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AFRC News

  • President surveys Oklahoma tornado damage

    President Barack Obama landed here on his way to Moore, Okla. to survey the tornado devastation and meet with victims and first responders May 26. The president shook hands and spoke with some Tinker AFB employees, families, and first responders on the flight line here before traveling to Moore,

  • June issue of Citizen Airman is available online

    The June issue of Citizen Airman is now available on the web at http://www.citamn.afrc.af.mil/.  Contents include feature articles on a new program that uses technology to provide aircraft maintainers easier access to technical orders. Also featured in this issue is the first of a four-part series

  • Airmen picking up pieces in tornado's aftermath

    Members of Team Tinker are picking up the pieces after one of the largest and most costly tornadoes in history ripped through Moore, Okla., May 20. More than 20 Airman and their families in the 507th Air Refueling Wing suffered either minor damage or a total loss after the deadly storm passed.

  • Westover unveils $5 million Mobile Tail Enclosure

    Troops from the 439th Maintenance Squadron prepare to tow a C-5 Galaxy into Westover's Regional Isochronal dock, May 22, 2013, to test the newly-constructed mobile tail enclosure. Crews broke ground April 1, 2012, for the $5 million MTE, is a moveable structure on rails that will protect maintenance

  • AF leaders remind force to be safe this summer

    With Memorial Day kicking off this year's Critical Days of Summer Safety campaign, Air Force senior leaders have asked Airmen to be as intense about safety as they are about accomplishing the mission.Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley, Air Force Chief of Staff Mark Welsh, and the Chief Master

  • Reservists track Atlas rocket carrying GPS satellite

    When the Air Force successfully launched an Atlas rocket carrying a GPS satellite May 15, reservists in the 19th Space Operations Squadron provided all of the operational manpower from the launch through the first 96 hours on orbit."The Air Force Reserve has supported 28 of 36 GPS launches," said

  • McConnell reserve unit looks forward to new KC-46A mission

    The recent announcement of McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., as the preferred alternative for the first active-duty led KC-46A main operating base means the Citizen Airmen of the Air Force Reserve 931st Air Refueling Group here will be among the first to fly and maintain the new air refueler once it

  • McConnell reservists will be among first to operate KC-46A

    Air Force officials announced today McConnell Air Force Base, Kan., as the preferred alternative for the first active duty led KC-46A main operating base. "We are proud that our Total Force McConnell Airmen have been entrusted with this new mission and are confident in their ability to bring the new