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AFRC News

  • Homestead racks up savings through Every Dollar Count$

    As Airmen across the Air Force are brainstorming to make the most of the Air Force dollar during the Every Dollar Counts campaign, Homestead Air Reserve Base also continues focus on fiscal responsibility. The goal of the campaign is to address the Air Force's short-term fiscal realities while

  • Tinker units assists in search for tornado victims

    Nearly 250 members of the Oklahoma National Guard, as well as members of Tinker Air Force Base are assisting with victim search and security in Moore, Okla., where a tornado left at least 24 dead, authorities said.The twister hit Monday, May 20, about 3:15 p.m. CDT, just three miles south of Tinker.

  • Massive tornado hits near Tinker AFB

    A powerful tornado touched down about three miles south of Tinker AFB hitting the town of Moore, Okla., May 20.The 507th Air Refueling Wing Crisis Action Team was activated and initiated accountability of all personnel assigned to the wing. The governor called up state National Guard troops to

  • McConnell Reservists return from Southwest Asia deployment

    Several members of the Air Force Reserve 931st Air Refueling Group returned home today from a deployment to Southwest Asia.The returning Airmen arrived on three separate flights throughout the day, and were greeted on the flightline by a crowd of friends, family members, and fellow Airmen."It is

  • Team McChord deploys to Antarctica for medical evacuation

    For the second time in less than a month, Airmen from the 62nd and 446th Airlift Wings flew to Antarctica and completed an aeromedical evacuation May 10.At the request of the National Science Foundation, the JBLM crew, alongside an aeromedical evacuation team from Pacific Air Forces, safely

  • Air Force Reserve submits construction plans to Senate

    The top leaders from the Air Force's active and reserve components went to Capitol Hill May 15 to provide statements and answer questions about their plans for new construction projects in fiscal 2014.Sen. Tim Johnson (D-S.D.), chairman, and Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), the ranking member of the

  • Tanker crew chiefs keep mission on track

    The windshield was simply refusing to cooperate.As the KC-135 Stratotanker approached San Antonio the aircraft commander's windshield began to fog. The window heater was on as evidenced by the co-pilot's clear view of the city below.While the aircrew ran checklists and checked the circuit breakers,

  • Hagel announces fewer furlough days for DOD employees

    After weeks of review, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has concluded budget cuts will require most of the department's civilian employees to be furloughed beginning in July, but that because of other efforts to deal with the shortfall, only half of the 22 days originally envisioned as temporary

  • Reserve dentist focuses military career on global health challenges

    Dr. Vincent Chiappone, a dentist with the 940th Wing here has a passion for volunteering that has taken the major far in his Reserve career - all the way around the world actually.Over the past three years, Chiappone has travelled with military medical teams to Northern Alaska, the Congo, Belize,

  • Tinker reservists return from Southwest Asia

    More than 20 reservists from the 507th Air Refueling Wing returned home to Tinker Air Force Base May 13th, after a five-month deployment to Southwest Asia in support of on-going air refueling operations in U.S. Central Command area of responsibility.The 507th Air Refueling Wing is the largest Air