May 24, 2016 Q & A with AFRC Commander TINKER AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. - Lt. Gen. James “JJ” Jackson, Chief of Air Force Reserve and Commander, Air Force Reserve Command visited Tinker Air Force Base Reserve units and members in the Reserve Officer Association here May 14. The 507th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs office was able to
May 11, 2016 Hill Airmen return from Afghanistan Nearly 300 active duty and Reserve Airmen assigned to the 421st Fighter Squadron, known as the Black Widows, returned here Tuesday following a nearly eight-month deployment to Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan.
May 10, 2016 B-21 naming contest moves to next phase Submission entries for the B-21 bomber naming contest concluded May 5. Active, Guard, Reserve and civilian Airmen, along with their dependents, submitted more than 4,600 entries in response to the contest announced by Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James during the Air Force Association Air Warfare
April 28, 2016 419th first sergeant named best in AFRC Senior Master Sgt. Matthew Mason, 419th Maintenance Squadron, was named Air Force Reserve Command’s First Sergeant of the Year at a ceremony in Jacksonville, Florida, April 16. In 2015, Mason dedicated more than 500 hours of personal time to taking care of Airmen and their families. He identified
March 11, 2016 AFRC nominates Breazeale, wife for O'Malley Award Air Force Reserve Command recently announced its nominees for the 2016 General and Mrs. Jerome F. O'Malley Award, and the 301st Fighter Wing commander and spouse team took the spot.Col. John Breazeale, 301st Fighter Wing commander, and Mrs. Karen Breazeale earned the nomination based upon their
March 10, 2016 MyVector - not just another tool MyVector, an Information Technology platform that supports mentorship, is not just another Air Force tool. It is a way to change our Air Force culture to be a more mentor-centric environment.MyVector rolled out on July 10, 2015 and since that time more than 120,000 users have registered. Out of
Feb. 29, 2016 Hill's F-35s drop first weapons Airmen from the 388th and 419th fighter wings dropped laser-guided bombs at the Utah Test and Training Range the week of Feb. 25, marking the first time an F-35 Lightning II combat unit has deployed weapons from the F-35A.
Feb. 26, 2016 Air Force reveals B-21 Long Range Strike Bomber Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James revealed the first rendering of the Long Range Strike Bomber, designated the B-21, at the Air Force Association’s Air Warfare Symposium Feb. 26 in Orlando, Fla., and announced the Air Force will be taking suggestions from Airmen to help decide the name of the