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AFRC News

  • A Kodiak Moment

    (Editor’s note: As the Air Force Reserve celebrates its 68th birthday this month, the service is also celebrating more than 50 years of being a good neighbor in communities throughout the United States and the world. For years, Air Force Reservists have been helping people in need in underserved

  • Reserve officer being recognized for intervening in stabbing

    City officials in Newport News, Virginia, are planning to formally recognize an Air Force reservist who intervened in a dispute that resulted in the stabbing of a local woman.Capt. Erick of the 718th Intelligence Squadron at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, was on his way home after a unit

  • Reserve units supporting Patriot Hook exercise

    This year marks the 29th iteration of the annual Patriot Hook exercise. The Air Force Reserve's 433rd Airlift Control Flight (ALCF) based at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, is serving as the lead agency, while other participating Air Force Reserve units include the 452nd Air Mobility Wing at

  • ARPC member recognized as AFRC Airman of the Year

    Staff Sgt. Mitchell Ciccarelli, Air Reserve Personnel Center casualty service technician, was presented the 2015 Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command Airman of the Year by Lt. Gen. James F. Jackson, chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command, at the AFRC Outstanding

  • Combat Aviation Advisors: Strong, silent, professional

    A small team of Airmen arrive at a foreign airfield as the sun peaks over the horizon. They have been flying for hours and fighting their internal clocks to stay awake. They are Air Commandos, Combat Aviation Advisors, and they are the quiet professionals.“We have to be strong, but silent,” explains

  • Air Force Reserve: 68 years strong

    Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James spoke to the importance of total force integration during the Air Force Reserve’s 68th birthday celebration April 14 at the Pentagon.

  • AF leaders celebrate AF Reserve Birthday

    Celebrating the Air Force Reserve's 68th birthday during a April 14, 2016, Pentagon ceremony are, from left, Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody, Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James, Master Sgt. Kandi Costa, Lt. Gen. James F.

  • AF names candidate bases, criteria for choosing next F-35A sites

    Air Force officials announced April 12 that Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona; Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida; Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas; and Whiteman AFB, Missouri, are candidate bases for the first Reserve-led F-35A Lightning II location.