "There was absolutely nothing to it at that point," he said.By his second flight, the jokes stopped and were

  • Tropicare 13 wraps up readiness training in Hawaii

    Communities across Hawaii are bidding aloha to more than 500 Guard and Reserve members as Tropicare 13, a medical Innovative Readiness Training event, draws to a close this week on the islands of Lanai, Maui, Molokai and Hawaii.Reserve component medical personnel from the Air Force, Navy, Army and

  • Pope Field getting 'green' control tower

    Construction crews on are busy putting finishing touches on the new $8 million air traffic control tower overlooking the flightline here. "The new 135-foot 11-story structure brings a host of capabilities to Fort Bragg that the long-standing 1970s-era tower had grown too outmoded to provide," said

  • Comptroller offers glimpse of post-sequester options

    The budget storms assailing the Pentagon are unprecedented, the Defense Department's chief financial officer said in Washington June 13."I've never seen anything like this," Pentagon Comptroller Robert F. Hale told an audience attending the 2013 Defense Communities National Summit, "and I hope we

  • In the fight

    Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, or "MAFFS"-equipped C-130s from the Air Force Reserve's 302nd Airlift Wing performed additional fire retardant drops June 13 on the Black Forest fire in northern El Paso County, Colo. To learn more about the MAFFS mission, click here.

  • Air Force C-130s drop 25,000 gallons of retardant on Colorado fire

    Airmen from Colorado's 302nd Airlift Wing flew their first aerial firefighting support missions of the year June 12, dropping fire retardant on the growing Black Forest fire.302nd AW aircrews fighting the nearly 9,000-acre blaze performed 10 drops, releasing approximately 25,000 gallons of fire

  • Reserve C-130 unit requested to fight wild fires

    The 302nd Airlift Wing here received an official request for aerial firefighting support from the U.S. Forest Service June 11.Two Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System-equipped C-130s and aircrews from unit were to be ready to drop fire retardant on fires in southern Colorado June 12."We received

  • Reserve Generation to perform at Independence Day celebration

    Reserve Generation from the Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve along with Stillwater and Bobby Eakes will perform at the 31st annual Independence Day Celebration at McConnell Talbert Stadium July 3. This year's event is sponsored by the City of Warner Robins. Gates open at 6 p.m. for this free

  • Maintenance innovation has potential to save time, money

    Rocks kicked up when landing a C-130 on unimproved runways can damage the fuselage of the aircraft. To combat this problem, maintainers in the 302nd Maintenance Group here began putting tape on the plane's belly. In January, they took another step by applying protective tape to the forward landing