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AFRC News

  • Reserve PJs continue search for a missing Portland hiker

    Seven Air Force Reserve pararescuemen from the 304th Rescue Squadron here are continuing the search for a 57-year-old hiker.The missing hiker was reported to the Clackamas County Sheriff's Department July 25 by his brother, which prompted a search by the sheriff's department. Realizing the extensive

  • Uruguayan air force pilots visit F-16 unit in Florida

    Five members of the Uruguay air force visited here July 26-28 and received briefings and orientation flights with the 93rd Fighter Squadron.Col. Sergio Gonzalez, commander of Uruguay's 2nd Air Brigade, said the pilots came to Homestead by invitation from the U.S. Air Force through the American

  • Air Force Reserve medics treat 8,000 patients in Dominican Republic

    Thirty-eight Air Force Reserve medics with the 512th Aerospace Medicine Squadron here provided free medical care to 8,363 patients as part of a Medical Readiness Training Exercise in the Dominican Republic July 10-24.The 512th Airlift Wing Airmen, as well as reservists from other units around the

  • Air Camp students visit Wright-Patt C-5 unit

    More than 40 middle school students got the chance to learn about C-5 Galaxy aircraft and speak with reservists from the 89th Airlift Squadron and 445th Airlift Wing during a base tour July 20. The students are from Air Camp, a locally sponsored, weeklong summer camp that offers instruction on

  • Chaplain candidates keep the faith during intense Air Force experience

    Thirty chaplain candidates, participating in the Air Force Chaplain Candidate Intensive Internship Program, arrived here July 24.Charleston AFB was the second stop for the candidates. They are touring five bases in four and a half weeks.The CCIIP tour is structured to give the candidates an in-depth

  • Air Force Reserve rescue wing deploys for naval exercise

    As the Rim of the Pacific exercise enters its final two weeks, more Air Force reservists from Patrick AFB have winged their way to Hawaii to participate.Two HC-130s Hercules aircraft and three HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopters from the 920th Rescue Wing arrived July 17. The HH-60s mid-air refueling

  • Air Force Reserve designing new Force Generation Center

    Air Force Reserve planners are designing an organization that will serve as the single path to request and receive, as well as oversee and deliver, Air Force Reserve forces and capability. Called the "Force Generation Center," the new unit is projected to begin initial operations in October and be

  • Air Force Reserve streamlines call-up process

    Air Force Reserve Command officials are proposing comprehensive changes to how reservists are managed and called to active duty based on lessons learned from nearly nine years of combat and surge operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.Collectively called "AFR 2012," this series of projects establishes a

  • Airmen listen to Voices of History

    Airmen from the 434th Air Refueling Wing gathered outside the boundaries of the base to hear the lessons from outside the boundaries of a generation.Veterans from World War II, spoke to a small crowd of Airmen and civic leaders during a special luncheon held in a pavilion at the Grissom