• Air Force Reservist graduates from U.S. Coast Guard Academy

    An Airman from the Air Reserve Personnel Center graduated from the Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Academy July 6, 2012, in Petaluma, Calif.Master Sgt. Manuel Zubia, ARPC program management in charge, graduated from the joint five-week course June 6. While at the CPO Academy he also earned a fitness

  • Senate confirms General Welsh as next Air Force chief of staff

    Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, a 36-year veteran, will be the twentieth Air Force chief of staff, according to a Senate confirmation vote Aug. 2. Welsh provided testimony to the Senate Armed Services Committee July 19, before the full Senate voted on his confirmation. Now the president must appoint the

  • President announces nomination for AF under secretary

    President Barack Obama announced Aug. 1 that he intends to nominate Eric Fanning to be the next Under Secretary of the Air Force.Fanning is the Deputy Under Secretary and Deputy Chief Management Officer of the Department of the Navy, previously holding positions with the House Armed Services

  • ARPC celebrates first anniversary on Buckley

    It's been one year since the Headquarters Air Reserve Personnel Center relocated from the former Lowry Air Force Base in Denver, to its current location here Aug. 1, 2012.The center started the commemoration with a 2-mile formation run, which culminated in more than 100 runners from ARPC and the

  • ARPC welcomes new command chief

    Chief Master Sergeant Brian Wong replaced Chief Master Sgt. David Paullet as the new command chief master sergeant for the Air Reserve Personnel Center here Aug. 1, 2012.He arrives at ARPC from the 624th Regional Support Group at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, where he served as command chief.As the

  • Reservist finishes 4th in 2012 Summer Olympics

    Capt. Weston Kelsey finished 4th in the men's individual epee fencing in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Kelsey is a supply officer with Air Force Reserve Command's 310th Force Support Squadron at Buckley AFB, Colo. Kelsey lost 12-11 to South Korea's Jung Jin-Sun in overtime. Kelsey is a

  • ARPC begins elimination of microfilm

    The microfilm era will come to an end at the Air Reserve Personnel Center once the last images are converted to an electronic format and uploaded to the Automated Records Management System beginning Aug. 1, 2012, on Buckley Air Force Base, Colo.More than 13 million images have been transferred to

  • Jackson takes helm of AF Reserve Command

    -- Lt. Gen. James F. Jackson became chief of Air Force Reserve and assumed command of Air Force Reserve Command in a ceremony July 30 at the Museum of Aviation.He replaced Lt. Gen. Charles E. Stenner Jr., who retired from the Air Force with 39 years of military service after the change of command.

  • ARPC Command Chief to retire [VIDEO]

    The Air Reserve Personnel Center will have its first command chief retire here Aug. 1, 2012.Command Chief Master Sergeant David Paullet is retiring exactly one year after the center relocated from the former Lowry Air Force Base in Denver to its current location on Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora,