May 4, 2012 Yellow Ribbon helps bring families ‘home’ Resiliency and family were the themes at the Yellow Ribbon event during the last weekend of April at the Peabody Hotel here. Hosted by Air Force Reserve Command's Yellow Ribbon Program, more than 300 Citizen Airmen and six Citizen Marines attended the three-day event. "It's all about families," said
May 4, 2012 Charleston PA productions win Telly Awards The 315th Airlift Wing Public Affairs Office won two awards in the 33rd Annual Telly Awards competition for broadcast and production excellence.The videos selected for the awards were a mission video for children, called "Mission Airlift," and a special segment of the wing's television news program
May 3, 2012 Air Force holds public hearings for F-35A basing More than 100 community members attended Air Force hearings in Layton and Ogden May 1-2 outlining the Draft F-35A Operational Basing Environmental Impact Statement. A third public hearing took place in Wendover, Nev., on May 3. The hearings offered local residents the opportunity to learn more about
May 2, 2012 Lockheed Martin delivers final F-22 Raptor Air Force senior officials attended a ceremony here May 2 commemorating the delivery of the final F-22 Raptor from Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company to the U.S. Air Force.Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz was joined by U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and other senior congressional,
May 2, 2012 Limited retirement and separation incentives offered to Reserve Command civilians Air Force Reserve Command is participating in the third round of the Voluntary Early Retirement Authority and Voluntary Separation Incentive Program. However, command personnel officials said they are anticipating a relatively low number of offers.AFRC personnel officials expect few offers because
April 30, 2012 March C-17, crew star in hostage training film Eight South Sudanese soldiers fixed their weapons on a March C-17 Globemaster III during a tense standoff last month. The situation was resolved within hours, then the flight crew and soldiers attended a wrap-up party to discuss the day's events.The 452 Air Mobility Wing welcomed Combat Media, a
April 30, 2012 Reserve Command hosts congressman, AF vice chief Gen. Philip Breedlove, Air Force vice chief of staff; U.S. Congressman Austin Scott, (R-GA); Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner, Jr., commander, Air Force Reserve Command; and Maj. Gen. James "JJ" Jackson, deputy to the chief of Air Force Reserve, pose after completing a two-hour visit to AFRC headquarters
April 30, 2012 Airlift control flights, FBI train together at Patriot Sands Five Reserve units and a federal agency teamed up April 26-29 in Florida for Patriot Sands, an airlift training exercise simulating deployed bare base conditions with limited support.Reservists with the 512th Airlift Control Flight, Dover Air Force Base, Del., 452nd ALCF, March Air Reserve Base,
April 26, 2012 Reservist named best DOD print journalist Tech. Sgt. Shawn Jones, a reservist in the 514th Air Mobility Wing at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., is the top print journalist in the Department of Defense.Jones learned on April 19 that he was among the 2011 Thomas Jefferson Award winners. The competition is the premiere Department of
Reservist earns AFA field grade officer of year award A 315th Airlift Wing Intelligence Flight Reservist was recently named Air Force Association’s field grade officer of the year for his leadership efforts while serving last year with the 437th Operations Support Squadron at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina. Maj. Alex Arntz, 315th Intelligence
Charleston Reservist wins top Air Force photographer award Staff Sgt. Joseph Leveille, of the 315th Airlift Wing’s 4th Combat Camera Squadron here at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, was named Air Force Military Photographer of the Year this week.
2023 AFRC A1 awards announced Col. Edward Segura, Air Force Reserve Command’s director of manpower, personnel and services, announces AFRC’s 2023 A1 award winners.
Command announces nominees for FY23 Air Force Small Business Awards Air Force Reserve Command announces nominees for FY23 Air Force Small Business Awards