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AFRC News

  • Cyber gladiator battles community need

    One of the 960th Cyber Operations Group's CyberGladiators is battling community need by going above and beyond as an avidvolunteer.Maj. Brett Bonin, a Cyber Command & Control Mission Systemsenior duty officer, assigned to the 854th Combat Operations Squadron here, is athree-time awardee of the

  • Hill Total Force F-16s rotate to Afghanistan

    About 400 Airmen from Hill Air Force Base are currently serving on a six-month deployment to Afghanistan to carry out F-16 operations.Nearly 70 reservists from the 419th Fighter Wing and their active-duty counterparts in the 388th Fighter Wing arrived at Bagram Airfield Oct. 28 in support of

  • Commander speaks at A/TA Convention

    Lt. Gen. James F. Jackson, chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander, Air Force Reserve Command, speaks about the future of the Air Force Reserve during the 47th Annual Airlift/Tanker Association Convention in Orlando, Fla., Oct. 31. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Shandresha Mitchell/Released)

  • Westover not chosen as preferred KC-46A base

    Air Force officials announced Thursday that Westover is no longer a prime candidate to be the first reserve-led KC-46A Pegasus main operating base. Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, has now been slotted as the preferred base. The KC-46s are expected to begin arriving in 2019.Westover

  • Honoring Korean War veterans

    Members from the 18th Fighter Bomb Wing Association gathered at the Double TreeHotel in downtown San Antonio Oct. 24 to award 25 Korean War Veterans with theRepublic of Korea Ambassador for Peace Medal.The commemorative medal wascreated by the South Korean government as a show of thanks and

  • AF Reservists join effort to rescue missing men

    Air Force reservistsjoined forces with local volunteer search and rescue organizations to rescue twomen who went missing Oct. 25.The call for help came Oct. 26 from the Clackamas County Sherriff's office requestingassistance to help locate two men who were overdue by 6 hours after they wentwild

  • Partnership brings Feel the Heat back to Youngstown

    In partnership with the American Red Cross Lake to River Chapter, Youngstown Air Reserve Station (YARS) hosted the second annual Feel the Heat event here, Oct. 22, 2015. The purpose of Feel the heat is to exercise and demonstrate the collaborative response capabilities of the Red Cross and 910th

  • Vance bids farewell to long-serving T-38 pilot

    He was among the first, and now, he’s the last.Lt. Col. Darren “Shead” McTee, a T-38 instructor pilot with the 5th Flying Training Squadron, retired Oct. 22, as the last of the initial cadre that helped stand up the Air Force Reserve Instructor Pilot Associate at Vance.McTee leaves as a legend. He’s

  • Reservist runs 74 miles in memory of fallen Airman

    In an effort to raise money for families of fallen Airmen, one reservist pushed herself to complete a 74-mile run around Lake Tahoe, Oct. 7-8. Maj. Jenny Poisson,  Individual Mobilization Augmentee to Air Force Senior Scientist for Information Assurance, Edwards Air Force Base, California, raised

  • AF Reserve set to reactivate bomb group

    The Air Force Reserve plans to reactivate the 489th Bomb Group and associated elements during an Oct. 17 ceremony at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas.The bomb group reactivation includes the 345th Bomb Squadron, the 489th Maintenance Squadron and the 489th Aerospace Medical Fight.The 489th BG is a