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{{Organization
|OrganizationName=Air Force Reserve Command
|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.
|ParentOrganization=Department of the Air Force
|TopOrganization=Department of Defense
|CreationLegislation=Title XII - Reserve Forces Revitalization - Public Law 104-201
|Employees=70000
|Budget=$2.3 billion (Fiscal Year 2020)
|OrganizationExecutive=Commander of Air Force Reserve Command
|Services=Mobility; Combat Support; Airlift; Aerial Refueling; Aeromedical Evacuation
|HeadquartersLocation=32.62233, -83.59771
|HeadquartersAddress=155 Richard Ray Blvd, Robins AFB, GA 31098
|Website=https://www.afrc.af.mil
}}
{{Short description|Major command of the United States Air Force responsible for reserve forces}}
{{Short description|Major command of the United States Air Force responsible for reserve forces}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2019}}
{{Infobox military unit
| unit_name                    = Air Force Reserve Command
| image                        = AFR Shield.svg
| caption                      = Shield of Air Force Reserve Command
| dates                        = 14 April 1948 – present <br/>({{Age in years and months|1947|11|3}})<br/>{{collapsible list
| titlestyle = background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal;
| title = Detailed
|17 February 1997 – present (as Air Force Reserve Command)<br />14 April 1948 – 17 February 1997 (as Air Force Reserve)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.afrc.af.mil/Portals/87/documents/Snapshot/AFR-Snapshot-Octobert2017.pdf?ver=2017-10-10-104025-967 |title=Archived copy |access-date=21 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022032351/http://www.afrc.af.mil/Portals/87/documents/Snapshot/AFR-Snapshot-Octobert2017.pdf?ver=2017-10-10-104025-967 |archive-date=22 October 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="afhra.af.mil">{{Cite web|url=http://www.afhra.af.mil/About-Us/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/431963/air-force-reserve-command-usaf/|title=Air Force Reserve Command (USAF)|website=Air Force Historical Research Agency}}</ref>
}}
| country                      = {{United States}}
| allegiance                    =
| branch                        = {{Air Force|United States}}
| type                          = [[List of Major Commands of the United States Air Force|Major command]]<br />[[Air reserve component]] (ARC)
| role                          = "Provide combat-ready reserve forces to fly, fight and win."<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.afrc.af.mil/Portals/87/documents/missionbrief/AFR-Mission-Brief-October-2017.pdf?ver=2017-10-10-104003-497 |title=Archived copy |access-date=21 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022084923/http://www.afrc.af.mil/Portals/87/documents/missionbrief/AFR-Mission-Brief-October-2017.pdf?ver=2017-10-10-104003-497 |archive-date=22 October 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| size                          = 68,530 airmen <br/> 327 aircraft<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.saffm.hq.af.mil/Portals/84/documents/FY24/Military%20Personnel/2023-03-15aa%20AFR%20FY%202024PB%20JBook%20(Main).pdf?ver=iEoWnnxZ-059YBKvNmJwwg%3d%3d|title=Air Force Reserve Fiscal Year  (FY) 2024 Budget Estimates}}</ref>
| command_structure            = [[United States Department of the Air Force|Department of the Air Force]]<br>[[Reserve components of the United States Armed Forces]]
| garrison                      = [[Robins Air Force Base]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], U.S.
| garrison_label                = Headquarters
| nickname                      = "Citizen Airmen"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.citamn.afrc.af.mil/|title=Citizen Airman Magazine > Home|website=www.citamn.afrc.af.mil}}</ref>
| patron                        =
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| mascot                        =
| battles                      =
| anniversaries                =
| equipment                    = [[List of equipment of the United States Air Force]]
| decorations                  = [[File:AFOEA Streamer.jpg|200px]]<br />[[Organizational Excellence Award|Air Force Organization Excellence Award]]<ref name="afhra.af.mil"/>
| website                      = {{URL|www.afrc.af.mil}}<br />{{URL|www.afreserve.com}}
<!-- Commanders -->| commander1                    = [[Lieutenant general (United States)|Lt Gen]] [[John P. Healy]]
| commander1_label              = Commander
| commander2                    = [[Major general (United States)|Maj Gen]] [[Frank L. Bradfield III]]
| commander2_label              = Deputy Commander
| commander3                    = [[Command chief master sergeant|CCMS]] [[Israel Nuñez]]
| commander3_label              = Command Chief
| ceremonial_chief              =
| colonel_of_the_regiment      = <!-- Insignia -->
| identification_symbol        =
| identification_symbol_label  = <!-- Aircraft -->
| aircraft_attack              = [[A-10 Thunderbolt II|A-10C]], [[MQ-1 Predator|MQ-1B]], [[General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper|MQ-9B]]
| aircraft_bomber              = [[B-52H Stratofortress|B-52H]], [[Rockwell B-1 Lancer|B-1B]]
| aircraft_Command_and_Control  =
| aircraft_electronic          = [[E-3 Sentry|E-3B/C/G]]
| aircraft_fighter              = [[F-15 Eagle|F-15C]], [[F-15E Strike Eagle|F-15E]], [[F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16C/D]], [[F-22 Raptor|F-22A]], [[Lockheed F-35|F-35A]]
| aircraft_interceptor          =
| aircraft_patrol              =
| aircraft_recon                = [[Pilatus PC-12|U-28A]], [[RQ-4 Global Hawk|RQ-4]]
| aircraft_transport            = [[C-5 Galaxy|C-5A/B/M]], [[C-17 Globemaster III|C-17A]], [[C-40 Clipper|C-40C]], [[C-130 Hercules|C-130H]], [[Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules|C-130J]], [[WC-130 Hurricane Hunter|WC-130J]], [[PZL M28|C-145A]], [[Dornier 328|C-146A]]
| aircraft_tanker              = [[HC-130P Combat King|HC-130N/P]], [[KC-10 Extender|KC-10A]], [[KC-135 Stratotanker|KC-135R]]
| aircraft_trainer              =
| aircraft_helicopter_multirole = [[HH-60G Pave Hawk|HH-60G]]
}}


