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AFRC News

  • Employers tour 403rd Wing, Keesler

    The 403rd Wing hosted 15 employers of Air Force reservists from across the nation as part of the Air Force Reserve Command Employer Appreciation Day May 20. Citizen Airmen nominated their employers for the event, which gave the employers the opportunity to learn about the missions of the Employer

  • AES prepares for disaster

    Members of the 315th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron participated in a National Disaster Medical System exercise May 18 at Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport.The training exercise, which has taken place annually for more than five years, is conducted in order to efficiently receive,

  • Joint Reserve Intelligence Center holds ribbon cutting ceremony

    The Joint Reserve Intelligence Center, Minneapolis (JRIC) held a ribbon cutting ceremony here Friday. Rear Adm. Daniel MacDonnell, commander of the Naval Information Forces Reserve, hosted approximately 60 people at the event. Special guests included: Brig. Gen. Christie Nixon, Military Intelligence

  • Memorial run honors fallen APS Airmen

    The 70th Aerial Port Squadron participated in the 3rd annual Port Dawg Memorial 5K at Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida May 14.Each year members of the Aerial Port community meet on bases and other locations around the world to honor fallen Aerial Porters in a 3.1069-mile run. “Port Dawg is a

  • 'Apples to oranges'

    Team awarded for modeling tool that compares Reserve and active-duty manpower costs

  • Trials, tribulations, triumph

    Dobbins Airmen gathered at Verhulst Hall, May 14, to listen to Hershel Greenblat speak about his Holocaust survival during World War II.Born inside a cave in Ukraine, Greenblat spent his first year and a half underground while his parents fought with resistance groups. He stressed the importance of

  • Niagara Airmen, aircraft leave for deployment

    May 9 marked the first time since Desert Storm that a four-ship fly away of C-130 Hercules aircraft took place here. It was also the last, as the 914th Airlift Wing prepares to transition to the KC-135 Stratotanker refueling mission.That final departure leaves behind a legacy of more than 40 years

  • AF Reserve, ANG Airmen prepare for 2016 wildland fire season

    More than 400 Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Airmen from across the country gathered May 2-6 to be certified on the military’s Modular Airborne Fire Fighting System, known as MAFFS, in preparation for the 2016 wildland fire season.Airmen from four ANG wings, together with the AF Reserve’s

  • Hill F-35s form up for combat training

     F-35 pilots here began flying routine four-ship combat training missions at the Utah Test and Training range in the west desert this week.Active duty and Reserve pilots from the 388th and 419th Fighter Wings will use the jet’s intricate computer network to evade a series of simulated threats.

  • Team Dobbins competes in Savage Race

    Your heart is pumping, adrenaline rushing, and you’re pushing to your limit as you trek through an unfamiliar, wooded terrain. Your wingmen are at your side experiencing the same challenges, but still encouraging you to press forward. Your shoes are full of mud, your clothes soaked and clinging to