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24 Mar 2021
Behind the Braids: Reservists play key role in first women's hair policy change in 70 years
Reserve Citizen Airmen have been instrumental in helping bring about the first major change in the Air Force’s women’s hair policy since the late 1940s.
24 Mar 2021
HQ ARPC introduces monthly evaluations training courses
The Headquarters Air Reserve Personnel Center’s evaluations branch hosted virtual training sessions for more than 1,000 service members and civilian employees during the first quarter of calendar year 2021. The training has consisted of an in-depth review of the Air Force Forms 910, 911, 912 and 707.
24 Mar 2021
Still Answering the Call: More aeromed specialists deploy to support pandemic
The 36th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, has been called upon once again to deploy personnel to multiple locations in support of the fight against COVID-19.
24 Mar 2021
A New Level of Realism: Luke Reservists ramp up combat casualty training
Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 944th Fighter Wing’s Aeromedical Staging Squadron took combat casualty training to a new level of realism during a January training event at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.
24 Mar 2021
Pegasus Proficient: Aeromedical Reservists receive initial KC-46A training
Reserve Citizen Airmen assigned to the 433rd Airlift Wing’s Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, trained for the first time aboard a KC-46A Pegasus March 8-10, to learn and practice their aeromedical skills on the new aircraft.
24 Mar 2021
Personnel Changes Are Coming: Reservists urged to claim their AFIPPS account in 2021
One of the Air Force’s top priorities is taking care of its people. With between 50,000 and 60,000 pay problems a year plaguing the force and hindering Airmen from focusing on the mission, the service realized there was a big problem.
24 Mar 2021
The Globemaster: Reservists reflect on C-17 as fleet reaches four million flying hours
In January, the U.S. Air Force celebrated the four millionth flying hour of the C-17 Globemaster III at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina.
24 Mar 2021
It Can Be Done: The sky is the limit for med tech-turned-pilot
Lt. Col. Jesse Hildebrand smiled as he read the opening passage from Edgar Guest’s poem, “It Couldn’t Be Done.” The limerick is a favorite of the native Texan and it seems to capture his life’s philosophy in prose.
24 Mar 2021
The Future Work Environment: AFRC mapping out a tomorrow highlighted by more alternative workspace arrangements
Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020, Air Force Reserve Command was dipping its toes into the pool of telework work and other alternative workspace arrangements. The pandemic pushed the command into the deep end, forcing AFRC to immediately shift to a work-from-home business model.
24 Mar 2021
A New Capability: 920th Rescue Wing executes first high-speed, air-to-air refuel
Testing the capabilities of the HC-130J Combat King II aircraft, the 920th Rescue Wing’s 39th Rescue Squadron, Patrick Space Force Base, Florida, made history by successfully completing its first ever high-speed air-to-air refuel with Marine Corps F/A-18 Hornet fighter aircraft Feb. 23.

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Behind the Braids: Reservists play key role in first women's hair policy change in 70 years

HQ ARPC introduces monthly evaluations training courses

Still Answering the Call: More aeromed specialists deploy to support pandemic

A New Level of Realism: Luke Reservists ramp up combat casualty training

Pegasus Proficient: Aeromedical Reservists receive initial KC-46A training

Personnel Changes Are Coming: Reservists urged to claim their AFIPPS account in 2021

The Globemaster: Reservists reflect on C-17 as fleet reaches four million flying hours

It Can Be Done: The sky is the limit for med tech-turned-pilot

The Future Work Environment: AFRC mapping out a tomorrow highlighted by more alternative workspace arrangements

A New Capability: 920th Rescue Wing executes first high-speed, air-to-air refuel

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