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AFRC News

  • 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

  • Reserve KC-135s to begin upgrades in February

    KC-135R Stratotankers operated by the 507th Air Refueling Wing are scheduled to be the first Air Force Reserve Command tankers to be retrofitted with the new KC-135 Block 45 upgrade at the Oklahoma City Air Logistics Complex here in February 2016.The latest KC-135 upgrade, called Block 45, will

  • Reservists support historic launch, landing of rocket

    Helicopter aircrews from the 920th Rescue Wing held their hover near Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station while a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket blasted skyward at 8:29 p.m. Dec. 21.On board the Falcon were 11 communications satellites, which were to be placed into low-Earth orbit (LEO)

  • AF Reserve kicks off inaugural Celebration Bowl

    The North Carolina A&T Aggies defeated the Alcorn State Braves to become the first ever Air Force Reserve Celebration Bowl champions at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta, Dec. 19. “You don’t get opportunities like this very often,” said Maj. Gen. Richard Haddad, Air Force Reserve Command vice commander.

  • Air Force Reserve Command realigns three units

    Air Force Reserve Command announced organizational assignment changesthat will realign several units within the command’s numbered air forces. Two organizations were reassigned Dec. 10. The 932nd AirliftWing, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, was reassigned from Fourth Air Force,March Air Reserve

  • Command announces 2015 Financial Management Awards

    Air Force Reserve Command has announced the 2015 Outstanding Financial Management and Comptroller Award winners. The 512th Airlift Wing Financial Management Office, Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, is the Financial Management Comptroller Organization of the Year.The 943rd Rescue Group FMA,

  • Refueling "Spirit" in the sky

    Grissom's KC-135R Stratotankers can transfer more fuel in eight minutes than a gas station can pump in 24 hours, but its ability to transfer that fuel after dark moving at speeds up to 500 mph is truly amazing.The 72nd and 74th Air Refueling Squadrons conduct around the clock operations and training

  • Reservist helps save life

    Senior Airman Nick Heter, a 303rd Fighter Squadron traditional reservist, is also student at Kansas State University majoring in pre-med. His two careers came together recently when he helped save a life. "I was leaving the game," Heter recalled. "Out

  • 43 Patrick Citizen Airmen earn CCAF degrees

    Forty three Reserve Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing here graduated with an associate's degree from the Community College of the Air Force Dec. 5.During the ceremony, Col. Paul "Brett" Howard, 920th RQW vice commander, presented diplomas while 920th RQW Command Chief Tim Bianchi presented special