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AFRC News

  • Grissom maintainer earns a spot at Air Force Academy

    Three men of the Blue family share two things in common: they each have the first name Kenneth and each share a proud history of military service. However, only one of them is a son of Grissom and is headed to the Air Force Academy. For now, Kenneth Blue III is an aircraft guidance and controls

  • Patriot Warrior prepares firefighters for critical combat role

    Military firefighters from across the country traveled to Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Georgia, recently to participate in specialized firefighting training as a part of Patriot Warrior to help prepare them for their combat role in a deployed environment.

  • Grissom personnel help support Yellow Ribbon event

    Having supported nearly every major contingency since Operation Desert Storm, the 434th Air Refueling Wing at Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind. is no stranger to deployments, but a recent opportunity allowed members of the unit to provide support in another way.Eighteen Airmen and civilians from the

  • TCTO sends Airmen into KC-135R “hellhole”

    No maintainer enjoys being required to climb into the small compartment, often called the “hellhole,” in the tail of a KC-135R Stratotanker, even if it just for a short time.

  • Grissom remembers 9/11

    More than 500 Grissom Airmen, firefighters and civilians joined Americans around the world Sept. 11, to pay their remember and pay their respect to the victims of 9/11.

  • Grissom tankers refuel Thunderbird

    Two Grissom KC-135R Stratotankers had the rare privilege of refueling an aircraft from the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, also known as the Thunderbirds, Sept. 7.

  • Grissom hosts ESGR Bosslift

    Thirty-seven employers visited Grissom Aug. 18-19, 2016 for an employer orientation experience designed to show what reservists and guardsmen do when they are away from their civilian jobs.

  • Grissom command chief saves life

    Descending the escalator at the Indianapolis International Airport, it was just a normal Thursday night for Chief Master Sgt. Robert Herman, 434th Air Refueling Wing command chief.He was going through the motions of Thursday nights before a unit training assembly, waiting for his baggage, when he

  • Employers go airborne

    U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Jeff Henry, a boom operator from the 434th Air Refueling Wing, Grissom Air Reserve Base, Ind., answers a question from Rachel Thrasher prior to refueling a B-52 Stratofortress May 14, 2016. Thrasher took part in the Employer Appreciation Day hosted by the 307th Bomb