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AFRC News

  • Commanders share wing missions, kidney donation

    While Total Force Integration has spawned many resource-sharing initiatives, two wing commanders at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, have taken it to a whole new, and very personal, level. When Air Force Reserve Col. Keith "K2" Knudson, 419th Fighter Wing commander, was diagnosed with kidney failure last

  • Reserve MAFFS C-130s return to Colorado

    The National Interagency Fire Center modified its request for assistance decreasing the total number of Department of Defense MAFFS C-130s supporting U.S. Forest Service operations in the Western U.S. from four to two.Two MAFFS-equipped C-130s and aircrews from the Air Force Reserve Command's 302nd

  • New DOD policy on air travel begins Oct 1

    Beginning Oct. 1, 2012, any travel authorization that includes air travel must be approved and ticketed at least 72 hours in advance of the scheduled flight departure to avoid airline reservations from being cancelled. This is due to a new policy being instituted by the airlines under the FY13 GSA

  • Alaska Reserve F-22 unit reaches FOC

    The 477th Fighter Group here reached a readiness milestone Sept. 9 when Col. Bryan Radliff, 477th FG commander, announced that the group had achieved fully operational capable status ."Fully operation capable means that we are ready and able to execute our wartime tasking," said Radliff. "With our

  • Pilot needs no armor to conquer Ironman

    Balancing the demands of family, civilian career and commitment to the Air Force Reserve can challenge many Citizen Airmen on a daily basis. A C-17 pilot here strives for more - to earn the title of Ironman through a grueling competition involving a 2.4-mile swim, a 112-mile bike ride and a

  • Reservists share experiences at cancer fund raising event

    Cancer is a disease that affects friends, families and co-workers. The 'family' in the 916th Air Refueling Wing here is no exception.On Aug. 25, members of the wing took part in one of the largest charity fundraisers in the nation, the Jimmy V Gala for Cancer Research.Jim Valvano was a former

  • MilPDS scheduled for upgrade in December

    The Military Personnel Data System will be upgraded and migrated to the Defense Information Systems Agency's Defense Enterprise Computing Center in December. MilPDS will be unavailable during the upgrade project, which is scheduled to take 23 days to complete.MilPDS is a personnel records database

  • Isaac's coincidence sparks memories of storms past

    On this date in 2005, aircrews with the Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron "Hurricane Hunters" evacuated aircraft and personnel from Keelser Air Force Base, Miss., only to return to flying into Hurricane Katrina as it barreled down on the Gulf Coast.The Airmen, who left behind

  • Hurricane Hunters provide critical data during major storms

    As the Air Force Reserve's 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, better known as the "Hurricane Hunters," wrap up their mission flying through Hurricane Isaac, one of the unit's pilots provided an insight into who they are and some facts and figures about how they perform during their dangerous

  • AFRC commander tours Colorado Reserve wing

    Air Force Reserve Command leadership learned first-hand about the 302nd Airlift Wing mission during a visit Aug. 28.Lt. Gen. James F. Jackson, AFRC commander and Command Chief Master Sgt. Kathleen R. Buckner  toured facilities, met with Reservists and got an update on the wing's role in what has