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AFRC News

  • Basic Military Training needs Reserve instructors

    Click, clack. Click, clack. You hear the taps on the boots colliding with the pavement, in a rhythmic pattern coming towards you. Your spine stiffens, and you notice the shadow of the Smokey the Bear hat looming over your shoulder, you immediately know you are in the presence of the one who taught

  • Air Force Reserve Command screening board scheduled April 10

    The CY12 Air Force Reserve Command Screening Board is scheduled to convene at the Air Reserve Personnel Center April 10.The RCSB will nominate eligibles for consideration for wing commander, vice wing commander, operations group commander, space wing commander, space operations group commander,

  • Airmen halt nighttime training ops to aid accident victims

    Combat-search-and-rescue Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing here halted their nighttime training operations at a remote drop zone in Central Florida to transport accident victims to the hospital.Four people were injured, one seriously, when their airboat flipped on the St. John's River, approximately

  • Rescue Airmen return home after saving lives

    Approximately 70 Reserve Airman from the 920th Rescue Wing here returned home Feb. 6 and 7 after a five-month deployment to Afghanistan as part of a combat-search-and-rescue team supporting Operation Enduring Freedom.Helicopter pilots, aircrew, pararescuemen, maintenance and support personnel were

  • Reservists continue Haiti humanitarian relief

    Reservists from the 315th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. delivered almost 56,000 lbs. of humanitarian aid to the island nation of Haiti this weekend.The three-day mission involved two C-17 Globemaster III aircraft delivering medical supplies, food, clothing, a van and construction

  • Force structure changes affect 14 states

    The Air Force plans to retire 82 Air Force Reserve Command aircraft and make other changes in the command in the next few years, according to Pentagon officials Feb. 3. States impacted are Alabama, Arkansas, California, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Mississippi, New York, North

  • Stenner: 2012 will be a dynamic year

    Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., commander of Air Force Reserve Command and chief of the Air Force Reserve discusses the dynamics of 2012 in his quarterly video message. Other topics include the upcoming force structure announcements and the implications for the command. It concludes with a unit

  • Reserve forces vital to new DOD strategy say senior leaders

    Developing the right balance of regular, Reserve and Guard forces is the key to fulfilling the president's new defense strategy and making budget decisions to shape the Air Force's future, said senior leaders during the Reserve Officer Association 2012 National Security Seminar, held Jan. 29 through

  • Ohio Reserve wing bids farewell to C-5 mission

    The last C-5 Galaxy assigned to the 445th Airlift Wing took its final flight Jan. 31, 2012, when it flew to its resting place in Arizona. The aircraft executed one last touch-n-go as a final hurrah before ascending into the Ohio skies towards Arizona. Tail number 70-0457 now sits at its new home,

  • 512th Airman, Family Readiness best in DoD

    Department of Defense Officials announced Jan. 11 that the 512th Airman and Family Readiness is the recipient of the 2011 Reserve Family Readiness Award.The DoD award recognizes one unit from each of the seven Reserve components that maintain the best family support program."Family readiness is