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  • Air Force Reserve Command honors annual Award winners for 2023

    Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) celebrated its Annual Award winners for 2023 during a ceremony in Washington, D.C. Each Airman, noncommissioned officer, senior noncommissioned officer, and first sergeant was nominated by their individual units, exemplifying the outstanding effort put forth by the

  • 22 ARW completes first 45-hour nonstop KC-46 flight around the world

    A 22nd Air Refueling Wing KC-46A Pegasus executed the world’s first nonstop, KC-46A Pegasus westbound circumnavigation endurance flight, called Project Magellan, June 29-July 1 starting and finishing here.This flight was the latest Maximum Endurance Operation (MEO) for the KC-46A Pegasus, Air

  • Department of the Air Force launches NIPRGPT

    As part of its ongoing modernization efforts, the Department of the Air Force chief information officer, in partnership with the Air Force Research Laboratory, is accelerating initiatives to provide Guardians, Airmen, civilian employees, and contractors the ability to responsibly experiment with

  • Juneteenth: an American celebration of freedom

    President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, declaring, “all persons held as slaves” within rebellious states “are, and henceforth shall be free.” However, it took two and half years for the word to reach Texas, the last bastion of Confederate power. It wasn’t

  • McConnell Airmen Prepare for Frontiers in Flight Airshow

    Eyes up, Wichita!Team McConnell is gearing up for the Frontiers in Flight Open House and Airshow, scheduled for Aug. 24-25. The U.S. Navy Blue Angels are the headline performers and last performed in Wichita 17 years ago.

  • Former KANZA Warrior becomes general

    (Left to right) Lt. Gen. John P. Healy, Chief of the Air Force Reserves, shakes hands with Brig. Gen. Mike Moeding, mobilization assistant to the commander, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center, during an official promotion ceremony May 4, 2024, McConnell Air Force Base, Kansas. Moeding was promoted

  • Healy Testifies Before Defense Subcommittee

    Lt. Gen. John P. Healy, the chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command, joined other senior Reserve and Guard leaders in testifying before the U.S. House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense Tuesday.In addition to Healy, the panel of senior leaders included Gen.