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AFRC News

  • AFRC commander sends holiday season note

    Greetings!From Afghanistan and global operations to Hurricane Sandy relief efforts and homeland support, our Air Force Reserve continues to demonstrate excellence. Thank you all for everything you've done this past year.As we celebrate this holiday season, please remember to focus on your family and

  • December issue of Citizen Airman available online

    The December issue of Citizen Airman is now available online. The magazine cover story profiles a KC-135 boom operator at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., who is one of the top aviation artists in the country. Other articles include features on a group of individual mobilization augmentees who stepped

  • Command announces 2012 Security Forces annual awards

    Air Force Reserve Command announced the 2012 Air Force Individual Security Forces Award winners Nov. 21.The winners, by category are:Capt. Bruce J. Lawler, 439th Security Forces Squadron, Westover Air Reserve Base, Mass., Outstanding Security Forces Flight Level Company Grade Officer. Master Sgt.

  • Commander announces safety award winners

    Lt. Gen. James Jackson, commander of Air Force Reserve Command, announced AFRC's safety award winners for fiscal 2012 in a memorandum Nov. 19.General category award winners are:Safety office of the year - 910th Airlift Wing, Youngstown Air Reserve Station, OhioSafety officer (primary duty) - Lt.

  • New retention program expands eligibility

    A new proposed Aviator Retention Pay program for Air Force Reserve aircrew is expected to begin in 2013.The ARP plan focuses on retaining aircrew officers to meet basic mission requirements for the reserve.The offer will target only locations where significant shortfalls in rated officer manning

  • Tinker AWACS unit ends 6-month deployment

    Eighty-nine Reservists from the 513th Air Control Group returned here Nov. 11 from a six month deployment to Southwest Asia supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.Hundreds of family members, friends, coworkers, base leadership and even a high-school marching band awaited them as they cleared customs

  • AFRC unveils future headquarters home

    The future home of a new Air Force Reserve Command headquarters building was unveiled here Nov. 13.Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., based in Fort Worth, Texas, led the development of the design project. GRG Group Inc., a subcontractor for Jacobs Engineering, constructed the model.The proposed

  • Reserve Band performs annual holiday concert

    The Band of the U.S. Air Force Reserve presents its free annual holiday concert at the Museum of Aviation Century of Flight Hangar, Dec. 6 at 7 p.m.The concert is open to the public. Doors open at 6 p.m. Seating is limited. "Over the years, it's been an honor to serve our country and the local