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AFRC News

  • Air Force Reserve Rescuers support historic launch

    The U.S. Air Force Reserve's 920th Rescue Wing at nearby Patrick Air Force provided rescue and Eastern Range support for NASA's successful launch of the final scheduled flight of Space Shuttle Discovery February 24. The launch occurred at 4:50 p.m. (EDT) from Space Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy

  • AF Reserve takes over some duties during Pope Field changeover

    Fort Bragg's rich heritage will get a lift Tuesday as Pope Air Force Base becomes Pope Field, an Army operated facility supporting Air Force operations and merging the post's growing Army and joint force community.During a 10 a.m., ceremony to be held at Pope AFB's Hangar 4, the base will become

  • Loadmasters hone skills with baby bottles, toys

    When one C-17 Globemaster III left here Friday, there were a few more loadmasters aboard than usual. A training mission was in the works, but the extra hands were put to use for a humanitarian mission that coincided with the training.The aircrew landed at Langley AFB, Va., MacDill AFB, Fla., and

  • Reservists deliver humanitarian supplies to St. Lucia

    Reservists from the 315th Airlift Wing delivered more than 11,000 pounds of humanitarian aid to the island nation of St. Lucia Feb. 22.The mission involved a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft delivering humanitarian aid and school supplies valued at more than $72,000, courtesy of the Good News Project,

  • President recommends $5 billion budget for Air Force Reserve

    Under the Fiscal 2012 President's Budget Request announced Feb. 14, Air Force Reserve Command is slated to receive an annual operating budget of $5.019 billion starting in October.The FY12 budget includes $1.7 billion for military personnel, $3.27 billion for operations and maintenance to pay for

  • Family readiness center earns DOD award - again

    When Tech. Sgt. Horace Robinson and his family moved from Barksdale Air Force Base, La., to Westover ARB in June 2010, their lives fit in the back of a moving van.The Robinsons knew nothing about western Massachusetts, but the Westover Airman and Family Readiness Center here was ready to help the

  • Deployed total force unit setting records in Afghanistan

    The 815th Airlift Squadron is continuing to set records as part of the 772nd Expeditionary Airlift Squadron, a total force integrated unit at Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan. In January, the 772nd EAS flew 51 aerial delivery missions, besting a previous record of 40 in one month. The 815th, 345th,

  • March C-17 transports clothes, shoes to Kyrgyzstan

    More than 6,500 pounds of humanitarian goods were loaded onto an Air Force Reserve C-17 Globemaster III here Feb. 7. The C-17, from the 452nd Air Mobility Wing, March Air Reserve Base, Calif., was at Scott to pick up goods bound for Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, as part of the Denton Program, which

  • Dobbins aircrews clean up their act

    Members of the 94th Airlift Wing took part in aircrew decontamination training during the unit training assembly here Feb. 5-6. Aircrews were able to update their currency with U.S. Air Force chemical decontamination procedures during training that simulated a chemical warfare environment.