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|OrganizationType=Executive Departments
|OrganizationType=Executive Departments
|Mission=The Air Force Reserve Command provides combat-ready forces to fly, fight, and win by delivering airpower for America. It supports the Air Force mission by providing trained and equipped Airmen and units to augment active duty forces in peace, contingency, and war.
|Mission=The Air Force Reserve Command provides combat-ready forces to fly, fight, and win by delivering airpower for America. It supports the Air Force mission by providing trained and equipped Airmen and units to augment active duty forces in peace, contingency, and war.
|ParentOrganization=United States Department of the Air Force
|ParentOrganization=Department of the Air Force
|TopOrganization=Department of Defense
|CreationLegislation=Title XII - Reserve Forces Revitalization - Public Law 104-201
|CreationLegislation=Title XII - Reserve Forces Revitalization - Public Law 104-201
|Employees=70000
|Employees=70000
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* Lt Col [[Doug Collins (politician)|Doug Collins]], former member of Congress<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afrc.af.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/572451/a-passion-to-serve-us-congressmanreserve-chaplain-finds-satisfaction-in-giving/|title=A Passion to Serve: U.S. congressman/Reserve chaplain finds satisfaction in giving back|last=Joyner|first=Bo|date=March 4, 2015|website=Air Force Reserve Command|access-date=February 13, 2024}}</ref>
* Lt Col [[Doug Collins (politician)|Doug Collins]], former member of Congress<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.afrc.af.mil/News/Features/Display/Article/572451/a-passion-to-serve-us-congressmanreserve-chaplain-finds-satisfaction-in-giving/|title=A Passion to Serve: U.S. congressman/Reserve chaplain finds satisfaction in giving back|last=Joyner|first=Bo|date=March 4, 2015|website=Air Force Reserve Command|access-date=February 13, 2024}}</ref>
* SSgt [[Jeff Denham]], former member of Congress<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/D000612|title=Jeff Dunham Biography|publisher=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]|access-date=February 14, 2024}}</ref>
* SSgt [[Jeff Denham]], former member of Congress<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/D000612|title=Jeff Dunham Biography|publisher=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]|access-date=February 14, 2024}}</ref>
* Lt Gen [[Jimmy Doolittle]], [[Medal of Honor]] recipient, first president of the [[Air Force Association]], Chairman of the [[National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics]] and first Air Force Reserve officer to achieve Lieutenant General (O-9) rank, albeit in the Army Air Forces, and the first Air Force Reserve officer to be promoted to General (O-10) on the Retired List<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/story/Article/2998360/medal-of-honor-monday-army-air-corps-gen-jimmy-doolittle/|title=Medal of Honor Monday: Army Air Corps Gen. Jimmy Doolittle|last=Lange|first=Katie|date=April 18, 2022|website=[[United States Department of Defense]]|access-date=February 17, 2024}}</ref>
* Lt Gen [[Jimmy Doolittle]], Medal of Honor recipient, first president of the [[Air Force Association]], Chairman of the [[National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics]] and first Air Force Reserve officer to achieve Lieutenant General (O-9) rank, albeit in the Army Air Forces, and the first Air Force Reserve officer to be promoted to General (O-10) on the Retired List<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-Stories/story/Article/2998360/medal-of-honor-monday-army-air-corps-gen-jimmy-doolittle/|title=Medal of Honor Monday: Army Air Corps Gen. Jimmy Doolittle|last=Lange|first=Katie|date=April 18, 2022|website=[[United States Department of Defense]]|access-date=February 17, 2024}}</ref>
* Brig Gen [[Charles Duke]], NASA astronaut on [[Apollo 16]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2022/04/20/how-astronaut-charlie-duke-brought-the-air-force-to-the-moon/|title=How astronaut Charlie Duke brought the Air Force to the moon|last=Cohen|first=Rachael|date=April 20, 2022|website=[[Air Force Times]]|access-date=February 14, 2024}}</ref>
* Brig Gen [[Charles Duke]], NASA astronaut on [[Apollo 16]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2022/04/20/how-astronaut-charlie-duke-brought-the-air-force-to-the-moon/|title=How astronaut Charlie Duke brought the Air Force to the moon|last=Cohen|first=Rachael|date=April 20, 2022|website=[[Air Force Times]]|access-date=February 14, 2024}}</ref>
* Col [[Michael E. Fossum]], NASA Astronaut on [[STS-121]] and [[STS-124]]
* Col [[Michael E. Fossum]], NASA Astronaut on [[STS-121]] and [[STS-124]]