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AFRC News

  • Remembering Desert Storm - Where we are today in the Total Force Continuum

    “See all those contrails heading north, Captain?” the salty lieutenant colonel asked me on Jan. 16, 1991. “Yes sir!” I replied flying as a brand new aircraft commander in the C-141B Starlifter.The contrails covered the darkening sky and seemed like hundreds of fingers reaching north into Iraq to

  • Grissom Airmen share their Desert Storm stories

    Jan. 16 marks the 25th Anniversary of Desert Storm and Airmen from Grissom were there to fuel the fight.Operating out of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, members of the 434th Air Refueling Wing joined coalition forces to launch a crippling air campaign against Iraqi forces who invaded Kuwait.In all, nearly one

  • Luke Airmen remember Gulf War

    It's been 25 years since the world's nations rallied together in support of the Gulf War. Operation Desert Shield saw the buildup of troops in the Persian Gulf in defense of Saudi Arabia which led to the combat phase known as Operation Desert Storm.Several 944th Fighter Wing Airmen remember seeing

  • A look back at Desert Storm

    Operation Desert Storm was an exceptional example of Total Force integration in support of combat operations with an all-volunteer force.Jan. 16, 2016, marks the 25th anniversary of Desert Storm, the coalition effort to free Kuwait from the grips of an Iraq invasion force. Below are some factoids on

  • Scott Reserve wing gets new medical clinic

    The 932nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron commemorated the opening of their newly-renovated clinic at Scott Air Force Base with a ribbon-cutting ceremony Jan. 11.The ceremony marked completion of construction and the official unveiling of the long-awaited facility on the fourth floor of the 375th

  • Gold medal moment for CAP honoree

    Maj. Gen. Stayce D. Harris, Commander, 22nd Air Force, Air Force Reserve Command, presented a Congressional Gold Medal to Ms. Cecelia Bell during a ceremony Jan. 7, at the Milestone Senior Living Facility in Faribault, Minn. honoring Ms. Bell for her service in the Civil Air Patrol during World War

  • Incentive flight broadens mission understanding

    Outstanding performers in the 927th Air Refueling Wing here got to experience their mission in a more personal way during an refueling flight Jan. 9.The 63rd Air Refueling Squadron took the wing’s stellar Airmen on an incentive flight to observe the KC-135 crew refuel a C-17 Globemaster from Joint

  • Rescue wing retiring aging HC-130s

    With no fanfare other than the fading rumble of its four turbo-prop engines, one of Patrick's well-worn HC-130P/N King aircraft - number 65-00976 - disappeared into the afternoon sky heading into retirement at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base's 309th Aerospace Maintenance and Regeneration Group, the

  • New maintenance trainer aircraft arrives

    The 919th Special Operations Wing maintainers welcomed their newest aircraft here Jan. 5. The aircraft’s arrival brings an official start to the wing’s newest mission set.The white and blue C-146 Wolfhound touched down to its new home on the Duke flightline. The aircraft is scheduled to be used

  • Air Force takes center stage at Armed Forces Bowl

    NAVAL AIR STATION FORT WORTH JOINT RESERVE BASE, Texas - Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III receives the Great American Patriot Award during the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl at Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, Texas, Dec. 29. Welsh received the award in recognition of exemplary