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AFRC News

  • Some reservists billed for dental premiums

    About 3,500 Guard and Reserve Airmen on extended active duty will need to pay dental premiums directly to the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. rather than through payroll deduction.A glitch occurred May 1 when the TRICARE Dental Program changed providers from United Concordia to MetLife. The glitch

  • Command announces senior officer moves

    Several senior officers in Air Force Reserve Command have moved to a new job or will transfer to a new ssignment this spring and summer. Those actions include the following:Maj. Gen. Richard S. Haddad from director of strategic plans, programs and requirements at Headquarters AFRC at Robins AFB to

  • Reserve Strike Eagle team leads opposing force in major exercise

    Costello: What's the guy's name on first base?Abbott: No. What is on second.Costello: I'm not asking you who's on second.Abbott: Who's on first.Costello: I don't know.Abbott: He's on third; we're not talking about him.This famous routine by the comedy team of Bud Abbott and Lou Costello is a classic

  • Wright-Patt reservists train at Volk Field exercise

    About 100 reservists from the 445th Airlift Wing here boarded a C-17 Globemaster III bound for Volk Field Air National Guard Base, Wis. April 22 to prepare for the unit's upcoming operational readiness inspection.The group used the four-day exercise at Volk Field to hone their skills in responding

  • Deja Vu: man returns to the Air Force 50 years later

    When the F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot hooked up to the KC-135 Stratotanker and looked through his canopy into the boom window of the aircraft above, he was surprised to see the face of an 87-year-old man smiling back at him.James Watland felt right at home in the boom pod of the KC-135 Stratotanker

  • Dobbins reservists deploy to Middle East

    More than 100 reservists from Dobbins ARB deployed to the Middle East, departing on four C-130 aircraft in a series of send-off ceremonies that concluded May 7.The 94th Airlift Wing transitioned from an Air Education and Training Command mission to an Air Mobility Command mission in 2011. This is

  • Technology improves rescue support for rocket launches

    The 45th Space Wing successfully launched a communications satellite onboard an Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on May 4. As the rocket lit up the sky and was hurled into space, personnel from the 920th Rescue Wing stood by and watched, knowing their part of the mission had

  • 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

  • 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