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AFRC News

  • Veteran campaigns for remembrance

    While pundits all over the nation recently ended frenzied campaigns in races for political office, one man continues at a slow, but steady pace on his campaign for America. One that's taken years, which he hopes will never end.His campaign: remembrance."I came here to talk about what happened to me

  • Reserve units stand up force support squadrons

    In the coming months, reservists serving in mission support and services career fields will realign under force support squadrons in the Air Force Reserve Command.A mix of mission support and services units received authorization Oct. 15 to inactivate or change their unit designation. The result is

  • Holiday packages destined for AOR must be mailed earlier

    "Mail early" is the advice the U.S. Postal Service is offering to those sending holiday packages overeas. The deadlines for mailing holiday packages for arrival by Dec. 25 are: Nov. 26 for space-available mail; Dec. 3 for parcel airlift mail; Dec. 10 for priority mail and first-class mail,

  • Youngstown team wins AFRC Force Support Readiness Competition

    Members from the 910th Force Support Squadron Readiness Flight won first place in the 2010 Air Froce Reseve Command Force Support Readiness Competition here Nov. 1-4.FSS members competed against other Airmen from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., Duke Field, Fla., Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, and

  • Ludacris entertains troops at Ft Meade

    Three-time Grammy winner and multi-platinum rapper Ludacris thrilled a crowd of about 1,300 people at the Fort Meade Pavilion in Maryland on Nov. 6, 2010. The show was part of Air Force Reserve Command Recruiting Service's Stateside Tour for the Troops series of concerts and special events.Tour for

  • Chief of Staff recognizes chief of Air Force Week, hometown heroes

    The Chief of Staff of the Air Force, Gen. Norton A. Schwartz, recognized Air Force Reservist, Lt. Col. John Brodeur, director of Cocoa Beach Air Force Week 2010, among many, during a capstone senior leader dinner at the historic Cocoa Beach Pier, Oct. 30, 2010. With well over 35,000 Airmen currently

  • Minneapolis-St. Paul named aerial port 'Top Dawg'

    A C-130 Hercules roared in the wind to the far left of the flight line.  A C-5 was to the far right. In between were hundreds of Air Force Reserve Command personnel, mostly aerial porters. The atmosphere smelled of overcooked barbeque. Ear plugs diffused the deep vibrations only to softly tickle the

  • Port Dawg Challenge tests skills, strengthens camaraderie

    Out on the tarmac, noise from a C-130 Hercules drowns out the sounds of morning. Its four engines are still running, with no plans to stop. Five Air Force Reservists brave the hot gusts from the jet's propellers and rush toward the ramp, which they lower to the ground. The Airmen load a humvee and a