The '''Air Force Reserve Command''' ('''AFRC''') is a [[MAJCOM|major command]] (MAJCOM) of the [[United States Air Force]], with its headquarters at [[Robins Air Force Base]], Georgia.  It is the federal Air Reserve Component (ARC) of the U.S. Air Force, consisting of commissioned officers and enlisted airmen. Together, the Air Force Reserve and the [[Air National Guard]] constitute the Air Force element of the [[reserve components of the United States Armed Forces]]. AFRC also plays an integral role in the day-to-day Air Force mission and is not strictly a force held in reserve for possible war or contingency operations. AFRC also supports the [[United States Space Force]] through the [[310th Space Wing]], pending the creation of a space reserve component.
The '''Air Force Reserve Command''' ('''AFRC''') is a major command (MAJCOM) of the [[United States Air Force]], with its headquarters at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia.  It is the federal Air Reserve Component (ARC) of the U.S. Air Force, consisting of commissioned officers and enlisted airmen. Together, the Air Force Reserve and the [[Air National Guard]] constitute the Air Force element of the [[reserve components of the United States Armed Forces]]. AFRC also plays an integral role in the day-to-day Air Force mission and is not strictly a force held in reserve for possible war or contingency operations. AFRC also supports the [[United States Space Force]] through the [[310th Space Wing]], pending the creation of a space reserve component.


== Overview ==
== Overview ==
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* '''Aerial Spray Missions'''
* '''Aerial Spray Missions'''
** At the request of local, state or federal agencies, the Air Force Reserve can conduct aerial spray missions employing insecticides or herbicides with specially-equipped [[C-130]] aircraft.
At the request of local, state or federal agencies, the Air Force Reserve can conduct aerial spray missions employing insecticides or herbicides with specially-equipped [[C-130]] aircraft.
* '''Hurricane and Weather Reconnaissance'''
* '''Hurricane and Weather Reconnaissance'''
**  The Air Force Reserve maintains the Air Force's sole aerial weather reconnaissance capability, to include hurricane and typhoon penetration by its own [[WC-130]]J aircraft, augmenting the [[National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration]] ([[NOAA]]) [[P-3 Orion|WP-3D]] aircraft fleet.
  The Air Force Reserve maintains the Air Force's sole aerial weather reconnaissance capability, to include hurricane and typhoon penetration by its own [[WC-130]]J aircraft, augmenting the [[National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration]] ([[NOAA]]) [[P-3 Orion|WP-3D]] aircraft fleet.


A third unique mission set in the Air Force Reserve, Aerial Firefighting, is conducted in tandem with the Air National Guard and also has no counterpart in the Regular Air Force.  Certain units of the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard can conduct forest fire and [[aerial firefighting|wildfire suppression]] missions using specially equipped [[C-130 Hercules]]<ref name="GLBSEC" /> aircraft using the palletized [[Modular Airborne FireFighting System]] (MAFFS).
A third unique mission set in the Air Force Reserve, Aerial Firefighting, is conducted in tandem with the Air National Guard and also has no counterpart in the Regular Air Force.  Certain units of the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard can conduct forest fire and [[aerial firefighting|wildfire suppression]] missions using specially equipped [[C-130 Hercules]]<ref name="GLBSEC" /> aircraft using the palletized [[Modular Airborne FireFighting System]] (MAFFS).
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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]]
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