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    COVID-19: Important Information for Reserve Citizen Airmen

    In an effort to inform Reserve Citizen Airmen and their families with facts on COVID-19 effects, Air Force Reserve leaders encourage all to visit the Air Force’s COVID-19 web page for the latest on the virus and how it is effecting the service. The site contains the latest DoD and Air Force guidance, news, and links to helpful resources from the Centers for Disease Control, Department of State, Department of Defense, Department of Health and Human Services, travel advisories, frequently asked questions and answers, COVID-19 affected activities and gatherings, and health protection measures.
  • Share Your Adventure

    Share Your Adventure: help the Reserve team grow through testimony

    The peer referral program is the lead source generator for AFRC RS with one of four people referred by current Reservists joining the Air Force Reserve and is replacing the command’s Get1Now campaign. As manning levels continue to increase for AFRC and other branches of service and the nation’s economy continues to be strong, Share Your Adventure is a vital program to help recruiters gather quality leads and assure AFRC has the manning it needs to excel in its mission to fly, fight and win.
  • On Sunday, July 22, 2018, SpaceX, a commercial leader in aerospace, successfully launched the Telstar 19 VANTAGE satellite from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. Prior to the launch, Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing, Patrick Air Force Base, Florida, took off in an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter, to secure the Eastern Range ensuring there was no one in harm's way while the rocket lifted off. As the rocket was launching at 1:50 a.m., an additional Pave Hawk with the 920th's fleet, is shown parked on the PAFB tarmac. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Wes Henry)

    Reserve Citizen Airmen support successful SpaceX rocket launch

    Reserve Citizen Airmen get the job done every day, whether it’s on the ground, in the air, at sea, or in this case—in space.On July 22 SpaceX, a commercial leader in aerospace, successfully launched the Telstar 19 VANTAGE satellite from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida.By launching this rocket, it provided an
  • A Charleston C-17 Globemaster III approaches to land June 27 while Staff Sgt. Martin Lilland, 556th RED HORSE at Hurlburt Field, Florida, and Senior Airman Darrien Anderson, 560th RED HORSE Squadron Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, position their lift to hang insulation and panels on a 4,800 square-foot preengineered building building to store RED HORSE construction equipment and gear. Rapid Engineer Deployable, Heavy Operational Repair Squadron, Engineer (RED HORSE) squadrons provide the Air Force with a highly mobile civil engineering capability in support of contingency and special operations worldwide. They are self-sufficient, mobile squadrons that provide heavy construction support such as runway/facility construction, electrical upgrades, and equipment transport when requirements exceed normal base civil engineer capabilities and where Army engineer support is not readily available. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Michael Dukes)

    RED HORSE units team up for Charleston project

    A Charleston C-17 Globemaster III approaches to land June 27 while Staff Sgt. Martin Lilland, 556th RED HORSE at Hurlburt Field, Florida, and Senior Airman Darrien Anderson, 560th RED HORSE Squadron Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, position their lift to hang insulation and panels on a 4,800 square-foot preengineered building building to
  • Charleston Reservists flying a C-17 Globemaster III drop U.S. Army Paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade, and the British Army’s 16 Air Assault Brigade during large-scale airborne operations at Exercise Saber Junction 16 on the Maneuver Rights Area near Hohenfels, Germany, April 12, 2016. Over 1000 paratroopers and multiple Container Delivery Systems bundles were deployed to provide initial logistical support for follow on missions. Saber Junction 16 will evaluate and assess the readiness of the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade to conduct land operations in a joint, combined environment and to promote interoperability with participating Allied and partner nations. Countries participating in the exercise include Albania, Armenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Sweden, the United Kingdom and the United States. (U.S. Army photo by Visual Information Specialist Gertrud Zach/released)

    Charleston Reservists provide tactical airlift at Saber Junction 16

    Charleston Reservists fly two C-17 Globemaster IIIs to support the Army at Saber Junction 16 in Europe this month.
  • A a City of Coral Gables firetruck is loaded into the back of a Joint Base Charleston C-17 Globemaster III at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Fl. April 2. Reservists from 300th Airlift Squadron delivered the donated fire truck to to La Antigua, Guatemala as part of the Denton Cargo program. (Courtesy Photo)

    Charleston Reservists haul donated firetruck to Guatemala

    Reservist from the 300th Airlift Squadron flying a Joint Base Charleston C-17 Globemaster III delivered a donated fire truck from south Florida to Guatemala, April 2.The fire truck was donated by the city of Coral Gables, Florida, who recently added a new fire truck to their inventory.  The Joint Base Charleston Reservists flew to Homestead Air
  • Betty Cantrell, Miss America 2016, expresses gratitude to Citizen Airmen during her homecoming celebration in Warner Robins, Georgia, Nov. 14, 2015. (U.S. Air Force photo by Robert Helton)

    Miss America thanks Citizen Airmen

    Betty Cantrell, Miss America 2016, expresses gratitude to Citizen Airmen during her homecoming celebration in Warner Robins, Georgia, Nov. 14, 2015.
  • Swift Response 2015 was the largest combined airborne training on the continent since the end of the Cold War. The exercise included more than 4,800 participants from 11 NATO nations including Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Spain the United Kingdom and the United States. Three Air Force Reservists from the 302nd Airlift Wing deployed to Ramstein Air Base, Germany to direct air operations for the multinational training exercise. (Courtesy photo)

    Colorado reservists lead air ops for multinational exercise

    Air Force Reservists from the 302nd Airlift Wing here directed the air operations portion of the largest airborne training exercise in Europe since the end of the Cold War.Col. Erich Novak, 302nd AW vice commander, Lt. Col. Frank Wilde, 302nd Operations Group deputy commander, and Lt. Col. Bradley Ross, 302nd Operations Support Squadron, directed
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