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AFRC News

  • Reserve Citizen Airmen maintain aircraft

    Tech. Sgt. Kevin Lancaster supervises Staff Sgt. William Parker, 403rd Fabrication Flight aircraft structure mechanic, drills a hole in the engine bulkhead of a WC-130J Super Hercules aircraft at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., Aug. 24, 2021. The flight is responsible for aircraft structural

  • 343rd Bomb Squadron participates in unique Red Flag exercise

    Members of the 343rd Bomb Squadron, an Air Force Reserve unit, integrated with the 20th Bomb Squadron, an active-duty unit, to participate in Red Flag 21-3 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, earlier this month.Red Flag exercises typically bring together several coalition forces and U.S. service

  • Video: LRS reservist talks path to becoming American Airman

    HILL AIR FORCE BASE, Utah -- Senior Airman Anita Chigala Oluwanifemi Wilson, materiel management specialist in the 419th Logistics Readiness Squadron, talks about the odds she defied on the path to becoming an American Airman, and how she found a second family within the military.Watch the video on

  • Reserve medic puts Air Force training into action

    Sunday, May 23, 2021, didn’t go quite as Senior Airman Holly Lee expected it to.Though she was excited for her nephew to be born soon, the sequence of events leading up to his birth did not go according to expectations. What should have been a normal, quiet Sunday instead came to life with a

  • COVID-19 Vaccine: What Airmen should know

    The delta variant of the coronavirus has spread across the Mississippi Gulf Coast causing a surge in cases and an increase in hospitalizations.The devastating effects of COVID-19 on patients is something Master Sgt. Felicia Johnson, an Air Force Reserve medic with the 403rd Aeromedical Staging

  • A helping heart: Reserve Citizen Airman provides for children in need

    Most people don't share their toothbrush, not even with another family member.But that exact situation is what spurred Tech. Sgt. Eric Porth to start a donation drive for children in low-income families in Shreveport and Bossier City, Louisiana.Porth, a fuel systems craftsman with the 307th Aircraft

  • Staff Sgt. Kristy Riley: Shining Example of Air Force Core Values

    Reserve Citizen Airman Staff Sgt. Kristy L. Riley, 924th Maintenance Squadron Munitions Flight combat plans training supervisor, from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tucson, Arizona was recognized at Air Force Reserve Command Headquarters level as their Airman of the Year, moving on to be selected as

  • Homestead adjusts to COVID-19 realities

    COVID-19 had been a moving target as Homestead Air Reserve Base continues to combat the virus. HARB has closely followed Department of Defense and Centers for Disease and Prevention protocols while providing testing and vaccinations on base. This includes checking all personnel’s temperature as they