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AFRC News

  • Senior leaders provide update on strategic priorities

    Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, commander of Air Force Reserve Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Timothy White, AFRC’s command chief master sergeant, issued a memorandum for all Reserve Citizen Airmen November 30 titled AFR Strategic Priorities – Our Current Progress and Future Path. Here is the text of the

  • AFR's Hurricane Hunters unit weathers record storm season

    The 2020 Atlantic and Pacific hurricane seasons, at least technically, came to an end Nov. 30, and what a season it was.  The Atlantic side saw many records broken throughout the season, including dethroning 2005 and its 28 named storms as the busiest season on record with 30 named storms for this

  • Virtual Yellow Ribbon event strengthens spiritual fitness

    In the comfort of her Houston home, Tech. Sgt. Charita White rocked her newborn as she watched the virtual broadcast of the Air Force Reserve Yellow Ribbon event held Nov. 21-22.The event promotes the well-being of Reserve Citizen Airmen and their loved ones by connecting them with valuable

  • McConnell Reservists play in Checkered Flag

    Nineteen members of the 931st Air Refueling Wing, the Reserve component at McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas, participated in Checkered Flag 21-1, a large-scale aerial exercise hosted by the 325th Fighter Wing at Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida. The exercise began Nov. 2, and ended Nov. 11.Checkered

  • Palmetto Challenge: Total Force Readiness

    More than 100 Airmen, including Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 315th Airlift Wing, from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, participated in the Palmetto Challenge, a global mobilization exercise, at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., and Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina, Nov.

  • Little Rock Reserve maintainer is a C-130J lifeline

    Air Force Reserve Senior Amn Edward Hunter is a C-130J crew chief assigned the 913th Maintenance Squadron at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas. He was recently recognized by the commander of Air Mobility Command during a site visit, Oct. 19, 2020.

  • Fall issue of HOMEFRONT, AFR's Yellow Ribbon Program magazine available

    The Fall issue of HOMEFRONT, the Magazine of the Air Force Reserve Yellow Ribbon Program, is available electronically via the Air Force Reserve Command YRP webpage. This issue includes a feature story on the recent hybrid Yellow Ribbon Event conducted for the 624th Regional Support Group at Joint

  • 304th Rescue Squadron supporting search, rescue of downed civilian aircraft

    The 304th Rescue Squadron here sent three pararescue specialists to assist civilian agencies in locating a downed aircraft Nov. 18 near Mount Hood, Oregon.Just after 6 a.m. on Nov. 16, the Clackamas County Sheriff's Office was made aware of a small plane that may have crashed in a remote area of the

  • All hands on deck as 926th AMDS rolls out new system

    Logistics Health Incorporated helps 926th Aerospace Medical Squadron conduct physical health assessments as the migration over to Military Health System Genesis continues during the November Unit Training Assembly, Nov. 7, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

  • Drive-thru vaccination line keeps 919 SOW Airmen medically ready

    Capt. Lindsay Piechowiak, 919th SOMDS Infection Control Officer, organized a drive-thru flu shot line for the November unit training assembly to provide vaccinations for Citizen Air Commandos while following Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidelines to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.