Jan. 7, 2023 AFRC Commander Kicks off 2023 Road Show in Alaska The commander of Air Force Reserve Command kicked off his 2023 command road show here with a Jan 6-7 visit to the 477th Fighter Group, an associate unit that flies and maintains the F-22A Raptor fighter jet alongside active duty Airmen.
Sept. 13, 2022 B-1s border the Arctic for Baked Alaskan; enhance ACE practices Two B-1B Lancers and approximately 50 Airmen assigned to Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, engaged in an Agile Combat Employment exercise, Baked Alaskan, at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, Sept. 9-10, 2022.
Sept. 11, 2022 920th Rescue Wing hosts change of command ceremony Col. Jesse Hamilton took command of the 920th Rescue Wing from Col. John Dobbin in a change of command ceremony held here September 11.Maj. Gen. Bryan Radliff, 10th Air Force commander, presided over the ceremony and highlighted the importance of the rescue wing’s mission to the success of combat
Aug. 17, 2022 Wing exercise validates combat rescue sustainment functions More than 140 sustainment and operations Airmen from the 920th Rescue Wing established a temporary contingency location (TCL) in less than 24 hours here Aug. 1-10, 2022 to conduct the wing’s Distant Horizon exercise, which validated the multi-capable sustainment abilities of a Personnel Recovery
Aug. 9, 2022 New 920th tactics unleash .50-caliber aircraft weapons from contingency locations When United States military personnel are trapped in enemy territory every minute counts as danger approaches and when the 920th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron’s weapons specialists were tasked to find a way to use the wing’s HH-60G Pave Hawk weapons systems as a way to defend a contingency location
July 13, 2022 306th Rescue Squadron Airman awarded 2021 combat rescue officer of year award Captain Ryan Gilbert of the 306th Rescue Squadron was awarded the 2021 Air Force Special Warfare Combat Rescue Officer CGO of the Year award here this month.Air Force combat rescue officers are trained to lead special operations forces in conducting personnel and material recovery operations. While
July 7, 2022 920th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron receives 2021 AFRC maintenance section of year award The 920th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron was recently awarded the 2021 Air Force Reserve Command Maintenance Section of the Year award for maintaining exemplary combat readiness and for providing outstanding contributions to the Air Force Reserve mission from January 01, 2021 to December 31,
July 5, 2022 Maintenance squadron phase and letter checks keep aircraft mission ready The aircraft that carry out the 920th Rescue Wing’s mission of rescuing isolated personnel take on various levels of wear and tear and after hundreds of hours flying they require intensive maintenance known as letter checks, or phases, which the 920th Maintenance Squadron provides throughout the
June 30, 2022 720th Security Forces Squadron renamed 943rd Security Forces Squadron in ceremony The 720th Security Forces Squadron was renamed to the 943rd Security Forces Squadron in a ceremony here on June 10, 2022.The 943rd SFS was initially activated at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in February 2010. Since then they have been assigned under different numbered air forces and squadrons and
June 23, 2022 10 AF commander visits future 5th generation fighter wing Maj. Gen. Bryan R. Radliff, Tenth Air Force commander, toured the 301st Fighter Wing at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, June 3-5.