June 2, 2021

AFRC launches Digital Age Resiliency tool on AF Connect

Reserve Citizen Airmen are now able to access Developing Resilient Leader, or DRL, content on demand on any device from one easy-to-access location on the Air Force Connect app. The DRL Digital Age Learning Content Wall of the Air Force Reserve Command’s AF Connect page was designed to be an easy-to-access and user-friendly hub for DRL-related information, documents and links. The content will provide resiliency material for AFRC’s 74,000 Airmen, with new content added on a scheduled basis for commanders to use and present as needed.

June 1, 2021

Airman’s Foundational Competencies: An Air Force Initiative

In this episode of The Air Force Starts Here podcast, we explore the Airman’s Foundational Competencies. The Air Force has identified 24 Airman’s foundational competencies for all Airmen, as part of a systematic competency-based approach to develop the force. In to episode 51 of "The Air Force Starts Here" podcast we speak with Col. Mark Coggins, competencies division chief, and Maj. Gen. William Spangenthal, AETC deputy commander, about the first category of developing self.

May 26, 2021

Air Force releases updated fitness test score breakdown

WASHINGTON (AFNS) — Without the waist measurement as a scored component, push-ups and sit-ups will increase from 10 to 20 points each, while the 1.5-mile run will remain at 60 points. Scoring will fall into five-year age groups, as opposed to the previous 10.

May 25, 2021

Multi-unit maintainer workshop pools expertise

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — The 315th Maintenance Group hosted its first maintenance resource workshop involving a dozen bases between units from Air Force Reserve Command and the National Guard, May 12 to 13, at the North Charleston Coliseum, North Charleston, South Carolina. The 315 resource workshop brought the units together to formulate partnership, identify issues among the groups requiring resolution and formulate solutions.

May 19, 2021

Scobee highlights Reserve contributions during Senate hearing

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, chief of the Air Force Reserve, and his counterparts from the Marines, Army, Navy and National Guard testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Defense during a hearing May 18.

May 18, 2021

Denali climbers hope to highlight importance of proactive resilience

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. — Five current and former Airmen - including two Air Force Reservists - who are planning to scale the highest mountain peak in North America beginning later this month, are hoping their expedition will put a spotlight on the importance of proactive resilience.

May 13, 2021

Not just crisis managers

LUKE AIR FORCE BASE, Ariz. — Holding a special duty that requires knowing the pulse of the unit and how to take care of Airmen through good times and stressful times takes a unique type of person. First Sergeants, also known as Shirts, are those unique people who dedicate themselves to the welfare of their Airmen.

May 13, 2021

Air Force Reserve led KC-46A candidate bases announced

Today the Department of the Air Force announced six candidate bases for future Reserve-led KC-46A Pegasus operations with plans for 12 permanently affixed aircraft to be stationed at the base chosen.

May 12, 2021

Burger promotes to Major General

ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. — In a promotion ceremony Matthew J. Burger, Air Force Reserve Command deputy commander, was promoted to Major General on May 11. The ceremony was officiated by Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, Chief or the Air Force Reserve and commander of the Air Force Reserve Command, in the AFRC Headquarters building on Robins Air Force Base in Georgia. Maj. Gen. Burger is responsible for the daily operations of the command, consisting of approximately 70,000 Reserve Citizen Airmen and more than 300 aircraft among three Numbered Air Forces, 34 flying wings, 10 flying groups, a space wing, a cyber wing and an intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance wing.

May 5, 2021

Scobee testifies before House Appropriations Committee

WASHINGTON — Reserve Component and Congressional members discussed specific Reserve missions, modernization, mental health, diversity and the fiscal 2022 budget. In addition, Scobee touted the many accomplishments of Reserve Citizen Airmen in a year marked by challenges.